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Since its inception in 1982, small businesses have received over $3.194 billion in funding in SBIR awards alone. The STTR program, created in 1992 to encourage cooperative research between small businesses and research institutes, has extended this support by another $423.3 million in funding as of 2019. To read about some of the exciting projects and small businesses that the DOE has sponsored through SBIR and STTR, please visit Success Stories.
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SBIR & STTR Research Topics at the Department of Energy
The DOE offers more than sixty technical topics and 250 subtopics, spanning research areas that support the DOE mission in Energy Production, Energy Use, Fundamental Energy Sciences, Environmental Management, Cybersecurity, Energy Security, & Emergency Response, and Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation. To develop the topics, each DOE program office considers its high priority research needs and program mission, as well as the Department’s goals for the program. For more information on the related DOE program offices please visit SBIR STTR DOE Program Office.
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