SBIR/STTR Proposal Support
IPart’s pre-proposal services provide clients with critical feedback and microfunding to support winning federal Phase I and Phase II SBIR/STTR submissions.
The Innovation Partnership (IPart) is a statewide consortium of economic development, business assistance, and higher education organizations, providing early-stage technology companies with free proposal writing assistance, training, and financial assistance. The goal: Help Pennsylvania-based clients secure federal funding opportunities – Specifically, SBIR/STTR.
IPart’s pre-proposal services provide clients with critical feedback and microfunding to support winning federal Phase I and Phase II SBIR/STTR submissions.
Qualified IPart clients can be eligible for up to $1000 to help cover the cost of travel and training expenses directly related to their SBIR/STTR proposal submission.
An essential starting point to find solicitations and federal funding opportunities.
Agency/Program | Release Date | Open Date | Close Date | IPart Deadline Pre-Proposal (PPA) Due |
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DOD ARMY SBIR 2024.4 Release 21 | 7/9/24 *Topics Pre-Release | 9/10/24 | 10/15/24 by 12pm ET | Tues 9/17/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 9/2/24 |
DOE SBIR & STTR Phase 1, Release 1 Register for Topic Webinars @ Hyperlink | 7/8/24 *Topics Released | 8/5/24 *LOI Due 8/24/24 by 5pm ET | 10/8/24 | Tues 9/10/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 8/26/24 |
National Science Foundation (NSF) (Project Pitch Required) SBIR&STTR PhI 2024 Solicitation - nsf24-579 SBIR&STTR PhII 2024 Solicitation - nsf24-580 SBIR&STTR FastTrack Pilot 2024 Solicitation - nsf24-582 NSF SBIR/STTR Program Page NSF Events Online Project Pitch Form *PHI Max Award Amt. $305k, PHII Max Award Amt. $1.25m | 5/30/24 | 5/30/24 | 9/18/24 11/6/24 3/5/25 7/2/25 11/5/25 all due by 5pm | PPA 1st Draft sent to IPart 6 weeks before planned submission PPA Submission Deadline - 4 Weeks before planned federal submission Wed 8/21/24 Wed 10/9/24 Wed 2/5/25 Wed 6/4/25 Wed 10/8/25 |
USDA SBIR & STTR PHI Release CFDA #10.212 *PHI Max Award Amt. $181,500, Min Award Amt. $125,000 | 7/2/24 | 7/2/24 | 9/17/24 | Tues, 8/20/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 8/5/24 |
HHS Omnibus (NIH) 2025 | 7/2/24 | 7/2/24 | 9/5/24 1/6/25 4/7/25 | Thurs 8/8/24 Mon 12/2/24 Mon 3/10/25 Draft PPA Due Week of 7/22/24 Week of 11/18/24 Week of 2/24/25 |
DOD ARMY SBIR 2024.4 Release 20 | 7/9/24 *Topics Pre-Release | 8/1/24 | 9/4/24 by 12pm ET | Tues 8/7/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 7/22/24 |
EPA SBIR PHI Release #68HERC23R0249 | 6/26/24 | 6/26/24 | 8/21/24 | Wed, 7/24/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 7/8/24 |
Army XtechScalable AI Direct to Phase II Open Topic * Anticipated | 7/18/24 | 7/18/24 | 8/20/24 | Tues 7/23/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 7/18/24 |
DOT SBIR FY2024.2 Complete Streets AI Initiative: Generating, Integrating, and Activating Data for Mobility DOT SBIR FAQs | 3/11/24 | 3/11/24 | 5/10/24 CLOSED | Fri 4/12/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 3/25/24 |
Air Force (AF) SBIR CSO X24.6 | 4/24/24 | 4/24/24 | 5/23/24 CLOSED | Wed 5/15/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 5/6/24 |
Dept. Education FY 2024 Direct to PhII | 1/5/24 | 1/5/24 | 4/5/24 CLOSED | Fri 3/8/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 2/19/24 |
NASA FY 2024 SBIR & STTR Pre-Solicitation | 1/9/24 | 1/9/24 | 3/11/24 CLOSED | Mon 2/12/24 Draft PPA Due Week of 1/29/24 |
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)24.1 SBIR Pre-Release Pre-Release 24.1 Webinar 12/5/23 @2pm ET | 11/8/23 Pre-Release | 12/15/23 | 1/17/24 by 1pm ET CLOSED | Wed 12/20/23 Draft PPA Due Week of 12/4/23 |
DOC NIST SBIR - 2024-NIST-SBIR-01 NIST NOFO FAQs | 10/24/23 | 10/24/23 | 12/22/23 | Fri 11/24/23 Draft PPA Due Week of 11/6/23 |
NOAA FY24 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) SBIR NOAA NOFO SBIR Recorded Webinar | 9/28/23 | 11/22/23 LOI DUE | 12/20/23 | Wed 11/22/23 Draft PPA Due Week of 11/6/23 |
Dept. of Education SBIR Phase IA 2023 Dept. of Education SBIR Phase IB 2023 Dept. of Education SBIR Direct to Phase II 2023 | 1/12/23 | 1/12/23 | 3/13/23 | Mon 2/13/23 Draft PPA Due Week of 1/30/23 |
NIH SPECIAL SOLICITATIONS New – Direct Phase II will be added as an allowable Application Type either by Notice or in the solicitation in Part II Section II if SBIR Direct Phase II will be accepted. See the current list of Notices that have added Direct Phase II to SBIR solicitations:http://bit.ly/2P0lm1H | VARIES | VARIES | VARIES | VARIES ask IPart |