SBIR/STTR Award and Company Data: coverage and access

What it covers

Geography and granularity

Geography: Use the geography stated by the source; coverage can vary by dataset and release.

Granularity: Discover funded technical startups, award abstracts, agencies, topics, phases, and competitors; identify non-dilutive funding patterns relevant to deep-tech SaaS.

Source type: Small-business funding

Potential use

Discover funded technical startups, award abstracts, agencies, topics, phases, and competitors; identify non-dilutive funding patterns relevant to deep-tech SaaS. Especially useful for developer/data founders selling to or emerging from federally funded technical small businesses.

Access and cost

Web, download, or API

Downloadable CSV datasets, award/company/topic APIs, data dictionaries, and searchable pages; award and company downloads are publicly offered.

Cost: Current price was not established in this review; check the provider's access terms.

Update cadence: Release cadence was not normalized in this review; check the source's dates, update notes, and API limits before comparing periods.

• Provider page ↗
• Documentation and access details ↗Check the provider's current terms and instructions before use

Interpret carefully

Limits that affect the decision

The page says downloads and API fields differ, page downloads are limited to 10,000 records, and large award files can be hundreds of MB; validate field definitions before aggregating.

Release cadence was not normalized in this review; check the source's dates, update notes, and API limits before comparing periods.

This record summarizes source documentation; Jon Bishop did not conduct an independent audit of the underlying dataset.