Small Business Innovation Research · Small Business Technology Transfer
SBIR & STTR awards
4,091 awards worth $673.74M to 1,937 companies since 1983 match these filters. Phase I tests an idea (usually a few hundred thousand dollars); Phase II builds it (often $1M or more).
Open now (18)
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program SupportNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY · Sources Sought · due 2026-10-13 · SAM.gov · notice ↗
- America’s Seed Fund: Planting Seeds for Success Under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) ProgramsGENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION · Special Notice · due 2026-10-22 · SAM.gov · notice ↗
- A--SBIR FY26 Phase I Broad Agency AnnouncementENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY · Solicitation · due 2026-11-08 · SAM.gov · notice ↗
- NASA SBIR/STTR FY 2026-2027 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION · Presolicitation · due 2027-09-30 · SAM.gov · notice ↗
- NASA SBIR/STTR FY 2026-2027 Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION · Presolicitation · due 2027-09-30 · SAM.gov · notice ↗
- NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation ↗U.S. National Science Foundation · closes 2026-11-04 · Grants.gov 26-511
- Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase II ↗National Institute of Food and Agriculture · closes 2026-11-17 · Grants.gov USDA-NIFA-SBIR-012221
- NIH Small Business Technology Transfer Grant (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Optional) ↗National Institutes of Health · closes 2027-04-05 · Grants.gov PA-27-102
- NIH, CDC and FDA Small Business Innovation Research Grant (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Optional) ↗National Institutes of Health · closes 2027-04-05 · Grants.gov PA-27-100
- Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment or Prevention (SBIRT/P) for alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use and misuse in adult populations that experience health disparities (R01, Clinical Trial Required) ↗National Institutes of Health · closes 2027-05-07 · Grants.gov PAR-26-001
- SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Optional) ↗National Institutes of Health · closes 2029-04-05 · Grants.gov PAR-27-098
- NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase IIB Strategic Breakthrough Award (Parent [R44] Clinical Trial Optional) ↗National Institutes of Health · closes 2029-04-05 · Grants.gov PA-27-101
- Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards to Accelerate the Development of Cancer-Relevant Technologies Toward Commercialization (R44 Clinical Trial Optional) ↗National Institutes of Health · forecast · Grants.gov FOR-CA-25-086
- NIEHS Worker Training Program’s SBIR E-Learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) ↗National Institutes of Health · forecast · Grants.gov TEMP-30794
- SBIR/STTR Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program (Parent SB1 Clinical Trial Required) ↗National Institutes of Health · forecast · Grants.gov FOR-OD-26-007
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I ↗Administration for Community Living · forecast · Grants.gov HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-BISA-0308
- Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II ↗Administration for Community Living · forecast · Grants.gov HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-BISB-0309
- NIH Small Business Technology Transfer Grant (Parent STTR [R41/R42] Clinical Trial Required) ↗National Institutes of Health · forecast · Grants.gov FOR-OD-26-004
Solicitations with SBIR or STTR in the title, from the nightly SAM.gov and Grants.gov loads. Each agency lists its topics in its own portal.
Awards by year
| Year | Phase I | Phase II | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 81 | 42 | $40.16M |
| 2023 | 77 | 42 | $39.70M |
| 2022 | 77 | 34 | $34.12M |
| 2021 | 77 | 31 | $27.55M |
| 2020 | 83 | 29 | $26.53M |
| 2019 | 79 | 26 | $23.89M |
| 2018 | 79 | 35 | $28.53M |
| 2017 | 88 | 26 | $24.19M |
| 2016 | 76 | 34 | $27.77M |
| 2015 | 85 | 28 | $22.04M |
| 2014 | 76 | 26 | $19.02M |
| 2013 | 60 | 28 | $18.25M |
The latest year fills in over months: agencies report awards to SBIR.gov with a lag.
