Stacy L ChinFounder, KeepYourEquity · I get the government to write you checks

SBIR Application: Peer Review Process Explained for Startups #shorts

22 Sept 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief instructional video, Stacy Chin explains that after a startup submits an SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) proposal, the application enters a standardized, multi‑step peer review process. Reviewers follow a rigorous sequence of evaluations to determine whether the funding agency will award the proposal. Chin emphasizes that startups should be aware of each step because significant decisions and assessments happen behind the scenes, affecting the likelihood of funding.

Well, not exactly. So right after you hit the submit button, your SBIR application actually goes through a really rigorous and standardized peer review process that's composed of a series of steps that reviewers have to go through in order to figure out whether or not the funding agency wants to award your proposal. And startups should be aware about all the steps within this peer review process because a lot is going on behind the scenes.