{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-5b-8-3","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 5B-8-3","heading":"Eligibility.","body":"In order to be eligible for a grant under this article, a small business must satisfy all of the following conditions:\n(1) The small business must be a for-profit, West Virginia-based business;\n(2) For the Phase I and/or Phase II Matching program the small business must have received a SBIR/STTR Phase I or SBIR/STTR Phase II award from a participating federal agency in response to a specific federal solicitation. To receive the full match for the Phase I award, the small business must also have submitted a final Phase I report, demonstrated that the sponsoring agency has an interest in a Phase II proposal, and submitted a Phase II proposal to the agency; To receive the Phase II match, the small business must have submitted the final progress report to the funding agency;\n(3) The small business must satisfy all federal SBIR/STTR requirements;\n(4) The small business shall not receive concurrent funding support from other sources that duplicates the purpose of this article;\n(5) The small business must certify that at least 51 percent of the research described or to be described in the federal SBIR/STTR Phase II proposal will be conducted in this state and that the small business will remain a West Virginia-based business for the duration of the SBIR/STTR Phase II project; and\n(6) The small business must demonstrate its ability to conduct research in its SBIR/STTR Phase II proposal.","path":["CHAPTER 5B. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1985.","ARTICLE 8. SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH AND SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER MATCHING FUNDS PROGRAM."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/5B-8-3/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:20:12Z","sha256":"062e5bf5e412076da9eb31bf0008623c27bc651c1f31d50b3b2db4b833236708","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-5b-8-2","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-5b-8-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}