The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program ncourages domestic small 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 businesses , and assisting clients to engage obtain $3.9 billion in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) that has the potential capital for commercializationtheir businesses.