# Small Business Innovation Research

> Small Business Innovation Research — Federal research funding that agencies award to US small businesses in phases, with no equity taken — non-dilutive capital for technical work an agency wants done.

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**What is small business innovation research?** In accounting, small Business Innovation Research means federal research funding that agencies award to US small businesses in phases, with no equity taken — non-dilutive capital for technical work an agency wants done.

## Also known as

- SBIR
- STTR

## Words this system refuses for it

- loan
- R&D tax credit

- **Category:** Equity & financing
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Related:** equity