The SBDC provides SBA grants, delivers management and technical assistance, and provides professional advising. SBDC claims that maintaining a core group of trained business professionals is key to their strong help network. The SBDCs anticipate providing long term advising to 55,000 clients, helping over 13,000 entrepreneurs start new Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program ncourages domestic small businesses, and assisting clients to obtain $3.9 billion engage in capital Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential for their businessescommercialization.