The Office of Advocacy’s mission includes providing research documenting the status of small businesses and the impact of important trends on them. Areas of continuing interest are listed below. In addition to increasing knowledge about small business in general, these areas are noteworthy because they may provide policymaking insight or serve as a foundation for further research.

These research opportunities are being offered through a broad agency announcement (BAA) with various research areas listed. Bidders will submit proposals in one or more of the following areas based on this one solicitation.

Bidders are not required to submit a proposal on each topic.

The deadline for submitting proposals is FRIDAY, JULY 23, 2010. The following issue areas are currently open:

SBAHQ-10-R-0023: Research on Equity Financing among Women- and Minority- Owned Firms

SBAHQ-09-Q-0024: Research on Small Businesses and the Macroeconomy The proposal solicitations and synopses are listed in FedBizOpps FedBizOpps.

(If this link is not active, go to http://www.fbo.gov and search for Small Business Administration listings, solicitation number SBAHQ10021202BAA.) Each of these research opportunities are small business set-asides.There will be a question-and-answer period for potential bidders through July 15, 2010; all questions must be submitted in writing to the contracting office.

See the attached performance work statements on FedBizOpps for more information on each issue area. It is important that all respondents follow the instructions provided for submitting proposals. Please note that regular mail to government offices in Washington, D.C., experiences significant delays. Other methods, such as overnight and certified mail, are preferred and are more timely.

For ideas of previously funded research by the Office of Advocacy, see http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/chron.html.

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