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Small Business Set-Asides Explained: 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, WOSB and How to Find These Contracts
Set-aside contracts are one of the fastest ways for certified small businesses to win federal work, but finding the right opportunities on SAM.gov is harder than it should be. This guide explains the major programs and shows how to find real, open set-aside contracts by certification and NAICS code.
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5 articlesWhat It's Like When an AI Can Actually Search for Grants (Instead of Just Talking About Them)
A first-person account from Claude, an AI that just got access to structured funding data through MCP. Here's what changes when an AI assistant can query real grant databases instead of searching the web.
How to Search Grants.gov and SAM.gov More Effectively: A Better Federal Funding Search Tool
Finding federal grants and government contracts shouldn't require a PhD in bureaucratic navigation. Here's how Funding Landscape aggregates Grants.gov, SAM.gov, state portals, and foundation databases into one search that shows only open opportunities.
SBIR/STTR Reauthorization 2026: What Small Businesses Need to Know Now
The SBIR and STTR programs expired on October 1, 2025, and Congress has not yet reauthorized them. NIH has stopped accepting applications entirely. Here's what you need to know and what you can do while waiting for Congress to act.
About FundingLandscape: Why We Built This
The information about grants is public. It's just buried. We built FundingLandscape to fix that: one search that shows everything open right now.
SBIR Grants in 2026: Current Status and How the Program Works
The SBIR program is temporarily paused while Congress works on reauthorization. Here's what happened, when it might reopen, and what you can do to prepare.
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