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Grants for Research

Over 100,000 million dollars in financial aid is currently available from thousands of Foundations and Government Programs all over the United States. Specifically targeted for Research and Technology.

Do you want funding for a revolutionary new product or idea?
Are you a college, university or trade school that needs funding?
Need to upgrade an existing product with added features?
Need to train your staff in new research and technology skills?

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program offers up to $850,000 in early-stage R&D funding to small technology companies (or persons who form a company).

The Small Business Technology Rural Outreach (STTR) program offers up to $600,000 in early-stage R&D funding to small companies that work with researchers at universities and research institutions.
Small companies keep the intellectual property rights to technologies they develop with these programs.
These programs can provide financial and technical help to technology-based small businesses that participate.
They often offer a Mentoring Network in the FAST program that gives business advice to small businesses that have been selected by FAST programs or SBIR program managers, the Small Business Administration (SBA) or others aware of SBIR and STTR programs.
The SBIR and STTR programs are dynamic programs used by many small business owners,inventors, and innovators around the US.

Research Grants Headlines

Educators in Triangle land Biotech Center grants

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. Biotech continues to grow at creative North Carolina classrooms and labs, thanks to Educational Enhancement Grants (EEGs) from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center .

OSU science grants top $275 million

CORVALLIS Oregon State University says its researchers attracted more than $275 million in scientific contracts and grants in 2009-10. Thats roughly double what OSU attracted in research funding 10 years ago.

OSU Research Funding Doubled in the Last Decade

Scientific contracts and grants are up $23 million since last year, a growth that OSU attributes to greater success with federal funding agencies. read more

European Research Project Aims to Improve the Diagnosis and Therapy of Brain Diseases

The partners in a new publicly-funded European research project today announced details of the multinational/multidisciplinary program: 'CSI: Central Nervous System Imaging.' This three-year ENIAC project aims to achieve substantial advances in state-of-the-art medical 3D-imaging platforms by focusing on the diagnosis and therapy of serious diseases of the central nervous system and brain.

UK research funding exceeds $300 million

By Shannon Frazer UKs research awards have surpassed the $300 million mark for the first time in UK history, according to recently released data by the university. A university news release stated that during the 2010 fiscal year, which lasted July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, UK Research Foundation received grants and contracts totaling $337,623,982, a [...]

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