DHS S&T Directorate Opens FY-082 SBIR (5/2/08) [Updated 5/6/08] -
Note: Due to a DHS web server problem, the DHS SBIR closing date has been extended to June 27, 2008.
The Department of Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate has opened it's FY082 SBIR with a closing date of June 17 2008 June 27, 2008, 4:30 pm Local Eastern Time.
From 1 May 2008 through May 16, 2008 May 23, 2008, proposers may contact the Technical Points of Contact identified in the solicitation by telephone or by email to ask technical questions about specific technical topics. No further direct contact between proposers and Technical Points of Contact shall occur after May 16 May 23, 2008 for reasons of competitive fairness. Additional questions will only be accepted until June 6, 2008 June 20, 2008 through e-mail at faq@hsarpasbir.com.
There are 4 technical topics in this solicitation. They are:
- H-SB08.2-001 Engineered Building Materials
- H-SB08.2-002 Innovative Educational Environments to Develop the Necessary Intellectual Basis for a National DHS S&T Workforce
- H-SB08.2-003 High Speed DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) Sequencing for Environmental Sample Biological Threat Detection, Identification, and Support for Attribution
- H-SB08.2-004 Telecommunications Linking System
The solicitation is available on the Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps) web site at https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=c529b22215aa2e8c729cc9665169a06b&tab=core&_cview=1
DoD Issues SBIR 08.2 Prerelease (4/21/08) -
The DoD has issued the prereleased their FY2008.2 SBIR solicitation with offerings from the Air Force, Army, Navy, DARPA, CBD, OSD, and DTRA. The solicitation opens and proposals will be accepted starting May 19, 2008 with a closing date of June 18, 2008 at 6:00am EST. The DoD topics will be included in Zyn's SBIR Gateway Search Engine soon.
Each of the DoD's agency components (Air Force, Army Navy etc..) have slightly different rules and procedures. Sometimes there can be specific instructions for a particular topic, so it is strongly advised that you study the solicitation instructions thoroughly.
The SBIR program continues to evolve and that is very evident in the DoD's version. Associated program such as the Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP) and phase II options are changing the topography of SBIR. Small businesses are advised to be aware of these opportunities and how your project may be able to harness them.
Caution: In DoD terms this is actually a prerelease which means that topics may be added, modified or withdrawn prior to the official opening on May 19, 2008. Changes are often made to topics, especially during the first week of a pre-release, so make sure to monitor the DoD for updates/changes! You can sign up with the SBIR Gateway to be alerted when changes are made to the DoD solicitation.
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The DoD solicitation can be downloaded from their site at www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sbir082
SBIR Reauthorization Battle Continues (4/15/08) - The SBIR program is set to expire/sunset on September 30, 2008 unless Congress reauthorizes the program. Although the program is very successful
and well liked, a few high powered big pharma special interest groups want to change the rules and definition of "small business" so they can exempt their VC funds from small business size standards, and allow large VC syndicates to have majority ownership and control, and effectivly stomp out small business competition.
An integral part of their plan includes legtimizing and growing SBIR jumbo awards, which are non-sanctioned amounts far exceeding the SBA policy guidlines of $750k. These jumbo awards have reached as high as $9.2 million in the NIH.
The House Small Business Committee is currently working on their plan, as is the House Committee on Science & Technology. The stories are covered in detail on the SBIR Insider at www.zyn.com/sbir/insider/.
DOT Opens FY-08 SBIR (4/15/08) -
The Department of Transportation has released their FY-08 SBIR solicitation with an opening date of April 15, 2008 and closing on June 3, 2008. There are several changes in this iteration of DOT's SBIR, not the least of which is their conversion
to electronic proposal submission. DOT's SBIR is a "contracts" based program and therefor they are utilizing their own electronic submission system rather than grants.gov. Also new are some topics that are Multi-Modal. These topics are clearly marked.
The DOT's solicitation has topics from several of their agency components including:
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- National Highway And Traffic Safety Administration
- Federal Transit Administration
- Federal Railroad Administration
The DOT's SBIR solicitation is located on their web site at: http://www.volpe.dot.gov/sbir/sol08/index.html
EPA Opens FY-08 SBIR (3/20/08) -
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released its FY-2008 phase I SBIR solicitation with an opening date of March 20, 2008 and a closing date of May 21, 2008. Note: The EPA only accepts hard copy proposals. An original and 2 copies are required
and they encourage you to include a CD-ROM with a PDF copy of your proposal. Proposals must be received at EPA by 12:00 p.m. (Noon) local time on May 21, 2008.
