Recent SBIR/STTR Press Releases
Success Stories
Over the years, NASA SBIR/STTR funding has helped many innovative ideas become successful commercial products. Find our full offering of articles about the program's impressive awardees and their impactful technologies here!
![Four people stand are gathered around a computer screen. The person on the left is Dr. Darayas Patel of Oakwood University; on the right is the President and CEO of SSSOT, Dr. Sergey Sarkisov. Two students stand between them, recording data from the computer, while Dr. Patel and Dr. Sarkisov guide them.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sbir-sttr-background-image-6.png?w=481)
Partnerships that Prepare for Success Oakwood University and SSS Optical Technologies
In 2022, Oakwood University became a first-time research institution participant in NASA’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program by utilizing the agency's M-STTR (now MPLAN) opportunity.
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Spectral Energies developed a NASA SBIR-Funded Tech that Could Change the Way We Fly
Spectral Energies, based in Beavercreek, Ohio, has found a customer base for its pulse-burst laser systems.
SBIR/STTR Fraud, Waste, & Abuse
The Small Business Administration maintains a list of recent cases of fraud, waste, and abuse in SBIR/STTR programs across the government.