The Small Business Administration has several funding opportunities for entrepreneurial research. See below for a list of topics and upcoming deadlines.
Submission Deadline 12:30 pm (CMT) Thursday, May 28:
1. Research on Miscellaneous Small Business Topics Using Large Datasets (SBAHQ-15-Q-0030), available at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=e3d3c0d020a27b113a7fb213c1bc1821&tab=core&_cview=0
2. Research on Miscellaneous Topics: Small Businesses in the Supply Chain (SBAHQ-15-Q-0025), available at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=f1b1a65619e7cd4e529422568854b85a&tab=core&_cview=0
3. Research on Miscellaneous Small Business Topics on Minority Entrepreneurship(SBAHQ-15-Q-0031), available at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=a36aca0431755dc05ba66142dc37cad7&tab=core&_cview=0
4. Research on Millennial Entrepreneurship (SBAHQ-15-Q-0029), available at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=d32222351f6bab7a4f0e39e4479066fa&tab=core&_cview=0
Submission Deadline 12:30 pm (CMT) Tuesday, June 2:
5. Research on the Potential of Microfinance on Small Businesses (SBAHQ-15-Q-0028), available at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=2dfece9a06e15b536a66bc01e1b16b99&tab=core&_cview=0
6. Research on Miscellaneous Small Business Topics on Alternative Financing (SBAHQ-15-Q-0022), available at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7464d4fcaa2b784c0b9360621e06e50b&tab=core&_cview=0
7. Research on the Impacts of Technological Innovations in Banking on Small Business Access to Capital (SBAHQ-15-Q-0021), available https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8a867b75a81e9a350768dd7c6742120d&tab=core&_cview=0
8. Research on Technology Effects on Small Businesses in International Markets(SBAHQ-15-Q-0036), available https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=0b6ae84325c487dc80588c0e2ba180a5&tab=core&_cview=0
National Women’s Business Council
1. Research on Resources and Programs that Support High Growth Women Entrepreneurs(SBAHQ-15-Q-0039), available at https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=ff3b56d167cf35c45a108999f3768bbb&tab=core&_cview=0