How SBIR Helped Build Qualcomm’s $174B Empire
A $1.5M SBIR grant helped Qualcomm invent mobile tech that powers your smartphone. See how early public funding launched a $174B telecom titan.
A $1.5M SBIR grant helped Qualcomm invent mobile tech that powers your smartphone. See how early public funding launched a $174B telecom titan.
New research confirms it: SBIR grants don’t replace venture capital—they attract it. Startups with SBIR funding raise more VC money and reach bigger exits.
Genzyme’s $62K SBIR grant became a $20.1B success story. Learn how this biotech startup turned rare disease research into one of the biggest pharma deals ever.
From cancer cures to hepatitis treatments, SBIR-funded startups have quietly delivered life-saving drugs. Discover how small businesses are reshaping pharma.
The Roomba’s rugged smarts didn’t start in your living room. Discover how military robotics, funded by SBIR grants, led to the world’s best-selling home robot.
Discover how a $245,000 SBIR grant helped a struggling linguistics startup transform into Symantec, the cybersecurity powerhouse behind Norton Antivirus.
Discover how one WWII veteran sparked a revolution in federal research funding. Learn how Roland Tibbetts launched what became America’s most successful innovation program—SBIR.
The INNOVATE Act could reshape SBIR with stricter rules, award caps, and national security focus—unless a rival bill makes the program permanent. Learn what’s at stake for small tech firms.
SBIR Program Gets Critical Protection Through 2030: What Small Businesses Need to Know About New Security Legislation
The DOE confirmed a slight delay in releasing FY 2026 SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 1 topics, originally expected last week, now projected within one to two weeks. Budget shifts hint at possible changes.