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SBIR Targeted Technologies grants for Massachusetts companies that have already won a Phase II SBIR or STTR award. Federal research money cannot be spent on commercial groundwork, so START covers exactly that gap: market validation, business development, IP strategy and sales. Awards run from $100,000 to $500,000 and the most recent round distributed $4.5 million across 26 deep tech companies.