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

Unlock Free Capital: Grants for Your Startup

17 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this introductory segment of the YouTube video, Stacy L Chin, a federal grants and contracting consultant who has secured over $40 million in non‑dilutive funding for startups, explains the first avenue for obtaining free capital: federal R&D grant programs SBIR and STTR, collectively called America’s Seed Fund. She outlines that these programs channel billions of dollars into small businesses across 11 federal agencies—including NIH, NSF, DoD, DOE, and USDA—awarding roughly 6,000 Phase I grants each year. She emphasizes that companies working in AI, biotech, clean energy, aerospace, or related fields are likely to find relevant opportunities.

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Welcome back to the channel. If you're joining us for the first time, I'm Stacy L Chin, a professional federal grants and contracting consultant who has helped to raise over $40 million of non-diluted funding for startups developing innovations in healthcare, climate, and defense. So the first method is through grants like the SBIR and STTR program, also otherwise known as America's Seed Fund. And these are federal R&D programs that pump billions of dollars into small businesses developing innovative tech across 11 agencies like NIH, NSF, DOD, DOE, USDA. There are about 6,000 Phase I awards given out every single year. If you're working in AI or biotech, clean energy or aerospace, you name it, there's likely an opportunity.