### Question
What does Small Business Technology Transfer Program” or “STTR mean?


### Answer
**Small Business Technology Transfer Program” or “STTR** has the following meaning in *15 U.S.C. § 638*:

> a program under which a portion of a Federal agency's extramural research or research and development effort is reserved for award to small business concerns for cooperative research and development through a uniform process having—


(A) a first phase, to determine, to the extent possible, the scientific, technical, and commercial merit and feasibility of ideas submitted pursuant to STTR program solicitations

#### Citation:
  - *15 U.S.C. § 638*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 14A-AID TO SMALL BUSINESS**

