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 Director 2-3 weeks PRIOR to the noted IPart Deadline.

Agency/ProgramRelease DateOpen DateClose DateIPart Deadline
EPA SBIR PHI Release #68HERC23R02496/28/236/28/238/23/23
CLOSED
Wed 7/26/23
USDA SBIR & STTR
PHI FY24 Release
7/12/237/12/239/19/23
by 5pm ET
Tues 8/22/23
DOE SBIR/STTR PHI Release 1, FY24

PhI Release I TOPICS
*Certain Dates Subject To Change
Topics 7/10/23
FOA Release 8/7/23
LOI Due: 8/23/23 by 5pm ET
After LOI
Accepted Response
10/10/23
Tues 9/12/23
DOD SBIR 2023.3/C BAA

TOPICS

8/23/23
Pre-Release
9/20/2310/18/23Wed 9/20/23
National Science Foundation (NSF)
(Project Pitch Required)
SBIR&STTR PhI 2023 Solicitation - nsf23515
SBIR&STTR PhII 2023 Solicitation - nsf23516

The Nov. 1 submission deadline is the last one for
NSF FY23 Solicitation. There is not a new submission
window opening until the FY24 solicitation is released.

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

*PHI Max Award Amt. $275k,
PHII Max Award Amt. $1m
11/22/2211/22/22Window dates:
7/6/23 - 11/1/23
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.
(rolling deadlines)
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 by 5pm ETTues 10/17/23
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
7/12/231/5/23
4/5/23

Fri 12/1/23
Fri 3/8/24
DOC NIST SBIR- 2023-NIST-SBIR-01
DOC, NIST NOFO FAQs -
3/23/23
3/23/235/22/23
CLOSED
Mon 4/24/23
DOC NOAA SBIRNOAA SBIR FY 2023 Phase I
(NOAA-OAR-TPO-2023-2007691)
12/2/22
LOI Due
1/13/23 11:59 pm (ET)
3/17/23
CLOSED
Fri 2/17/23
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
DOT SBIR
Pre-Release/Topics
1/4/23
Pre-Release/Topics
2/7/233/7/23
CLOSED
Tues 2/7/23
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)23.1 SBIR Pre-Release

Pre-Release 23.1 Webinar 12/13/22 @2pm ET
TBA 2023
Pre-Release

TBA 2023
Anticipated
TBA 2023TBA
NASA FY 2023 SBIR

NASA FY2023 STTR
1/10/231/10/233/13/23
CLOSED
Mon 2/13/23
NIH SBIR/STTR Contracts
Release PHS-2023-1
7/20/227/20/2211/4/22
CLOSED
Fri 10/7/22
NASA Ignite 7/12/227/12/229/1/22
CLOSED
Thr 8/4/22
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
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
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ask IPart

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