Courtesy of NAA:

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers competitively awarded grants to qualified small businesses to support high quality research related to important scientific problems and opportunities in agriculture that could lead to significant public benefits.

The 8.7 program area priority supports innovations benefiting US aquaculture.  Click on: Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I | National Institute of Food and Agriculture (usda.gov).

Please contact Tim Sullivan, National Program Leader, Animal Health and Aquaculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, for additional information or to answer your questions. Tim’s email is timothy.sullivan@usda.gov.