SBA SB-OIIFT-24-001: 2024 Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program

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An Applicant may submit only one proposal in response to this Announcement. 

The mission of SBA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Technology Transfer Office (SBIRTT), which bears responsibility for administering the FAST program, is to strengthen the technological competitiveness of small businesses across the country through coordination and oversight of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The primary mission of the FAST program is to help underrepresented entrepreneurs successfully compete for SBIR/STTR awards.

The FAST program provides one-year funding to organizations to execute state-based programs, which may also collaborate regionally, that increase the number of SBIR/STTR proposals leading to an increase in the number of SBIR/STTR awards from women, socially/economically disadvantaged individuals, and small businesses in underrepresented areas - typically rural states.