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title: How Federal R&D Funding Has Helped Other Founders
description: To help you get a sense for what federal R&D funding looks like in practice we’ve collected some interviews with past winners.
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## How Federal R&D Funding Has Helped Other Founders

**Time to read:** 1 min

To help you get a sense for what federal R&D funding looks like in practice we’ve collected some interviews with past winners.

Quick note, in this world SBIR means federal R&D funding

 

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