SBIR/STTR and DoD FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

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DOE New Funding Available to Small Businesses for Clean Energy Research and Development

Department of Energy (DOE)

Solicitation# DE-FOA-0003504
LOI Deadline: 1/14/2025
Amount: $1 M

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) opened new funding to small businesses for innovative clean energy technologies as part of its Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) programs. SBIR and STTR are competitive funding opportunities that encourage U.S.-based small businesses to engage in research and development to accelerate the commercialization of innovative technologies.

Through SBIR and STTR, the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) has enabled thousands of small businesses and entrepreneurs to develop cutting-edge technologies required to accelerate our transition to a clean energy future.

SBIR/STTR provides funding in two phases: Small businesses can receive up to $200,000 in Phase I to prove the feasibility of an idea; successful awardees can then receive up to $1 million in Phase II for further development including prototyping, validation, and testing

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NOI – Pilot-scale Rapid Operational Validation of key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (PROVE IT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations

(OCED)

NOI # 89243625RCD000006
Deadlines: TBD
Amount: $4.3 M ($30M across all topics)

Topic Areas:

  • Point Source Carbon Capture – Pilot-scale-ready purification, capture, and regeneration – $25M / 5 contracts
  • Long Duration Energy Storage – Non-widely deployed electrochemical systems- $10M / 2 Contracts

The Pilot-scale Rapid Operational Validation of key Energy Infrastructure Technologies (PROVE IT) solicitation will support small businesses conducting research and development efforts aimed at operational validation of a pilot-scale unit before it can be deemed ready for a large-scale demonstration project or its commercialization and deployment. OCED understands that many technology and solution providers need support while their technology is still at the pilot-scale to validate it in relevant operational environments. This pre-solicitation, restricted to small businesses, is closing a gap between the typical fundamental R&D cycle and the technology and adoption readiness needed for a successful demonstration project or to enable technology deployment.

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State of Colorado Advanced Industries Grants – Proof of Concept & Early-Stage Capital and Retention

Colorado Office of Economic Development & International Trade (OEDIT) Solicitation # n/a
Deadlines:

8/27/2024: Submission to Mines Tech Transfer Office

8/29/2024: TTO submission to OEDIT

Amount:

Proof of Concept Grants: Up to $150K with 1:3 cost share

Early-Stage Capital and Retention: Up to $250K with 2:1 cost share

The State of Colorado Advanced Industries Grant Program is accepting applications for two grant programs: Proof of Concept and Early-Stage Capital and Retention.

Proof of Concept: The Advanced Industries Proof of Concept Grant provides funding to help Colorado research institutions speed up applied research in advanced industries and commercialize products and services with the private sector. Projects must accelerate product or service commercialization through precommercial research and commercialization preparation. Funding cannot be used for basic research. Awards are up to $150,000 and require one match dollar for every three state dollars requested. The match must be cash and available at the time of the award.  You cannot apply if you have an active POC grant with the State of Colorado. The online application must be completed and the Mines Technology Transfer Office notified by 5pm on August 27th, 2024. The application will be reviewed and then submitted to the CO Economic Development and International Trade office by the TTO before the deadline on August 29th, 2024.

The application process is an online form and access to the application can be requested through the Mines Technology Transfer Office. Email Will Vaughan at wvaughan@mines.edu.

Early-Stage Capital and Retention: The Advanced Industries Early-Stage Capital and Retention Grant helps Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses develop and commercialize advanced technologies that will be created or manufactured in Colorado. The market typically under-invests in early-stage technologies. The grant’s goal is to fill the gap left by the market. The grant is not meant to compete with existing funding. If you have or are working with a start-up and would like to apply, this requires two match dollars (in cash) for every one state dollar requested for up to $250,000.

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FY25 SBIR/STTR Phase I

Department of Energy Solicitation # Not yet published
Deadlines:

FOA Issued: 8/5/2024

Letters of Intent Due: 8/27/2024

Full Applications Due: 10/8/2024

The Department of Energy has announced the schedule for FY25 SBIR/STTR Phase I programs. Topics were issued on July 8, 2024, and topic webinars begin the week of July 22, 2024. Potential applicants are encouraged to review the topics documents as soon as possible after the release date and see if there is a topic/subtopic pair where your expertise allows you to be responsive. Visit the funding opportunity page for the full schedule and webinar registrations. Topic webinars allow applicants to ask the topic managers clarification questions on the solutions they are seeking.  The FOA webinar describes the DOE SBIR/STTR Programs and how to apply.
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SBIR-STTR Fast-Track Pilot Programs

National Science Foundation Solicitation # NSF 24-582
Deadlines: 9/18/2024; 11/6/2024; 3/5/2025; 7/2/2025; 11/5/2025
Amount: Maximum total award amount is $1,555,000 for 24 to 35 months
The NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track programs provide non-dilutive, fixed amount cooperative agreements for the development of a broad range of technologies based on discoveries in science and engineering with the potential for societal and economic impacts. This new pilot effort shares the same goals as the NSF SBIR/STTR Phase I and Phase II funding opportunities but combine the phases into a single award in order to accelerate progress toward translation. The NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track pilot programs also have different eligibility requirements. Small businesses applying to the NSF SBIR/STTR Fast-Track pilot programs must have a lineage of NSF research funding, at least one Senior/Key Personnel to have undergone formal customer discovery training, and the entire team must already be in place (not yet to be determined) at the time of proposal submission.
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SBIR/STTR Opportunities

DoD Agency

Close Date

FY25 NASA SBIR/STTR Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP)

NASA

15-Jan

TurboFCL

DARPA

5-Feb

AI/ML-Enabled Voice-Commanded Autonomous Maneuver for Ground Combat Vehicles

Army

5-Feb

DoD SBIR 25.1 Broad Agency Announcement

Navy

5-Feb

DoD STTR 25.A Broad Agency Announcement

Navy

5-Feb

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program 25.1 Solicitation

DHS

21-Feb

NASA INNOVATIVE ADVANCED CONCEPTS (NIAC) PHASE II

NASA

24-Feb

NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Fiscal Year 2025

NASA

10-Mar

FY25 NASA SBIR/STTR Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP)

NASA

21-Apr

DOD Opportunities Agency Close Date Solicitation Number
Enhanced SBOM for Optimized Software Sustainment (E-BOSS) DARPA 30-Jan HR001124S0005
Discover DSO Day (D3) DARPA 7-Feb DARPA-SN-24-21

 

Opportunities

Agency

Solicitation Number

Close Date

RFI: Request for Information (RFI) and Invitation to DARPA Other Transactions (OT) webinar for Non-Traditional Defense Contractors

DARPA

DARPA-SN-25-35

1-Apr

Robust Quantum Sensors (RoQS) Proposers Day Special Notice

DARPA

DARPA-SN-25-30

24-Jan

Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2025

DARPA

DARPARA2501

5-Feb

Future Program: The Right Space (TRS)

DARPA

DARPA-SN-25-33

28-Mar

Hybridizing Biology and Robotics through Integration for Deployable Systems (HyBRIDS)

DARPA

DARPA-EA-25-02-02

7-Apr

Expedited Research Implementation Series (ERIS)

DARPA

DARPA-PS-25-05

30-May

 

DARPA Microsystems Exploration – September 28, 2024

MTO seeks to develop high-risk, high-reward technologies that enable revolutionary advances in materials, devices, and microsystems and continue DARPA’s mission of creating and preventing strategic surprise. In order to capitalize rapidly on new opportunities, DARPA announces the Microsystems Exploration program which calls for faster responses with smaller, targeted investments.

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