OpportunityTitle: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I
Description: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites small businesses to submit Phase I research applications under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Science and technology-based firms with strong research capabilities in any of the areas listed in Section 9 of this NOFO are encouraged to participate. Applications must sufficiently identify and clearly address a specific NIST technical program area that falls within one of the research areas described in Section 9 (see Section 3.02.02(1)) or a NIST-patented technology available for licensing. Only FY 2019 Phase I applications may be submitted in response to this NOFO. Phase II applications are not being accepted at this time. NIST publishes a Phase II NOFO approximately 30 days prior to the end of the previous year&#8217;s Phase I period of performance to request Phase II applications. That NOFO provides instructions for Phase I awardees to prepare a Phase II application and the closing date for submission of applications; only the previous year&#8217;s Phase I awardees are eligible to submit a Phase II application. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was originally established in 1982 by the Small Business Innovation Development Act (P.L. 97-219), codified at 15 U.S.C. &#167; 638. It was then expanded and extended by the Small Business Research and Development (R&amp;D) Enhancement Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-564), and received subsequent reauthorization and extensions, the most recent of which extends the SBIR program through 2022. (P.L. 114-328). Eleven Federal agencies implement SBIR by setting aside a portion of their extramural research and development budget each year to fund research applications from small science and technology-based firms. The statutory purpose of the SBIR Program is to strengthen the role of innovative small business concerns (SBCs) in Federally-funded research or research and development (R/R&amp;D). Specific program goals are to: (1) stimulate technological innovation; (2) use small business to meet Federal R/R&amp;D needs; (3) foster and encourage participation by socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses and by women-owned small businesses in technological innovation; and (4) increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal R/R&amp;D, thereby increasing competition, productivity, and economic growth. The NIST FY 2019 SBIR program identifies and solicits applications in topics that fall within NIST&#8217;s mission and allow collaboration between NIST scientists and the SBIR awardees whenever possible.
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GrantorContactText: Leon Sampson &lt;br/&gt;NOFO Coordinator &lt;br/&gt;Phone 301-975-3086