Q. Are foreign-based firms eligible for SBIR awards?
Submitted by carolyn on November 14, 2006 - 5:49pm.
No. To be eligible for award of SBIR funding agreements, a small business concern has to meet the following qualifications:
·be independently owned and operated
·principal place of business is located in the United States
·at least 51 percent owned or in the case of a publicly owned business, at least 51% of its voting stock is owned by United States citizens or lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens.


