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Read Your Notice of Award: Quick Tips Before You Spend a Dollar
Before you begin your research project, take 15 minutes to read your Notice of Award (NoA) from start to finish. The NoA is the legally binding agreement between your company and the funding agency, and accepting the first drawdown of funds means you’ve accepted every term in it.
DOE SBIR/STTR Program Updates & Funding Opportunities
Insight into DOE SBIR/STTR program changes. DOE SBIR/STTR FY26 Phase I “Genesis Mission” and phase II funding opportunity
NIH eRA Commons Now Requires Users to Consolidate Multiple Accounts
NIH eRA Commons Now Requires Users to Consolidate Multiple Accounts. This change is driven by NIH’s move to mandatory multi-factor authentication through Login.gov, and it affects anyone who has maintained separate accounts for different roles or institutions.
SBIR CMMC Survival Kit™_ HRDN-IT™
DOD / DOW, the CMMC cybersecurity requirement is already in the first phase of implementation. All DOD / DOW awards from 10 Nov 2025 are requiring either a CMMC Level 1 or Level 2 self-assessment. BBCetc and TotemTech offer a low cost solution, SBIR CMMC Survival Kit™_ HRDN-IT™
NIH just announced that there will be no April 5, 2026, deadline.
NIH just announced that there will be no April 5, 2026, deadline. It is now stated at the top of their seed.nih.gov website: NIH has no active Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Notices of Funding Opportunity...
NIH Changes to the Biographical Sketch: What Your Company Needs to Know for Submission
Effective January 25, 2026, the National Institutes of Health is implementing some significant changes to how Biographical Sketches are prepared and submitted. All Biosketches for Sr/Key Persons uploaded into ASSIST must be certified PDFs that were generated and...
How to Prepare for DOW SBIR While the Program is Paused
There's plenty to do while we wait for SBIR reauthorization. DOW Open Topics are likely coming back and smart teams are using this window wisely. History shows the program will return and in this case, preparation wins. Now is the time network and conduct Customer...
Long Range Broad Agency Announcements (LRBAAs)
With the SBIR program currently inactive, many federal agencies continue to engage small businesses through Long Range Broad Agency Announcements (LRBAAs). These are sometimes referred to as Open BAA, Standing BAA, Umbrella BAA, or a BAA with Rolling Admissions....
DOW/DOD Agency level vs Component level Instructions
The most important step for any SBIR/STTR submission is reading the instructions. The Department of War (DOW), also known as the Department of Defense (DOD), releases its solicitation and instructions on the Defense SBIR/STTR Innovation Portal (DSIP). 14 different...
NIH Notice NOT-OD-26-006: Early Expiration of Funding Opportunities
NIH has issued Notice NOT-OD-26-006, which expires multiple specific SBIR/STTR notice of opportunity funding opportunities (NOFOs) effective November 17, 2025. This means these opportunities are no longer accepting applications, regardless of their originally...