The topics for this EPA solicitation are:
- Innovation In Manufacturing
- Nanotechnology
- Green Buildings
- Drinking Water And Water Monitoring
- Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation
- Monitoring And Control Of Air Pollution
- Air Pollution Control
- Air Pollution Monitoring
- Biofuels And Vehicles Emissions Reductions
- Ethanol, Biodiesel and Other Biofuels
- Diesel Construction and Truck Retrofits
- Waste Management And Monitoring
- Cleanup of Contaminated Sediments
- Waste-to-Energy Systems
- Hazardous Waste Monitoring
- Homeland Security
- Decontamination
- Drinking Water and Wastewater Security
- Emergency Response
The solicitation is available of EPA's SBIR web site at: http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2008/2008_sbir_phase1.html
NSF Releases FY-2009 SBIR (2/27/08) - The National Science Foundation has released its SBIR grants solicitation (NSF 08-548) with an opening date of May 10, 2008 closing on June 10, 2008. This solicitation contains topics covering Biotech and Chemical Technologies (BC); Electronics, Components, and Engineering Systems (EL); and Software and Services (SS).
The NSF has an interesting twist to this solicitation in that it will reopen with the same broad based topics on November 4, 2008, with a closing date of December 04, 2008. Although this solicitation does not include an STTR component, one is promised for the future.
Notice: The NSF lists this as their FY-2009 solicitation and the caveat of "pending availability of funds" becomes very important because the SBIR program is subject to sunset September 30, 2008 (the end of the FY-2008 fiscal year). Although SBIR reauthorization efforts are underway, it is very possible that congress may not get the job done in time, and there may be a temporary lapse period. It is questionable if the 11 SBIR agencies will issue FY-2009 grants and contracts prior to the programs reauthorization. [see SBIR Insider for latest reauthorization news]
Complete details of the NSF's offering is available at www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/
EPA SBIR Presolicitation Announcement (2/21/08) -
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a prerelease announcement about their upcoming FY-09 SBIR solicitation. The anticipated release date of the solicitation is March 12, 2008, with an expected due date of May 14, 2008. The solicitation will be available on the Internet and can be found at www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir/ and www.epa.gov/oam/rtp_cmd/.
EPA is seeking R&D efforts on the following agency topics: A) Innovation In Manufacturing; B) Nanotechnology; C) Green Buildings; D) Drinking Water and Water Monitoring; E) Water Infrastructure Rehabilitation; F) Monitoring and Control of Air Pollution; G) Biofuels and Vehicle Emissions Reduction; H) Waste Management and Monitoring; and I) Homeland Security.
EPA contemplates awarding approximately twenty-five (25) firm-fixed price contracts on these topics
DOE SBIR/STTR Phase II Opens (2/12/08) - The DOE has released its Phase II SBIR/STTR grants notice. The Department of Energy (DOE) invites all DOE SBIR/STTR Phase I Awardees from FY 2007 to submit Phase II grant applications. The Department may also reconsider previously submitted, peer-reviewed, high ranking Phase II grant applications from FY 2007. However, this is only at the discretion and request of the DOE Project Officer. Those applicants do not have an opportunity to reapply. If a previously submitted application is selected for funding, the applicant would have an opportunity to determine if they are still interested and able to pursue the Phase II research project.
This SBIR/STTR Phase II Funding Notice is available at www.grants.gov , click on Apply for Grants,
then click on Download a Grant Application Package and enter the Funding Opportunity Number: DE-PS02-08ER08-17.
The deadline for receipt of Phase II grant applications to either program is April 18, 2008, 8:00 p.m. EST. All applications must be submitted through Grants.gov. This information is also available on the DOE web site at www.science.doe.gov/sbir
SBIR Insider Newsletter - February 11, 2008
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In this issue:
DHHS Opens 2008-2 Omnibus SBIR/STTR (1/25/08) -
The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released its PHS 2008-2 omnibus SBIR/STTR Grants solicitation that stays open all year and has 3 separate receipt days. This complex solicitation, includes opportunities from three main components of DHHS, including
the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The NIH is the largest entity in this solicitation and is comprised of many institutes, each with their own set of interests and topics. Although the technical topics are shared between the SBIR and STTR offerings, the rules and regulations are different
and the NIH issues separate announcements for their SBIR (PA-08-050) and their STTR (PA-08-051).
NIH has separate receipt dates for AIDS and Non-AIDS topics, both of which have 3 receipt dates that span the year. Non-Aids receipt dates are: April 5, Aug 5, Dec 5, 2008 and AIDS related dates are May 7, September 7,2008 and January 7, 2009.
