Upcoming Solicitations
Environmental Protection Agency
Date: Estimated release date: June, 2024
US Department of Agriculture
Date: Estimated release date: July, 2024
Department of Commerce – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Date: Estimated release date: September, 2024
Department of Homeland Security
Date: Estimated release date: October, 2024
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Date: Estimated release date: October, 2024
National Science Foundation SBIR/STTR 2023
Proposals Due: NSF accepts pitches anytime, and provides a response within about 30 days. NSF has 31 broad topic areas. Must submit Project Pitch to receive invitation to submit full proposal. MTI can help with your Project Pitch!
National Institutes of Health SBIR/STTR
Proposals Due: September 5, 2024 and January 5, 2025. Note: NIH also has various SBIR/STTR opportunities listed with a focus on special topics. Visit MTI’s website to review an NIH 3-part webinar series with helpful information about the NIH SBIR/STTR programs. https://bit.ly/MTI-SBIR-STTR-resources
Past Deadlines & Additional Opportunities (2025)
Below are opportunities that have past, but will most likely open again in 2025.
Department of Defense SBIR/STTR BAAs
Proposals Due: SBIR 24.1 and STTR 24.A are open throughout the year. Other components may have open solicitations throughout the year with various due dates.
Department of Energy
Proposals Due: DOE released its FY2024 Release 2 Topics on November 6, 2023 and the full Funding Opportunity Announcement was released on January 18, 2024. Mandatory Letters of Intent (LOI) were due February 2, 2024 with full proposals due March 12, 2024. Must submit LOI to be eligible to submit a full proposal.
NASA
Proposals Due: NASA released its solicitation on January 9, 2024. Proposals were due March 11, 2024.
Department of Transportation
Proposals Due: SBIR 24.1 Pre-solicitation announcement including topics, released on January 4, 2024. The full solicitation was released on February 9, 2024. Due date was March 7, 2024.