About the Washington APEX SBIR/STTR Program

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are federal research and development programs administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA).  You can learn more about the overall programs here at SBIR.gov.  

The Washington APEX Accelerator SBIR Program focuses on the Department of Defense SBIR program.  We offer no-cost proposal guidance for Phase 1 applicants for any of the DOD component agencies.

If you are interested in applying to a DOD SBIR program register with APEX to be assigned an advisor.

Washington APEX Accelerator can help with: 

• Understanding the DOD SBIR program and the DoD process 
• Linking you to other no-cost or low-cost resources
• Providing technical proposal reviews 
• Providing assistance with other non-dilutive R&D funding opportunities such as OTAs

 

Links to Other Defense Innovation Programs:  

Defense Innovation Unit: The DIU provides funding opportunities to develop more mature innovations that can solve operational challenges at scale

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency:    DARPA has funding opportunities for both small and large tech firms

Challenge.gov:  A federal prize competition for innovators 

Federal Labs:  Innovators have opportunities to transfer tech out of a federal lab for the purpose of commercialization or partner with a lab for an STTR proposal 

Washington  APEX Partner links

The Washington State APEX Accelerator Program partners with state resources in order to provide a full array of support. 

Some of our partners include:

Northwest Tech Bridge assists innovators who are interested in working with the Navy

The Life Science Washington Institute provides support to life science innovators and start ups

Small Business Development Centers provides assistance with commercial market research, financial planning and more. 

Impact Washington helps manufacturers with job training, cyber security trainings and much more. 

MEP Center for Advanced Technology Solutions (CATS-West) helps innovators solve production issues through facilitated relationships. 

Questions?

Contact Grady Smith,    gsmith@thurstonedc.com