Terms of Service

These terms apply when you use SBIR Topics (sbirtopics.pages.dev), ask it for a match report, or use its API or MCP endpoint. By ticking the acceptance box and submitting the form, or by sending any request to the API or the MCP endpoint, you accept them. Contact: support@figsheet.com.

In short. SBIR Topics is software that compares public SBIR/STTR topics with public award records or the text you give it. Automated matching only, not legal advice or proposal advice. It does not tell you whether you are eligible, whether to propose, or whether you will win. The data comes from public SBIR.gov sources and can be late or wrong: always check the official topic page and solicitation, and do not rely on SBIR Topics for a deadline. Web match reports are free; API keys cost $29/month. If something goes wrong, the most we owe you is set out in the limit of liability below.

1. What SBIR Topics does

SBIR Topics lists open and pre-release SBIR/STTR topics read from SBIR.gov and ranks them against either the past awards of the company you name (from the public SBIR.gov award data) or a description you write. The ranking is a text similarity score computed by software without human review. A high score means the texts share terms; it does not mean a topic fits your company, that you qualify, or that an agency will fund you.

2. Not legal or proposal advice; no affiliation

SBIR Topics is not a law firm, a consultant or a government office, and is not affiliated with SBIR.gov, the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Department of War (DoD) or any other agency. Nothing on the site or in a match report is legal advice, proposal advice or advice on eligibility, size, ownership, data rights or export rules. For those questions, read the solicitation and ask the agency's topic contact or a qualified adviser.

3. Data from public sources

Topic and award data are copied from public SBIR.gov pages and files and may be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and the award file with abstracts lags behind the current year. Dates, topic text and requirements on the official SBIR.gov topic page and in the solicitation govern. Do not rely on SBIR Topics to tell you about a deadline, a change or an amendment.

4. What you submit

You may enter a company name or a description of up to 2,000 characters. Do not enter confidential or proprietary information, export-controlled technical data (for example under ITAR or the EAR), or personal information about anyone. You keep any rights in what you enter and give us only the permission needed to store it and compute your report, for the periods on the privacy page (30 days). We do not publish, sell or share it, and we do not use it to train models.

5. Price

Web match reports and the free API tier are free. An API key costs $29/month, billed monthly by Polar (polar.sh), our merchant of record, which handles payment, tax and invoices under its own terms; you can cancel at any time and the key works until the end of the paid month. A weekly match email for $29/month may be offered later; it is not on sale yet and the "coming soon" button only records interest. Prices and terms are shown before you pay.

6. Provided as is

SBIR Topics is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that topic data or scores are complete or correct.

7. Limit of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows: (a) our total liability for any claim connected with SBIR Topics is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or US$29 if you paid nothing; and (b) we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost awards or contracts, missed deadlines, proposal preparation costs or lost opportunities, even if we were told they were possible. These limits do not apply to liability for fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or to any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, and they do not affect rights a consumer has under mandatory law. If a court finds a limit unenforceable, it applies to the greatest extent allowed.

8. Fair use

Up to 20 web match requests a day from one address. Do not automate the web form (use the API instead), overload or attack the service, or use it to break the law. We may refuse or suspend service where these terms or the law are broken.

8a. API and MCP access

Acceptance. Using the API (paths under /api/v1/) or the MCP endpoint (/mcp) means you accept these terms, including on behalf of the business or the software agent you operate. Every API response carries an X-Terms header with the address of this page.

Keys. An API key is a license key sold through Polar. Send it as an Authorization header (Bearer followed by the key). Keep it secret: anyone holding it can use your quota. One key is for one customer; do not share or publish it. We may revoke a key that is shared, leaked or used against these terms, and you may ask us to replace a leaked key.

Limits. Without a key: 5 match calls a day per address. With a key: 500 match calls a day per key. Days run in UTC. Reading results and topics is not counted, within fair use. Over the limit the API answers HTTP 429. We may change limits with notice on the pricing page.

Fair use. Do not try to get around the limits (for example by rotating addresses or keys), probe for other people's match ids, or send confidential, export-controlled or personal information.

No resale of the data. You may use results inside your own product or agent and show them to your own users. You may not resell or redistribute the raw topic data or match results in bulk, or use the API to build or feed a competing topic-listing or matching service.

Same disclaimers and cap. API and MCP results are the same automated matching as the web site, not legal advice or proposal advice. Sections 6 and 7 apply unchanged: the most we owe you for any claim is what you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or US$29 if you paid nothing.

9. Changes and availability

We may change SBIR Topics or these terms; changes apply from the time they are posted here. We may stop the service at any time.

10. Disputes

Please write to support@figsheet.com first. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Oregon, USA, and applicable US federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts in Oregon have jurisdiction, except that either side may bring a claim in small-claims court where it qualifies. Nothing here removes protections a consumer has under the mandatory law of the country where they live.

11. Other

SBIR Topics is for people aged 18 or over and for businesses. If any part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest still applies. These terms and the privacy page are the whole agreement between you and SBIR Topics about the service.

Updated 2026-11-09.