What SBIR and STTR matching is
SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) are federal programs that fund early-stage R&D from small companies. Each cycle opens hundreds of topics across agencies, each with its own language, phase structure, and requirements.
Matching connects your capabilities to the specific topics where they apply, ranked by fit — turning a sprawling list into a short, qualified one.
Why most companies miss relevant solicitations
Topics are spread across many agency sites and release on different schedules. They're written in agency and mission language, not the words a commercial company would search for. A radar company may describe its work as 'sensor fusion' while the topic asks for 'distributed ISR' — same capability, different vocabulary.
The result: companies miss topics they'd compete well for, and waste time on ones that mention their keywords but require something else.
How Scryon helps you evaluate fit
Scryon scores each open topic against your capabilities, certifications, and industry, then shows why it fits and what the gaps are. You decide what to pursue with a clear reason and a source link, not a hunch.
How capability profiles should map to agencies and topics
A strong capability profile is specific and mission-relevant. The closer your declared capabilities match the technical language agencies use, the better the mapping.
Capabilities over buzzwords
Describe concrete engineering — 'GPS-denied navigation,' 'wideband RF front-ends' — not generic categories.
Map to mission language
Matching bridges your terms and the agency's. Specific inputs produce sharper topic mapping.
Certifications and eligibility
Small-business status and relevant compliance affect which topics and set-asides you can pursue.
Use Scryon as a discovery layer, not a funding guarantee
Scryon helps you find and qualify SBIR/STTR topics faster and decide where to spend proposal effort. It does not write or submit proposals and cannot guarantee funding. Awards depend on your proposal and the agency's selection process.