Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program
This program funds state-based outreach, technical/business assistance, and related support to help small businesses increase SBIR/STTR proposals and awards, for a governor-endorsed single applicant from each listed state or territory.
RESTRICTED TO: SINGLE NAMED INSTITUTION
⚑ Applicant must be endorsed by the state governor or authorized designee as the only approved applicant from that state/territory. · Eligibility is limited to organizations/entities/individuals in the listed states and U.S. territories only. · Funds are for outreach and assistance to small businesses around SBIR/STTR; not a research project award.
Unit fits — one characterization, each unit's own rules
| IPPRA | 39 weak | outside portfolio topics; signature methods: community engaged, policy analysis; social/behavioral work is minor; funds technical assistance, not research (capped) |
| Physical Sciences & Engineering (demo) | 35 weak | technical depth: minor; funds technical assistance (capped) |
| Tom Love Innovation Hub | 5 none | not openly competed |
Description
The primary mission of the FAST program is to strengthen the technological competitiveness of small businesses in the United States. The FAST program provides yearly funding to eligible organizations to execute state-based programs, which may also collaborate regionally, that raise awareness of the SBIR/STTR programs, educate small businesses on new and ongoing program requirements, increase application submission and awards, and reach all eligible small businesses.
Eligibility
•Be a public or private entity, organization, or individual that intends to use funding awarded under this Announcement to provide outreach, technical and business assistance, and/or financial support to small businesses to increase SBIR/STTR proposals and awards; and •Be endorsed by the appropriate State governor or their authorized designee as the only approved applicant from that State. •Be a public or private entity, organization, or individual that is in one of the following states or U.S. territories: •American Samoa •Connecticut •District of Columbia •Guam •Maryland •Massachusetts •Nevada •Northern Mariana Islands •Oregon •South Carolina •Washington •Vermont •U.S. Virgin Islands
Apply
View on Grants.gov → CONTACT: Small Business Administration <support@grants.gov>
Proposal brief SEE AN EXAMPLE →
A one-page internal memo: fit assessment, submission requirements, document scaffold, and next steps dated back from the deadline — tailored to your project idea if you add one.
Proposal shell · Federal (generic) conventions SEE A FEDERAL EXAMPLE →
Funder-faithful document skeletons — Federal (generic)'s document set with section headings, page limits, reviewer guidance, and writing prompts; add a project idea to get [DRAFT] starter bullets. Download as .md for Word or Overleaf.