NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging action on S. 3971 - a 5-year reauthorization plan to reinstate the SBIR/STTR small-business technology and development programs - without delay.

NSBA and our Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) continue urging action on the S. 3971 5-year reauthorization plan - further delays will add to harm caused by lapse of SBIR/STTR programs.

In our 20th year of conducting an Economic Survey and publishing a corresponding Economic Report, 2026 data from NSBA provides a comprehensive look at small-business uncertainty and its impacts on growth, hiring, financing, policy, and a host of other key indicators. 

NSBA's Small Business Technology Council (SBTC) are privileged continue leading the fight for small business to reauthorize and permanently enact SBIR/STTR programs to support better technology and R&D development opportunities for the nation's most important economic community.

After five months of arguing, the Senate advanced and the House passed a 5-year bill to reauthorize SBIR/STTR for small-business technology research and development.