Welcome to America's Seed Fund Community Resources
America’s Seed Fund awards non-dilutive funding to startups and small businesses to develop technology and chart a path toward commercialization. How do innovators and founders learn about America's Seed Fund? Most often it's through their entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) - the accelerators, incubators, investors, labs, and other programs that help them along their journey.
This site is designed to support the innovation ecosystem - the ESOs that support entrepreneurship and the innovators (startups and small businesses) - building technology critical for America's economic prosperity, global competitiveness, and national security.
Programs & Events
SBIR/STTR Spring Conference
March 10 - 12, 2026 | Raleigh, North Carolina
Pending reauthorization, America’s Seed Fund will host its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Spring Innovation Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 10 - 12, 2026. The three-day event provides attendees a valuable opportunity to connect directly with federal agencies representing America's Seed Fund, the nation’s largest source of non-dilutive funding for high-growth startups and small businesses. It will also offer programming on how to compete for funding.
2025 GAFC Awardees
The U.S. Small Business Administration awarded $5.7 million in 2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) awards, demonstrating the agency’s commitment to prioritizing American entrepreneurship and accelerating innovation.
America’s Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through the SBIR/STTR programs.
February 11-13, 2025 | Concluded
America's Seed Fund Week is a series of virtual events representing a collaborative outreach effort that will connect entrepreneurs working on advanced technologies and the organizations that support them to the country's largest source of early-stage funding.
Stay in Touch
Monthly Community Call and Email Updates
Engage with us monthly on the SBA Innovation Ecosystem Network Call! This dynamic call brings together entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) from across the country to foster connections and build a thriving, national innovation ecosystem.
Stay in the know with all the America's Seed Fund happenings!
The SBIR and STTR programs fund startups and small businesses across technology areas and markets to stimulate technological innovation, meet Federal research and development (R&D) needs, and increase commercialization to transition R&D into impact. Subscribe to the Newsletter today!