Companies with the most SBIR/STTR money
- Isca Technologies, Inc. California · 60 awards (23 Phase II) · $15.05M · last 2023
- Compact Membrane Systems, Inc. Delaware · 28 awards (10 Phase II) · $5.69M · last 2019
- Tda Research, Inc. Colorado · 26 awards (7 Phase II) · $5.49M · last 2024
- Lynntech Inc. Texas · 37 awards (12 Phase II) · $5.32M · last 2016
- Giner Inc Massachusetts · 19 awards (5 Phase II) · $3.75M · last 2024
- Forest Concepts LLC Washington · 14 awards (6 Phase II) · $2.96M · last 2020
- All Things Bugs LLC Oklahoma · 8 awards (4 Phase II) · $2.71M · last 2021
- Hawaii Fish Company Inc. Hawaii · 13 awards (5 Phase II) · $2.63M · last 2023
- Ocean Era, Inc Hawaii · 9 awards (3 Phase II) · $2.46M · last 2023
- Nitrate Elimination Co Inc Michigan · 15 awards (6 Phase II) · $2.46M · last 2018
- Applied Food Technologies, Inc Florida · 9 awards (4 Phase II) · $2.44M · last 2018
- Aquaculture Systems Technologies, L.L.C. Louisiana · 14 awards (5 Phase II) · $2.39M · last 2022
- Applied Biomathematics Inc New York · 11 awards (5 Phase II) · $2.30M · last 2016
- Isotruss, Inc. Utah · 6 awards (3 Phase II) · $2.30M · last 2024
- Guild Associates Inc Ohio · 8 awards (3 Phase II) · $2.20M · last 2023
Latest matching awards
| Award | Company | Agency | Phase | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working Trees: Scaling Agroforestry Carbon Projects Across Agricultural Supply Chains · topic 8.6 | Working Trees, Inc · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $598.8K | 2024-09-11 |
| In-situ phytoremediation of PFAS-contaminated soils to return farmland to useful productivity · topic 8.12 | Home Grown Fuels, LLC · Vermont | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-10 |
| GeoFire Real-Time Wildfire Alert System · topic 8.1 | Micro-Precision Technologies, Inc. · New Hampshire | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-10 |
| A Novel Device and Methodology for Detection and Quantitative Measurement of Fugitive Methane Releases · topic 8.4 | Aether LLC · Virginia | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | STTR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-10 |
| Towards Sustainable Agriculture: Intelligent Nano-Biopesticides for Precision Pest Control · topic 8.8 | Cellacure, LLC · Georgia | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase I | $174.9K | 2024-09-10 |
| Variable Rate Fertilizer Application for Efficient, High Yield Vegetable Production · topic 8.13 | Geovisual Technologies Inc · Colorado | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $600.0K | 2024-09-07 |
| SPIDER: A Smart Portable Interactive Data Extraction and Reporting Tool for Organic Farmers · topic 8.12 | Big Data in a Box, Inc. · Iowa | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-04 |
| Production of Largemouth Bass for the food fish market using commercial split-pond systems · topic 8.7 | American Sport Fish Hatchery Management Group LLC · Alabama | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | STTR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-04 |
| MOP MAP Technology for controlled ripening in climacteric produce: DileX and Accel-X · topic 8.5 | Oceanit Laboratories Inc · Hawaii | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | STTR Phase I | $175.0K | 2024-09-04 |
| Robotic Cover-Crop Drill · topic 8.13 | Plains Technologies, LLC · Nebraska | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | STTR Phase I | $175.0K | 2024-09-04 |
| Value-added graphene materials from woody resources · topic 8.1 | Acadian Research & Development LLC · Wyoming | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| Snulex: A Semiochemical Lure and Phagostimulant Enhanced Bait for Controlling Snails and Slugs · topic 8.2 | Apex Bait Technologies, Inc. · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| Commercializing probabilistic wildland fire prediction with Pyrecast · topic 8.1 | Spatial Informatics Group LLC · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| Crossbreeding Pacific oysters for high yield through on-farm evaluation · topic 8.7 | Pacific Hybreed Inc · Washington | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| Developing Pre-Consumer Waste as Low-Cost Cricket Feed for Small Farming Operations · topic 8.12 | Mighty Cricket, Inc · Missouri | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| Drone-mounted Water Quality Monitoring Sensor System · topic 8.4 | Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| Intelligent Optical Nerves for Precision Agriculture · topic 8.13 | Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corp · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| SBIR Phase II: Sequential Hydrothermal Extraction (SeqHTE) for Recovering Bioactive Compounds from Potato Peels and Agricultural By-products · topic 8.5 | Integrated Lipid Biofuels, LLC · Washington | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $649.9K | 2024-09-01 |