The DHHS solicitation is grants based and requires registration and submission via the Grants.gov web site. It is a complex process but the NIH offers help and guidance on their web site at grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm.
The NIH topics will be included in Zyn's SBIR Gateway Topic Search Engine by January 31, 2008. Unlike most other SBIR solicitations, the NIH topics are broad based and act as a guide to their areas of interest. Many of the participating NIH Institutes will accept a proposal that addresses an area of interest within the mission of the institute. Respondents should not be timid about asking for guidance.
DoD Releases FY08 STTR (1/22/08) - The DoD has released their FY-2008.A STTR solicitation which will open to accept proposals on February 19, 2008 and close on March 19, 2008 at 6 a.m. EST
Prior to the opening date of February 19, 2008, proposers have the opportunity to contact topic authors by telephone or email to ask technical questions about specific solicitations topics.
Questions should be limited to specific information related to improving the understanding of a particular topic’s requirements. Offerors may not ask for advice or guidance on solution approach, nor submit additional material to the topic author. If information given in response to a question is deemed necessary for the preparation of proposals, that information will be made available to the public through the DoD's SITIS (electronic Q&A) system www.dodsbir.net/sitis.
After February 18, questions can still be posed, but only through the DoD's public SITIS system.
The DoD's STTR solicitation includes topics from the Air Force (29), Army (42), Navy (34), DARPA (15), and OSD (3). The solicitation can be found on the DoD's web site at www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sttr08A
This is the third year that the STTR program is operating under SBA's updated STTR Policy Directive (released 12/16/05) that allows partnering with a Federally Funded Research & Development Center (FFRDC) without obtaining an SBA waiver. An updated list of FFRDCs is available at www.zyn.com/sbir/articles/ffrdc.htm
The STTR Policy Directive is available at www.zyn.com/sbir/articles/sba-sttr_PDa.htm .
NOTE: The DoD's topics are subject to change/cancellation during the initial release time period, so it is wise to periodically check for changes.
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DOT Announces 08 SBIR Dates (1/15/08) UPDATED 3/12/08 -
The Department of Transportation's Volpe National Transportation System Center, has announced that it will release their 2008 SBIR solicitation on or about February 15, 2008 Now projected April 15, 2008. Although the closing date has not been announced, history would suggest early June.
The DOT's solicitation usually has topics from several of their agency components including:
- Federal Highway Administration
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
- National Highway And Traffic Safety Administration
- Federal Transit Administration
- Federal Railroad Administration
The DOT's SBIR web site is located at www.volpe.dot.gov/sbir The announcement is published on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/RITA/VNTSC/DTRT57-08-R-SBIR/listing.html
DoD Announces 08 STTR (1/14/08) -
The DoD has announced that it will release its 2008 STTR solicitation on January 22, 2008. DoD has a presoliciation period of about 30 days whereby the small business offeror can talk directly with the topic author to ask technical questions about the topics.
The announcement is listed on fedbizopps at www.fbo.gov/spg/USAF/AFMC/AFRL-PK/DoDSTTR_2008/SynopsisP.html.
NOTE: The DoD has issued 2 announcements but they are both for the same solicitation. The only difference are the NAICS codes, one is
541712 -- Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology), the other is 541711 -- Research and Development in Biotechnology.
NSF Releases SBIR/STTR Diversity Collaborative Supplements Announcement (1/02/08) -
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Directorate for Education & Human Resources' Division of Human Resource Development, and the
Directorate for Engineering's Industrial Innovation and Partnerships, released Program Solicitation 08-528 amongst other items, includes
a call for SBIR/STTR Diversity Collaborative Supplements for spring 2008 requests.
The program title is: Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Science and Engineering (HBCU-RISE).
SBIR/STTR diversity collaborative supplement proposals are invited from current SBIR/STTR grantees and their CREST or HBCU-RISE institution partners.
SBIR/STTR supplements seek to promote partnerships between academe and the small-business community. In particular, SBIR/STTR Phase II grantees may partner with CREST/HBCU-RISE institutions with the intent of developing the scientific or engineering underpinnings of the SBIR Phase II technology. As such, it is important that the SBIR/STTR supplemental project be related to the research areas for which the institution is receiving CREST/HBCU-RISE support. For FY 2008, the target date for these proposals is March 14, 2008. Inquiries and proposals to this track are not submitted to CREST but directly to SBIR/STTR in the Directorate for Engineering.
