Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program to Provide Organizations with Funding for Outreach, Mentoring, Technical and Business Assistance to R & D-focused Small Businesses Interested in the SBIR/STTR Federal R & D Programs. The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) plans to issue Notice of Funding Opportunity No. SBA-OIIFT-20-001 with estimated total program funding of $3,000,000. The award ceiling is $125,000 and the award floor is $0. Applicants may request any amount up to the award ceiling. Funding will go to organizations to conduct proposal development training, outreach, mentoring, financial support, technical and business assistance to R & D focused small businesses interested in the SBIR/STTR Programs. Applications will be considered from all 50 states, U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. This program is authorized by Public Law (P.L.) 116-93 and 15 U.S.C. 657d(c). Only one proposal from each state may be submitted to the SBA for consideration and this application must have a signed letter of endorsement from the state governor or equivalent.