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USDA FY24 SBIR/STTR Phase I Solicitation Issued 7/12/23


7/12/23

The USDA SBIR/STTR programs focus on transforming scientific discovery into products and services with commercial potential and/or societal benefit. Unlike fundamental research, the USDA SBIR/STTR programs support small businesses in the creation of innovative, disruptive technologies and enable the application of research advancements from conception into the market. The STTR program aims to foster technology transfer through formal cooperative R&D between small businesses and nonprofit research institutions.

Projects dealing with agriculturally-related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies are encouraged across all SBIR/STTR topic areas. USDA SBIR/STTR’s flexible research areas ensure innovative projects consistent with USDA’s vision of a healthy and productive nation in harmony with the land, air, and water. The USDA SBIR/STTR programs have awarded over 2000 research and development projects since 1983, allowing hundreds of small businesses to explore their technological potential, and providing an incentive to profit from the commercialization of innovative ideas. Click below for more SBIR/STTR information.

The technical assistance webinar related to this FY 2023 funding opportunity will be scheduled soon. Please visit again for more information.

Reasonable Accommodations and Language Access Services: If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in any of the informational webinars listed, please contact the event host listed no later than 10 days prior to the event. NIFA offers language access services, such as interpretation and translation of vital information, free of charge. If you need interpretation or translation services, please visit NIFA Language Access Services or contact Lois Tuttle, Equal Opportunity Specialist, at Lois.Tuttle@usda.gov  or (443) 386-9488.

You can find the recently released opportunity (RFA) HERE

DEALDINE FOR PROPOSAL SUBMISSION – September 19, 2023 by 5pm ET

Average, Individual Award Range – $125,000 – $181,500 (As Applicable)

Funding Opportunity # –  USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009962

Assistance Listing # – : 10.212

 

To use Pennsylvania’s IPart Proposal Assistance Program, Draft Pre-Proposals are due 6 weeks BEFORE the federal submission deadline, (during the week of August 7th) .  Final Pre-Proposals are Due to send out for Tech Review by COB, Tuesday, August 22nd.  You can always check submission deadlines on our SOLICITATIONS PAGE