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SBIR/STTR Program

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 less 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!

Program Phases

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Program Schedule

Find recent & future opportunities across the program

Last Updated: 10/31/24 | All dates are subject to change

OpportunityOpen DateClose DateSelection Announcement
SBIR Ignite | 2024 NASA SBIR Ignite Phase I SolicitationAwardees recently announced6/10/247/30/2410/31/24
Phase II | 2023 NASA STTR Phase II Solicitation7/22/249/3/2411/21/24
Post Phase II | 2025 NASA SBIR Phase II Sequential – White Paper Submissions 8/13/249/23/24Fall/Winter 2024
Post Phase II | Phase II-E Submissions10/23/24November 2024
Phase I | 2025 NASA SBIR/STTR Phase I SolicitationsExpected January 2025Expected March 2025Expected
June 2025

News & Success Stories

Read recent press releases and articles about the program's awards, as well as stories of the success and impact our awardees are having on NASA and the country.

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