Solicitation Dates
Open Solicitations
| Agency | Solicitation | Release | Open | Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HHS Omnibus | Clinical Trials not allowed: PA-23-230: PHS 2023-2 SBIR-NIH PA-23-232: PHS 2023-2 STTR-NIH Clinical Trials required: PA-23-231: PHS 2023-2 SBIR-NIH PA-23-233: PHS 2023-2 STTR-NIH | July 12 '23 | Aug.07 '23 | Apr. 7 '25 (since April 5th is a Saturday) Sept. 5 '25 |
| NIH |
| Varies | Varies | Varies |
| DOD | SBIR 25.2 / STTR 25.B
| Prerelease Apr. 2 '25 | Apr. 23 '25 | May. 21 '25 |
| CDMRP | Varies | Varies | ||
NSF | Phase I: 24-579 Phase II: 24-580 | June 17 '24 | June 17 '24 | Submission windows Close: Mar. 5 '25 July 2 '25 Nov. 6 '25 |
Open = Earliest Submission Date
Close = Final Submission Date
Updated: Jan. 22, 2025
Typical Phase I Release and Close Dates
| Agency | Solicitation | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AUG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DOC | NIST | one | mid | end | |||||||||
| NOAA | mid | end | one | mid | |||||||||
| DOD | Release.1/.A | mid | end | one | |||||||||
| Release .2/.B | one | mid | end | ||||||||||
| Release .3/.C | one | mid | end | ||||||||||
| DOEd | mid | mid | end | one | |||||||||
| DOE | Release 1 | one | mid | end | |||||||||
| Release 2 | mid | end | one | mid | |||||||||
| DHHS | Omnibus 1 | one | mid | mid | end | ||||||||
| Omnibus 2 | end | one | mid | mid | mid | mid | mid | mid | |||||
| Omnibus 3 | mid | mid | mid | end | one | mid | mid | mid | mid | mid | mid | ||
| Special Topics (varies) | |||||||||||||
| Contracts | one | mid | end | ||||||||||
| NIDILRR | one | end | |||||||||||
| DHS | S&T and DNDO joint | end | one | mid | |||||||||
| DOT | mid | mid | end | one | mid | mid | |||||||
| EPA | mid | ||||||||||||
| NASA | one | mid | end | ||||||||||
| NSF | Window 1 | mid | mid | end | one | mid | |||||||
| Window 2 | one | mid | mid | mid | end | ||||||||
| Window 3 | one | mid | mid | mid | end | ||||||||
| USDA | one | mid | mid | end |
*Estimated based on past schedules. All dates are subject to change without notice. Updated Dec. 6, 2022