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 | April 6 '24 |
| NIH |
| Varies | Varies | Varies |
| NIH/CDC Contracts |
| Aug. 25 '23 | Aug. 25 '23 | Nov. 14 '23 |
| CDMRP | Varies | Varies | ||
| DOD |
| Pre-Release August 23 '23 | Sept. 20 '23 | Oct. 18 '23 |
| Air Force | SBIR Phase 1 Open Topic
| August 30 '23 | August 30 '23 | Sept. 28 '23 |
| DOE |
| July 10 '23 | Aug. 7 '23 | Letters of Intent Due - Aug. 28 '23 Full Applications Due - Oct.10 '23 |
| USDA |
| July 7 '23 | July 7 '23 | Sept. 19 '23 |
| NASA Ignite |
| Aug. 2 '23 | Aug. 2 '23 | Sept. 21 '23 |
| NSF | (Project Pitch Required) Phase I SBIR/STTR NSF23-515 | Submission windows: Nov. 22 '22 - March 1 '23 March 2 '23 - July 5 '23 July 6 '23 - Nov. 1 '23 |
Open = Earliest Submission Date
Close = Final Submission Date
Updated: Aug. 30, 2023
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