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Federal SBIR/STTR Links of Interest

The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has developed an SBIR/STTR (Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer) Technical Assistance Program to encourage entrepreneurs and small business to participate in the federal SBIR/STTR Program. The SBIR/STTR program is designed to encourage small businesses to perform leading edge technology-oriented research and develoment leading to the commercialization of new products or services.

National SBIR/STTR website
www.zyn.com/SBIR

SBIR World Web Site (sponsored by NSF)
www.sbirworld.com

U.S. Small Business Administration
www.sbaonline.sba.gov/sbir

SBA Technology Resources Network
www.tech-net.sba.gov

Agency Websites

A list of all SBIR/STTR Program Managers can be found here. (PDF)

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/fo/sbir.cfm

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
http://www.oar.noaa.gov/orta/
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
http://www.nist.gov/tpo/sbir/

Department of Education (DOED)
http://www2.ed.gov/programs/sbir/index.html

Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.science.doe.gov/sbir/

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
National Institute of Health (NIH)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
http://www.dhs.gov/files/grants/gc_1247254058883.shtm

Department of Transportation (DOT)
http://www.volpe.dot.gov/sbir/

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
http://www.epa.gov/ncerqa/sbir/

National Science Foundation (NSF)
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/SBIR.html

Department of Defense (DOD)
http://www.dodsbir.net/

Regional and State SBIR/STTR Resources

Project SBIR West
http://www.sbir.dsu.edu/

State of Kansas SBIR page
www.ktec.com/business/section/resources.htm

State of North Carolina SBIR page
www.sbtdc.org/technology/sbirsttr.asp

State of Ohio SBIR page
www.odod.state.oh.us/tech/sbir/default.htm

SBIR/STTR Newsletters

SBIR/STTR Alerting Service
www.pnl.gov/edo/opportunities/sbir.stm

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