OpportunityTitle: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase II
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Only previous USDA-NIFA SBIR/STTR Phase I awardees who have not previously applied for Phase II support are eligible to apply for Phase II support through this FY 2023 RFA. This includes those awardees identified via a &#8220;novated&#8221; or &#8220;successor-in-interest&#8221; revised funding agreement. A Phase I project may only apply for a Phase II award once. If a Phase I awardee was unsuccessful in receiving a Phase II award with a previous application, then the awardee is not eligible to resubmit the proposal under this or a future Phase II program solicitation. Failure to meet an eligibility criterion by the application deadline may result in the application being excluded from consideration or, even though an application may be reviewed, will preclude USDA NIFA from making an award.Each applicant submitting an application must qualify as a Small Business Concern (SBC) through registration with the SBA for R/R&amp;D purposes at the time of award (see Definitions in Appendix II and Appendix III).SBIR/STTR program eligibility requirements are in place to ensure that the funds go only to small, independent businesses within the United States. The regulations include restrictions about (1) the type of firm, (2) its ownership structure, and (3) the firm&#8217;s size in terms of the number of employees. The purpose of the requirement regarding type of firm is to target the awards to firms with an economic interest in developing the idea or research into a commercial application. The purpose of the ownership requirement is to limit the program to independent firms controlled by United States citizens or permanent resident aliens as a way of maximizing the likelihood that the funding will stimulate innovative activity within the United States economy. The purpose of the size restriction (number of employees of the firm and its affiliates) is to limit program funding to small business concerns which have a unique capacity for innovation and are more likely to be constrained by lack of access to such funding.TYPE OF FIRM1. An SBIR/STTR small business awardee must be a business concern &#8211; it must be organized as a for-profit concern and meet all of the other requirements for a &#8220;business concern&#8221; in 13 C.F.R. &#167; 121.105.2. Non-profit entities are not eligible.3. If an awardee is a joint venture, each party to the joint venture must be a concern that satisfies all program eligibility requirements.OWNERSHIP &amp; CONTROLA majority (more than 50%) of your firms&#8217; equity (e.g., stock) must be directly owned and controlled by one of the following:1. One or more individuals who are citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States,2. Other for-profit small business concerns (each of which is directly owned and controlled by individuals who are citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States).3. A combination of (1) and (2) above.4. Multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, or any combination of these, so long as no one such firm owns or controls more than 50% of the18equity. Note: This option is allowed only for SBIR/STTR awards from agencies that are using the authority provided in &#167; 5107 of the SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act (majority&#8208;VC&#8208; owned authority),15 U.S.C. &#167; 638(dd)(1).Note: If an Employee Stock Ownership Plan owns all or part of the concern, each stock trustee and plan member is considered an owner. If a trust owns all or part of the concern, each trustee and trust beneficiary is considered an owner.For more information on SBIR/STTR eligibility go to https://www.sbir.gov/sites/default/files/elig_size_compliance_guide.pdfA potential grantee that is a subsidiary must show that the parent company or parent companies are also a small business entity as described above. The parent companies must be a small business and located within the United States. The parent company or parent companies must provide documentation supporti
Description: The Small Business Administration (SBA), through the SBIR/STTR Policy Directive, provides policy guidance for these programs. A main purpose of the legislation is to stimulate technological innovation and increase private sector commercialization among small business concerns and enable them to undertake and to obtain the benefits of research and development in order to maintain and strengthen the competitive free enterprise system and the national economy. The goal of Phase II is to continue research and development while increasing the focus on commercialization. The STTR program aims to foster technology transfer through formal cooperative R&amp;D between small businesses and nonprofit research institutions. The USDA SBIR/STTR programs Assistance Listing 10.212, is therefore in a unique position to meet both the goals of USDA and the purpose of the SBIR/STTR legislation by transforming scientific discovery and innovation both social and economic benefit, and by emphasizing private sector commercialization.
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