Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Administration

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What it is

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Administration (0605790D8Z) is an OSD research & development line funded in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account. Its J-book detail breaks the line into 1 project.

What changed

+$65.0K FY25→26 R-1 TOA · PB2026

Who gets it

No award linkage at high confidence.

Budget Figures

FY24 Actuals

$3.83MR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25 Total

$5.35MR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY26 Request

$5.41MR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY25→26 Change

+$65.0KR-1 TOA · PB2026

FY2026 award data is a partial year — USASpending awards are reported on a rolling basis and the fiscal year does not close until September 30. why partial FY2026 data? →

Budget Trajectory

The program's 3 summary figures for FY24 to FY26, plotted in fiscal-year order so the direction of travel is readable at a glance: this line ends higher than it starts. The points are the summary cards above, not a separate derivation; the table beside the chart carries each figure with its own citation.

Budget trajectory: one row per fiscal year, carrying the summary figure the sparkline plots. Every figure opens its own citation.
Fiscal year	Amount
FY24	$3.83M
FY25	$5.35M
FY26	$5.41M

All series figures: R-1 TOA · PB2026

Decade view — P-1/R-1 workbook TOA basis, shown compact in $B/$M (the workbook records USD thousands); each figure cites its own President's Budget edition

12 fiscal years of this program as published (FY2015–FY2026): a line through the actuals (filled dots), with the enacted (hollow circles) and request (diamonds) markers each edition reported. Read it for direction, not for precision — this program's actuals line rises across the span. The grid below is the same data as text, one cited figure per cell.

The vertical scale does not start at zero: the baseline sits just below this program’s smallest year, so a low point on this line is not a small amount. Read the shape for direction and the grid below for the figures.

● actuals (line) · ○ enacted · ◇ request — gaps are editions the program is absent from, never interpolated.

Decade series values by fiscal year and President's Budget edition: one row per series (actuals, enacted, request), one column per fiscal year. Every figure opens its own citation.
Series	FY15	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25	FY26
Actuals	$1.63M	$2.17M	$2.19M	$2.37M	$2.54M	$3.57M	$3.58M	$3.63M	$3.82M	$3.83M
Enacted		$2.17M	$2.19M	$2.37M	$2.54M	$3.57M	$3.58M	$3.63M	$3.82M	$3.83M	$5.35M
Request			$2.19M	$2.37M	$2.54M	$3.57M	$3.58M	$3.64M	$3.82M	$3.83M	$5.35M	$5.41M

blank = series not published for this year; – = absent from that edition.

Asked vs spent: the PB2022 book requested $3.64M for FY2022; the PB2024 book reported $3.63M as actual total obligation authority — $11.0K below the request. 3.6 − 3.6 = -0.0 USD millions — the compact figures above are rounded for reading.

Program Lineage

No predecessor/successor lineage was recorded for this program element — no FY-to-FY transfer into or out of this line was stated in the ingested J-books, and none was inferred from the program structure.

Description

Mission — Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

This program supports the Department of Defense’s three priorities: Defend the Nation, Take Care of Our People, and Succeed through Teamwork. This program provides funding for the administration of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Office. The authority to establish SBIR and STTR programs is codified in 15 U.S.C. 638. The statutory goals of the programs are to stimulate technological innovation, meet federal research and development (R&D) needs, foster and encourage participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by women and socially or economically disadvantaged persons, and increase private sector commercialization of innovations from federal R&D funding. In addition, the STTR program aims to foster technology transfer through cooperative R&D between small businesses and research institutions. The DoD SBIR/STTR programs set-aside over two billion dollars annually defense-wide to competitively fund scientific and technical innovation to specifically address the interim National Defense Strategy (NDS) modernization priorities and the mission needs of participating DoD components. The DoD components participating in the SBIR/STTR programs include: Army, Navy, Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Joint Science & Technology Office for Chemical & Biological Defense (CBD), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Defense Microelectronics Activity (DMEA), Defense Health Agency (DHA), Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO), Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA), Quantum Science, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), Basic Research Office (BRO), 5G/Future G, and Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO).

Mission — SBIR Challenge Admin

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are highly competitive programs that encourage domestic small businesses to engage in federal research, development, test and evaluation (RDT&E) with the potential for commercialization. Through a competitive awards-based program, SBIR/STTR enables small businesses to explore their technological potential and provide the incentive to profit from its commercialization. By including qualified small businesses in the nation's research and development (R&D) arena, high-tech innovation is stimulated, and the United States gains entrepreneurial spirit as it meets specific research and development needs. The SBIR/STTR programs are executed in three phases. The purpose of Phase I is to determine the scientific technical and commercial merit, and feasibility of ideas submitted under the SBIR/STTR programs. Phase II is the principal research or research and development effort and is expected to produce a well-defined deliverable prototype. Phase III SBIR/STTR efforts derive from, extend or conclude Phase I or Phase II efforts, and are not funded with SBIR/STTR funds. Under Phase III, companies participating in the SBIR/STTR programs are expected to obtain funding from the private sector and/or non-SBIR/non-STTR government sources to develop the prototype into a viable product or non-R&D service for sale in military and/or private sector markets. This Program funds the administrative support to the SBIR/STTR programs including: policy development and oversight; surveillance of program execution for participating DoD agencies; outreach and training; hosting, operation and maintenance for the Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP); planning and execution of the OSD SBIR/STTR portfolio; reporting and data analytics; financial management; strategic communication of the DoD technological needs; transition; oversight of the DoD Due Diligence Program; and the liaison between Congress, SBA, and the GAO.

Justification

Accomplishments & Planned Programs (1)

SBIR Challenge Admin

This project is the only source of funds for the coordination, administration, and execution of the Department's SBIR/STTR programs in accordance with statute, Small Business Administration (SBA) SBIR/STTR Policy Directive, and the DoD policies and regulations. The Director of Defense SBIR/STTR within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) is tasked with oversight and execution of essential SBIR/STTR Program activities that are required by law.

Budget Line Items(workbook-cited)

P-1/R-1 workbook Total Obligation Authority basis (USD thousands) · PB2026.

Exhibit R-1

Account	Org	Type	Amount
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide	OSD	FY24 Actuals	$3.83M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide	OSD	FY25 Enacted	$5.35M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide	OSD	FY25 Total	$5.35M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide	OSD	FY26 Disc. Request	$5.41M
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide	OSD	FY26 Total	$5.41M

Budget Details(R-2/P-40 facts)

J-book detail basis (R-2/P-40, USD millions) · PB2026 — a different accounting basis from the P-1/R-1 workbook TOA above; where the two disagree, the reconciliation strip under Budget Figures shows both.

Wider than this screen — swipe the table sideways for the remaining fiscal-year columns.

Project	All Prior Years	FY24 Actuals	FY25 Total	FY26 Base	FY26 Request
Program Element	$3.82M	$3.83M	$5.35M	$5.41M	$5.41M
518: SBIR Challenge Admin	$3.82M	$3.83M	$5.35M	$5.41M	$5.41M

No follow-the-dollar view — this program's awards haven't been crosswalked at high confidence (flows cover 17 of 1,741 programs). why coverage is partial? →

Awards

No awards are linked to this program element at high confidence — the budget→award crosswalk only asserts links it can defend, and this line has none yet.

Lobbying Mentions

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