Open Federal Agency Funding Dates & Deadlines

Clients interested in receiving Innovation Partnership (IPart) assistance, should be contacting an IPart Partner Organizational Representative OR the IPart Program Exec. Director 1-2 months PRIOR to the noted IPart Deadline. IPart PPA 1st Draft is due to IPart 6-5 weeks PRIOR to the FEDERAL Deadline! If the physical address of your company is not in Pennsylvania, you do not qualify for IPart Assistance.

Agency/ProgramRelease DateOpen DateClose DateIPart Deadline
Pre-Proposal (PPA) Due
DOD ARMY SBIR 2024.4 Release 217/9/24
*Topics Pre-Release
9/10/2410/15/24
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
10/8/24Tues 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
5/30/245/30/249/18/24
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
7/2/247/2/249/17/24Tues, 8/20/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 8/5/24
HHS Omnibus (NIH) 2025
7/2/247/2/249/5/24
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 207/9/24
*Topics Pre-Release
8/1/249/4/24
by 12pm ET
Tues 8/7/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 7/22/24
EPA SBIR PHI Release #68HERC23R0249
6/26/246/26/248/21/24Wed, 7/24/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 7/8/24
Army XtechScalable AI Direct to Phase II Open Topic
* Anticipated
7/18/247/18/248/20/24Tues 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
3/11/245/10/24
CLOSED
Fri 4/12/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 3/25/24
Air Force (AF) SBIR CSO X24.64/24/244/24/245/23/24
CLOSED
Wed 5/15/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 5/6/24
Dept. Education FY 2024 Direct to PhII
1/5/241/5/244/5/24
CLOSED
Fri 3/8/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 2/19/24
NASA FY 2024 SBIR & STTR
Pre-Solicitation
1/9/241/9/243/11/24
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

12/15/231/17/24 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
10/24/2312/22/23
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
9/28/2311/22/23
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
1/12/231/12/233/13/23
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
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Release – Agency Announces Topics | Open – Earliest Federal Proposal Submission Date | Close – Final Federal Submission Date

For future and anticipated proposal submissions, please note the following GENERALIZED
SCHEDULE. This is based on previous years’, Phase I typical release/close timeframes.
ALL Open & Closed dates should be double checked against each Agency’s ACTUAL SOLICITATION when released and available.

As with typically all IPart deadlines to receive assistance, IPart Pre-proposal Applications (PPAs) [MicroGrant, MicroVoucher (Phase I PPAs)], or Federal Marketing Assistance (FMA – Phase II PPAs (IPart does not assist with Fast-Track or Direct to PHASE II Proposals!) need to be in reviewable form, a minimum of 4 weeks prior to a federal submission deadline.  IPart Director or Partner Sponsor should see client’s PPA 1st Draft 6-5 weeks PRIOR to the FEDERAL Deadline!

Typical Phase I Release and Close Dates By Federal Agency

Agency/ProgramReleaseClose
Dept. of Commerce (DOC)
(NIST & NOAA)JanMar
NovFeb
Dept. of Defense (DOD)
Release.1/.ADecFeb
Release .2/.BAprJun
Release .3/.CAugOct
Dept. of Education (DOEd)
DecFeb
Dept. of Energy (DOE)
Release 1AugOct
Release 2NovFeb
Dept. of Health/Human Services (NIH, CDC, FDA)
Omnibus Stnd Date 1Jun1 st Week Sep
Omnibus Stnd Date 2Jun1 st Week Jan
Omnibus Stnd Date 3Jun1 st Week Apr
Special TopicsVariesVaries
ContractsAugOct
Dept. of Homeland Security (DHS)
(S&T & DNDO)NovJan
Dept. of Transportation (DOT)
OctDec
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Has VariedHas Varied
Nat’l. Aeronautics and Space Admin. (NASA)
NovJan
Nat’l. Science Foundation (NSF)
Release 1OctDec
Release 2AprJun
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
JulOct