DOE Funding Alert

The Department of Energy (DOE) has issued its current FY23 Funding Opportunity Announcement for Phase I- Release I applicants. The funding opportunity number is: DE-FOA-0002783 and the document may be downloaded from the DOE SBIR/STTR funding opportunity schedule on...

DOD releases New Topics

The Department of the Air Force (including Space Force) has released 49 new SBIR topics and 6 STTR topics. DTRA released 7 new SBIR topics and 2 STTR topics. There are now 91 topics at the Department of Defense! It is anticipated that all proposals will be evaluated...

NIH releases new SBIR contract solicitation

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are soliciting proposals from small business concerns with the research and development (R&D) expertise to conduct innovative research that will contribute to NIH or...

What does the cancellation of DOD SBIR/STTR 22.3/22.4 mean?

Why has DOD announced it will not release SBIR/STTR 22.3/22.C and what does that mean for the DOD SBIR/STTR program? The DOD SBIR 22.2 and STTR 22.B BAAs stated that: “Congressional authorization of the SBIR and STTR programs is set to expire on September 30, 2022. If...

“From the Sources’ Mouth” with NSF

Don’t miss your chance to hear directly from National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Program Director and Policy Liaison, Ben Schrag. Known as America’s Seed Fund, NSF has helped startups and small businesses transform their ideas into marketable products and services....