What foreign affiliation disclosures are required for SBIR and STTR applicants?

According to the SBA SBIR foreign disclosures page, the SBIR and STTR Extension Act of 2022 amended section 9 of the Act to require small businesses applying for SBIR or STTR awards to disclose information about the applicant’s investment and foreign ties. The SBA says it responded by amending Section 9(a) of the Policy Directive and adding an appendix that gives Participating Agencies responsibilities for collecting those disclosures. The page also says the amendment created a common template, based on the statutory language in the Act, to uniformly capture the required disclosures. The same source defines a “foreign country of concern” as the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, or any other country later determined to be a country of concern by the Secretary of State. The current list on the page includes only those four countries, and the SBA says there are no additional countries designated for SBIR and STTR purposes at this time.