A strategic breakthrough allocation is capped at 0.50 percent of an agency's extramural research budget
What the document says“the term `strategic breakthrough allocation' means, with respect to a Federal agency with a required expenditure under subsection (f)(1) in excess of $100,000,000, an expenditure amount from the SBIR allocation under subsection (f)(1) of such agency of not more than 0.50 percent of the extramural budget for research or research and development designated for such agency for fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year thereafter.”
Subsection (a)(2) adds a new paragraph (3) to subsection (ff) of section 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 638). Subparagraph (A) defines the term used through the rest of the paragraph. The definition reaches only an agency whose required expenditure under subsection (f)(1) is over $100,000,000. For such an agency the allocation is an amount from that same SBIR allocation of no more than 0.50 percent of the extramural budget for research or research and development designated for the agency, for fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year after it.
What the document actually says“the term `strategic breakthrough allocation' means, with respect to a Federal agency with a required expenditure under subsection (f)(1) in excess of $100,000,000, an expenditure amount from the SBIR allocation under subsection (f)(1) of such agency of not more than 0.50 percent of the extramural budget for research or research and development designated for such agency for fiscal year 2026 and every fiscal year thereafter.”
This names a new pot of money. Only a big agency can have one. The pot comes out of money the agency already sets aside. The pot can hold up to half of one percent of its research budget.
An agency counts as big here if it must spend over $100 million. The pot starts in the budget year 2026. It is not new money. It is a slice of money the agency already had.
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