Links to Government Agency Websites principally for information about government contracting and R&D Opportunities |
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Small Business Administration Office of Technology
Assists in achieving the commercialization of the results of both the federal research and development programs mandated by the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Includes excellent descriptions of both programs.
www.sba.gov/sbir |
Small Business Administration HubZone Website
The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program stimulates economic development and creates jobs in urban and rural communities by providing Federal contracting preferences to small businesses. These preferences go to small businesses that obtain HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone) certification in part by employing staff who live in a HUBZone.
www.sba.gov/hubzone
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Minnesota’s Small Business Administration
Includes information about the annual Small and Disadvantaged Business Opportunity Council (SADBOC) Procurement Fair
http://www.sba.gov/mn/ |
Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics
A clearinghouse for information regarding military acquisition, and good connections to opportunities relating to DoD projects and research
www.acq.osd.mil
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Department of Defense SBIR Website
DoD’s clearinghouse for all things SBIR
www.dodsbir.com |
Department of Defense SBIR Success Stories
Read – or post your own! – success stories about winning SBIR/STTR proposals.
www.dodsbir.com/materials
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Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (SADBU) Website
The place to start for small businesses in finding opportunities in defense contracting
www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu:
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“Selling to the Military” on-line publication
A great resource for an overview on how to sell to the government
www.acq.osd.mil/sadbu/publications/selling
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Central Contractor Registration
Central database for basic business information from contractors that want to do business with DoD. Contractors must be registered with the federal government, and this is the place to get started
www.ccr.gov
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Government Service Agency (GSA) Federal Business Opportunities
Federal government procurement opportunities. Includes a “Vendor Notification Service” to have opportunity announcements e-mailed to you
www.fedbizopps.gov
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Defenselink.mil Contracts Website
Daily listing of major military contract awards
www.defenselink.mil/contracts:
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Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Technology Transfer Programs
Access to DoD technology transfer programs, policies and resources. This DoD agency promotes partnering opportunities between the private sector and defense labs
www.dtic.mil/techtransit
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Small Business Administration Legal Assistance
Web portal to assist business (especially small business) in doing business with the federal sector
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National Science Foundation’s SBIR/STTR Website
Independent U.S. Government agency responsible for promoting science and engineering. It invests over $3.3 billion per year in almost 20,000 research and education projects and sponsors national conferences to promote the SBIR/STTR program
www.sbirworld.com
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Army Research Office
Connections to Army-related SBIR/STTR programs and Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)
http://www.aro.army.mil/
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Office of Naval Research
The acquisition section links to Navy-related SBIR/STTR programs and Broad Agency Announcements (BAAs)
www.onr.navy.mil
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Defense Advanced Research Project Agency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD). It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for DoD, and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions.
www.darpa.mil/
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