Each federal agency has its own requirements for submitting SBIR and STTR proposals. Some requirements like the SBA company registration are required of all applicants regardless of agency or program while other registrations are agency specific i.e. FastLane or eCommons. Also, some registration are required for submission while others are required if the company is offered an award. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the federal solicitation for submission requirements, but can use the table below as a quick reference.
| Registration Type: | DHS |
DOC |
DOC NOAA |
DoD | DoE | DoEd | DoT | EPA | NASA | NIH | NSF | USDA |
| EIN | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| DUNS | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| SBIR.gov | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| SAM | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| grants.gov | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| DefenseBusiness.org | X | |||||||||||
| eRACommons | X | |||||||||||
| FastLane | X | |||||||||||
| FedConnect | X | X |
