SBIR@Connect

Non-Dilutive Government Funding with Potential to Commercialize

In partnership with Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific

SBIR@Connect aims to drive innovation and bring non-dilutive funding to the innovation community by fostering partnerships between industry and government.

The next round of topics will be pre-released April 21st, 2021.

(The cycle will open for proposals May 19, 2021)

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What’s the SBIR Program?

The Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Program is a research and development program that gives seed funding to innovation addressing government needs.
The program assists the R&D needs of the government, and pushes small businesses and their partners to be innovative and commercialize their solutions.

For more information, check out our videos below.

Broad Agency Announcements

SBIR/STTR projects are based on a topic that expresses the government needs. Those topics are posted publicly through Broad Agency Announcements, BAAs, so that small businesses can apply and propose a solution.

There are usually three BAAs per fiscal year, with an occasional topic being released out of cycle. Each BAA has multiple SBIR and STTR topics from all agencies per cycle, so it’s important to continue to refer to the navysbir.com website for the latest information on deadlines.

The 21.1/A cycle closed on March 4th, and had a total of 102 SBIR topics, and 18 STTR topics. To take a look at the topics, or start preparing for the 21.2/B cycle, please visit navysbir.com.

Get to know SBIR @ Connect

SBIR: Introductions
Meet the team

SBIR/STTR Program
An introduction to the SBIR/STTR Program

SBIR: Eligibility
Are you eligible to apply?

SBIR: Phases
Learn about the Phase structure of SBIR/STTR.

SBIR: Contract Structure
Understanding Contract Structures

SBIR: BAAs
What are Broad Agency Announcements?

SBIR: Data Rigts
Learn more about the SBIR Data Rights

SBIR: Nomenclature
A little help with SBIR/STTR nomenclature!

SBIR: FAQ
Frequently asked - answered!

2021 Schedule

Broad Agency Announcements

Program	Pre-Release	Opens	Closes
DoD SBIR 21.1 DoD STTR 21.A	Dec 8, 2020	Jan 14, 2021	March 4, 2021
DoD SBIR 21.2 DoD STTR 21.B	April 21, 2021	May 19, 2021	June 17, 2021
DoD SBIR 21.3 DoD STTR 21.C	Aug 25, 2021	Sept 23, 2021	Oct 22, 2021

Official DoD SBIR BAA site: DoDSBIRSTTR.mil/submissions

Previous Navy SBIR/STTR solicitations/BAAs are available at navysbir.com/previous.htm

Resources

NavySBIR.com – official website for the DON SBIR/STTR programs. This website includes information on BAAs, topics, selections, program specifics, contact information, and more.

NavySBIRsearch.com – This website is the contextual search site for all DON SBIR/STTR awards.

DoD SBIR/STTR Programs – The official website for the DoD SBIR/STTR programs. Includes information and links to current and past BAAs as well as other DoD or Federal SBIR/STTR websites.

DoDSBIRSTTR.mil/submissions/login – Official DoD SBIR/STTR proposal submission portal.

SBIR.gov – The official page with links to all BAAs and topics; including program-wide policy information.