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Federal SBIR program remains in the lurch amid showdown between Markey and Ernst

The Small Business Innovation Research grant program expired at the end of September without a deal, affecting tech companies in Massachusetts.

Ernst is pushing a bill to reform the program, including by imposing a “lifetime” cap of $75 million in awards, immediately freezing out more than a dozen Massachusetts companies. Ernst also wants to impose a new threshold for commercial revenue vers… [3632 chars]

Source: The Boston Globe | Published: 2025-10-19T17:41:58Z

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