NIFA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs offer competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefits.
The programs focus on transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial potential and/or societal benefit. Unlike fundamental research, the USDA SBIR/STTR programs support small businesses in the creation of innovative, disruptive technologies and enable the application of research advancements from conception into the market.
In this webinar, program staff provide an overview of the programs' Phase I and discuss details included in the Request for Applications (RFA).
Program Contacts
- David Songstad, National Program Leader, david.songstad@usda.gov
- Melinda Coffman, Program Coordinator, melinda.coffman@usda.gov
- Nurun Nahar, Program Specialist, nurun.nahar@usda.gov
- Tammi Neville, Program Specialist, tammi.neville@usda.gov