Program

Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer coordination and awards

Department: SBA

The cabinet-level department or independent agency responsible for the program

Agency: Small Business Administration

The specific agency or sub-agency that administers the program

Program Type:Grant

The functional category of the program
In Official FIP? Partially represented

(Program-wide coordination and some assistance elements extend beyond a single listing.)

Confidence Level: Medium

Authorizing Statute: 15 U.S.C. 638

Funding Status: Annual appropriations

Primary Source: https://uscode.house.gov/download/download.shtml

Notes: Innovation awards and program oversight.

Additional details about data sources and custom mapping of data are available on the Data Details page.

Outlays (millions)

Actual money spent in FY2024

$77.95

Source: Replaced/confirmed with SBA long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Obligations (millions)

Money the government committed to spend in FY2024

$82.24

Source: Replaced/confirmed with SBA long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Budget Authority (millions)

The amount Congress authorized agencies to commit

$83.95

Source: Estimate: budget authority proxied at 102% of obligations for discretionary/operations programs; see Fiscal Method.

Revenue Loss (millions)

Estimated revenue not collected due to tax policy (tax expenditures)

$0

Source: Replaced/confirmed with SBA long-tail account-group mapping (see LongTail_Accounts/LongTail_Crosswalk).

Primary Amount

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

$77.95

Dollar Basis

The primary fiscal measure used for the program

Outlays

Note: Residual estimate allocated within department after anchor rows with explicit values. Reconciliation round: estimated outlay-bearing rows were scaled proportionally so the primary-basis FY2024 outlays subtotal equals the reference federal outlay total.

Dollar Quality

How directly the dollar amount reflects observed data

Estimated

Actual = reported or observed spending, Estimated = derived from modeling or mapping, Carry-Zero = structural row with no direct dollars