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
DOT SBIR FY2024.2
Pre-Solicitation Notice

DOT Tentatively Scheduled Webinar - March 21, 2024
Feb 1 - March 1
Pre-Solicitation
3/11/244/25/24Thrs 3/28/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 3/11/24
HHS Omnibus (NIH)
Clinical Trails Not Allowed:
PA-23-230 SBIR-NIH, CDC & FDA Parent SBIR [R43/R44]
PA-23-232 NIH STTR - Parent STTR [R41/R42]
Clinical Trials Required:
PA-23-231 SBIR-NIH - Parent SBIR [R43/R44]
PA-23-233 STTR-NIH - Parent STTR [R41/R42]
PHS 2023-2 Program Descriptions & Research Topics Document
2023 SBA approved topics list for budget waivers

NIH SBIR/STTR GRANT FORMS
FY23-24 Released
7/12/23
7/12/234/5/24Fri 3/8/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 2/19/24
Dept. Education FY 2024 Direct to PhII
1/5/241/5/244/5/24Fri 3/8/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 2/19/24
DOE SBIR/STTR PHI Release 2, FY24

PhI Release 2 TOPICS
*Certain Dates Subject To Change

Phase 0 Application Assistance
Topics 11/6/23
FOA Release 1/18/24
LOI Due: 2/2/24 by 5pm ET
After LOI Due 2/2/24
Accepted Response
3/12/24
Tues 2/13/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 1/29/24
NASA FY 2024 SBIR & STTR
Pre-Solicitation
1/9/241/9/243/11/24Mon 2/12/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 1/29/24
DOT SBIR FY2024.1
Pre-Solicitation Q&A

DOT SBIR FAQs
Jan 4 - Feb 6
Pre-Solicitation
2/8/243/7/24Tues 2/8/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 1/29/24
National Science Foundation (NSF)
(Project Pitch Required)
SBIR&STTR PhI 2023 Solicitation - nsf23515
SBIR&STTR PhII 2023 Solicitation - nsf23516

The submission deadline has been extended for
NSF FY23 Solicitation, to March 4, 2024 @ 5pm

NSF SBIR/STTR Program Page
NSF Events
Online Project Pitch Form

*PHI Max Award Amt. $275k,
PHII Max Award Amt. $1m

Project Pitch submission has been extended to 3/4/24
11/22/2211/22/22Window dates:
7/6/23 - 3/4/24
on Rolling Submissions
PPA 1st Draft
sent to IPart
6-5 weeks before
planned submission

PPA Submission
Deadline is
4 Weeks
before planned
federal submiss.
PPA DRAFT due 6 weeks before submission

(rolling deadlines)
DOD SBIR 2024.1/STTR 2024A BAAs & Topics10/29/23
Pre-Release
1/3/242/7/24Wed 1/10/24
Draft PPA Due
Week of 12/25/23
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 ETWed 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
CLOSED
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
CLOSED
Wed 11/22/23
Draft PPA Due
Week of 11/6/23
FY24 NIH & CDC Contract Funding Opportunity (NIH)
Solicitation (PHS-2024-1)
Contract Proposals Must Be Submitted via
Electronic Proposal Contract Submission (eCPS)
FY24 Released
8/25/23
8/25/2311/14/23
CLOSED
Tues 10/17/23
Draft PPA Due
Week of 10/2/23
USDA SBIR & STTR
PHI FY24 Release
7/12/237/12/239/19/23
CLOSED
Tues 8/22/23
Draft PPA Due
Week of 8/7/23
EPA SBIR PHI Release #68HERC23R02496/28/236/28/238/23/23
CLOSED
Wed 7/26/23
Draft PPA Due
Week of 7/10/23
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
CLOSED
Mon 2/13/23
Draft PPA Due
Week of 1/30/23

NIH SBIR/STTR Contracts
Release PHS-2023-1
7/20/227/20/2211/4/22
CLOSED
Fri 10/7/22Draft PPA Due
Week of 10/24/22
NASA Ignite 7/12/227/12/229/1/22
CLOSED
Thr 8/4/22
Draft PPA Due
Week of 7/18/22
Technologies for Improving Minority
Health and Eliminating Health Disparities
(R41/R42- Clinical Trial Optional)

1/5/22
3/4/22
*LOI Due 3/5/22
4/5/22
CLOSED
Tues 3/8/22
Draft PPA Due
Week of 2/21/22<
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