NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program’s have selected 365 small businesses to participate in their program.

Small businesses are vital to NASA’s mission, helping expand humanity’s presence in space and improve life on Earth. NASA has selected 365 U.S. small business proposals for initial funding from the agency’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, a total investment of more than $45 million.

According to the Seattle Times, small businesses have been disproportionately affected by Covid-19.

In a big gravel lot near South Seattle’s South Park Bridge, a handful of small businesses might get a second chance to survive the pandemic. 

The house votes to extend the Paycheck Protection Program for two months, reports Business Insider.

To continue providing aid to small businesses recovering from the pandemic, the House voted on Tuesday to extend the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) by two months, ahead of its expiration on March 31.

Small businesses that applied early to the latest round Paycheck Protection funding received less forgivable funding than those who waited, reports CNBC.

For some of the smallest businesses that applied for forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, waiting just a few days or weeks would’ve gotten them thousands of dollars more.