Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs provide an opportunity for small, high-technology companies and research institutions to participate in government-sponsored research and development. Annually, NASA issues a solicitation highlighting its key technology needs and missions.
For more information about the programs, please visit sbir.nasa.gov.
The Small Business Partnership Team (SBPT) manages Langley’s SBIR and STTR programs. One of the teams’ goals is to transfer successful SBIR/STTR technologies. To do this, we have implemented TecFusion Forums.
For more information about Langley’s SBIR and STTR programs and TecFusion, please contact us.
Quick Facts
NASA SBIR/STTR Phases:
• Idea Generation
• Prototype Development
• Infusion/Commercialization
SBIR Ignite is a pilot initiative for high-growth, product-oriented entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses to use NASA as a stepping stone in their path towards commercial success.
How to Get Involved
The NASA Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program is part of America’s Seed Fund, the nation’s largest source of early-stage non-dilutive funding for innovative technologies.
Through this program, entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses with fewer than 500 employees can receive funding and non-monetary support to build, mature, and commercialize their technologies, advancing NASA missions and helping solve important problems facing our country. Whether your destination is the Moon, Mars, or the marketplace, the NASA SBIR/STTR program wants to help get you there!
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Ignite
NASA SBIR Ignite solicitation is focused on commercialization
The NASA SBIR Ignite solicitation is focused on commercialization. While the mainline NASA SBIR/STTR Phase I solicitations also evaluate commercial potential and feasibility, many technologies address a specific NASA challenge or need, and the companies we work with have a goal of getting infused into a NASA mission or being sustained with NASA as a key customer.
The NASA Ignite solicitation seeks collaboration with high-growth, product-oriented entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses working in NASA-relevant fields and who expect strong private sector investment after their Phase I and II contracts. Ultimately, we want to see economic impact through capability delivered to commercial markets, and growth in jobs, revenue, and valuation.
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