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!
Sunsetting the EHB
This Fall, the program is retiring our longtime submission and award management system, the Electronic Handbook (EHB). If you've ever won an SBIR/STTR award, we encourage you to save your important contract documents before the EHB goes offline on October 31, 2024. All future solicitations, submissions, and contracts will be run on the program's new system, ProSAMS.
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Program Phases
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Program Schedule
Find recent & future opportunities across the program
Last Updated: 09/25/24 | All dates are subject to change
| Opportunity | Open Date | Close Date | Selection Announcement |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBIR Ignite | 2024 NASA SBIR Ignite Phase I Solicitation | 6/10/24 | 7/30/24 | Late October 2024 |
| Phase II | 2023 NASA STTR Phase II Solicitation | 7/22/24 | 9/3/24 | Late November 2024 |
| Post Phase II | 2025 NASA SBIR Phase II Sequential – White Paper Submissions | 8/13/24 | 9/23/24 | Fall/Winter 2024 |
| Post Phase II | Phase II-E Submissions | — | 10/23/24 | November 2024 |
| Phase I | 2025 NASA SBIR/STTR Phase I Solicitations | Expected January 2025 | Expected March 2025 | Expected Spring 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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We are one piece of the SBIR/STTR pie
America’s Seed Fund is coordinated by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), which provides resources and support to the NASA SBIR/STTR program and 10 other participating Federal agencies. The SBA tracks SBIR/STTR awards across the government, provides helpful program information, hosts frequent virtual and in-person events, and offers connections to others in the innovation ecosystem who may be able to help you if you need support outside of the NASA SBIR/STTR program.
Learn More on SBIR.gov
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