| Avian Conservation: Power Line Bird Diverter Installation with Novel Touch-Capable Drone · topic 8.4 | Pitch Aeronautics Inc. · Idaho | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $649.8K | 2024-09-01 |
| AqPathDx: Simple and Easy to Use Diagnostic kit for Rapid Detection of Catfish and Tilapia Pathogens · topic 8.7 | Varigen Biosciences Corporation · Wisconsin | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $649.8K | 2024-09-01 |
| Mobile Grizzly Brick Production System · topic 8.6 | PKS Consulting, Inc. · Alaska | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $600.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| A protein subunit vaccine for control of Asian long-horned ticks in cattle · topic 8.3 | VST LLC · South Dakota | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $599.5K | 2024-09-01 |
| Developing a cytoskeleton-targeted small molecule inhibitor for Coccidiosis · topic 8.3 | Kainomyx Inc · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase I | $175.0K | 2024-09-01 |
| Corn-Derived Ethyl Lactate for Sustainable Production of Biobased Acrylic Acid from High Water Content Feeds over FAU Zeolite-based Catalysts · topic 8.8 | Lakril Technologies Corporation · Illinois | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-30 |
| A probiotic cell-factory for production and delivery of supplements · topic 8.8 | Sasya Inc · Minnesota | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-30 |
| The Grady`s Garden Digital Edutainment and Engagement Project to Improve Health and Nutrition Among Children of Color Who Live in Underserved Communities · topic 8.5 | Grady'S Garden LLC · Wisconsin | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-30 |
| Novel Coatings for Infusion of Fabrics with Cutting-Edge Biobased Insect Repellents · topic 8.8 | Insectapel LLC · South Carolina | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-30 |
| DEVELOPMENT OF A PORTABLE, BIOCHAR-BASED ELECTROCHEMICAL PFAS SENSING DEVICE TO PROTECT RURAL WATER RESOURCES · topic 8.4 | Cache Environmental Laboratories, P.C. · Utah | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | STTR Phase II | $647.4K | 2024-08-30 |
| Infrared biochemical sensor for Algal production efficiency improvement · topic 8.7 | Max-Ir Labs Incorporated · Texas | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-22 |
| Flow Control Gate to Increase Irrigation, Water Quality Treatment, and Detention Efficiency · topic 8.6 | 3 Rocks Engineering LLC · Colorado | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-22 |
| Ammonia Capture from CAFOs with Positive Economics for the Agriculture Industry · topic 8.4 | Mova Technologies, Inc. · Virginia | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-22 |
| Development of hybrid plant-based fish nugget containing cultivated fish muscle tissue · topic 8.5 | Atlantic Fish Corporation · District of Columbia | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase I | $175.0K | 2024-08-22 |
| A Portable Precision Fluid Planter For Pre-Germinated Vegetable Seeds · topic 8.13 | Eden Concepts, LLC · Tennessee | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-21 |
| Durable High-Temperature Humidity Sensors for Precision Food Processing · topic 8.5 | ZDC Tech LTD. Co. · Kentucky | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | STTR Phase I | $175.0K | 2024-08-21 |
| Sustainable Small Chillers for Agricultural and Rural Applications · topic 8.4 | Energy Concepts Company, LLC · Maryland | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-20 |
| Sensors for Measuring Subsurface Nitrous Oxide (N2O) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) from Agricultural Production Systems · topic 8.4 | Rednox, Inc. · California | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-19 |
| An Improved Process For Making Biobased Materials · topic 8.8 | Sustainable Chemicals LLC · Colorado | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-19 |
| Scale-up of Coupled Process for Production of Hydrogen from Bio-based Feedstocks · topic 8.8 | PCC Hydrogen Inc. · Kentucky | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $598.2K | 2024-08-16 |
| Manufacturing of InsterusHz – A targeted bioinsecticide to control corn earworm · topic 8.13 | Lepidext, Inc. · Kentucky | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-14 |
| On-Planter Directed Energy Seed Priming to Increase Producer Profitability · topic 8.13 | Global Neighbor, Inc · Ohio | Department of Agriculture · National Institute of Food and Agriculture | SBIR Phase II | $650.0K | 2024-08-14 |
Source: SBIR.gov award data (SBA) ↗, awards through 2026-08-28. Amounts are as agencies report them to SBA. SBIR/STTR contracts also appear in USAspending as ordinary awards; grants (NIH, NSF, DOE) appear as assistance. Open topics are posted by each agency; see Opportunities for contract notices.