SBIR/STTR

With the program now reauthorized through 2031, in doing so Congress updated the framework to put more emphasis on transition, commercialization, security, and long-term impact. One of the biggest changes is the creation of a new scaling pathway that allows certain agencies to make awards of up to $30 million over as many as 48 months for technologies that are ready to move beyond the traditional SBIR phases. That is a meaningful shift. At a very basic level, Econ 101 says th