Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I | 2024 NIST SBIR 01

Opportunity Information: Apply for 2024 NIST SBIR 01

The Department of Commerce, through the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), offered a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I funding opportunity (Funding Opportunity Number: 2024 NIST SBIR 01) to support early-stage research and development efforts led by eligible small businesses. The purpose of Phase I is to let applicants test and prove the technical merit and feasibility of a novel idea or technology. In practical terms, the program is designed to help a small business validate whether its innovation can realistically work as intended and whether it has a credible path toward becoming a real-world product or service.

This opportunity falls under the discretionary category and uses a cooperative agreement as the funding instrument. That generally signals an R&D partnership structure where the agency may have more involvement than a typical grant, especially around technical direction, milestones, or collaboration expectations, depending on the specific terms of award. The activity category is Science and Technology and other Research and Development, and the listing is associated with CFDA number 11.620, which corresponds to NIST-related financial assistance.

NIST anticipated making around 10 awards under this Phase I solicitation. The notice lists an award ceiling of 0, which usually means the maximum award amount was not specified in the summary fields provided here or could be defined elsewhere in the full solicitation package (for example, by topic, budget rules, or a fixed SBIR Phase I amount). Applicants would typically need to consult the full announcement and any related SBIR policy guidance to understand the allowable budget range, project period, cost principles, and deliverable expectations.

Eligibility is indicated as "Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification)," which suggests that while the program is generally aimed at SBIR-eligible small businesses, the exact eligibility requirements (such as small business size standards, U.S. ownership and control, principal investigator employment rules, and place-of-performance requirements) would be spelled out in the official eligibility section of the full opportunity posting.

Key dates included a creation date of October 24, 2023, with an original application closing date of December 22, 2023. Overall, the central goal of this Phase I SBIR opportunity is to de-risk promising innovations by funding a focused feasibility effort that positions the project for follow-on development and, ultimately, commercialization in the broader marketplace.

• The Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology in the science and technology and other research and development sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 11.620.
• This funding opportunity was created on Oct 24, 2023.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Dec 22, 2023. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).

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