Complete information is available at: http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf08528
Department of Education Opens 2 SBIR solicitations (12/08/07) -
The Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES)/NCES has opened two SBIR solicitations on December 5, 2007 with a closing date for both of January 22, 2008.
The two contracts based solicitations differ in that one is a standard phase I offering, and the other is a Fast Track format that combines
phase I and phase II.
These solicitations share the same 3 Priorities (better known to the SBIR community as "Topics"). They are:
- R/R&D of technological products used by students - Products intended for student use must be within one (or more) of the following content areas: reading, writing, math, science, or social and behavioral contexts for academic learning.
- R/R&D of technological products used by teachers - Products for teachers to use must be within one (or more) of the following content areas: reading, writing, math, science, or social and behavioral contexts for academic learning, or must be a tool designed to improve the efficiency or accuracy with which teachers carry out their administrative responsibilities (e.g., recording and calculating grades).
- R/R&D of technological products used by administrators - Technological products intended for use by school-level administrators (e.g., principal, guidance counselors, special education administrators) for improving the manner in which a school is operated (e.g., products that inform school operation, school data systems to inform practice).
NOTE: Projects focusing on the R/R&D of products to be used by district or state level administrators are not eligible for submission to this program.
The phase I solicitation (ED-08-R-0007) and details can be found at:
www.fbo.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/ED-08-R-0007/listing.html
The Fast Track solicitation (ED-08-R-0008) and details can be found at:
www.fbo.gov/spg/ED/OCFO/CPO/ED-08-R-0008/listing.html
DHS Issues FY-08.1 SBIR Prerelease (12/04/07) -
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a prerelease of its FY-2008.1 SBIR solicitation which will open to accept proposals on December 19, 2007 and close on February 4, 2008 at 4:30pm ET.
The DHS SBIR is a contracts based program and the solicitation is available on FedBizOpps at http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DHS/OCPO/DHS-OCPO/Reference-Number-DHSSBIRFY081/Attachments.html
Patterned after the DoD's SBIR, the DHS has a presolicitation period (12/04/07 through 12/18/07) whereby you may talk directly to a Topic's Technical Point of Contact (TPOC) to ask technical questions about specific technical topics. This is not available after 12/18/07.
Topics for this solicitation are:
- H-SB08.1-001 - Assess Ability to use Eye Tracking and Pupil Dilation to Determine Intent to Deceive
- H-SB08.1-002 - Miniature Chem/Bio/Explosive Sensors
- H-SB08.1-003 - Mapping of Long-term Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Impacts
- H-SB08.1-004 Trace Explosives Sampling for Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosives Device (VBIED) Detection
- H-SB08.1-005 - Smart Sensor System
These topics will be included in Zyn's SBIR Gateway Search Engine by 12/06/07.
SBIRWorld Replaced by SBIR.GOV (11/27/07) -
With little fanfare the former NSF sponsored SBIRWorld web site shut down and the new NSF sponsored SBIR.GOV opened it doors. SBIR.GOV is now the official federal government cross-agency SBIR web site and it contains much of the same type of information formerly posted on SBIRWorld with the notable exception of a topic search engine. This leaves Zyn Systems' SBIR Gateway (www.zyn.com/sbir/sbres/sbcss.htm) as the sole cross-agency SBIR topic search engine on the Internet.
The SBIRWorld web site is owned by Danya International (www.danya.com) of Silver Spring, MD, a major SBIR success story in it's own right. Danya's SBIRWorld became the NSF sponsored web site under subcontract to DelaBarre & Associates, Inc. in 2001.
Although the NSF was not unhappy with Danya, NSF wanted their cross-agency SBIR sponsorship to be part of a .GOV domain, and thus SBIR.GOV was born and is housed on the NSF's own web server. The director of SBIR.GOV is Mr. Patrick Ravanera and he can be contacted at pravanera@nsf.gov
Nevertheless, credit should be given to Dr. Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Danya's President and CEO, and to Kathleen Cooke, the person responsible for keeping the SBIRWorld information fresh and current over the past 6 years.
DoD Issues SBIR 08.1 Prerelease (11/13/07) -
The DoD has issued the prereleased their FY2008.1 SBIR solicitation with offerings from the Air Force, Army, Navy, CBD, DTRA, OSD, and SOCOM. The solicitation opens and proposals will be accepted starting December 10, 2007 with a closing date of January 9, 2008 at 6:00am EST. The DoD topics will be included in Zyn's SBIR Gateway Search Engine soon.
Each of the DoD's agency components (Air Force, Army Navy etc..) have slightly different rules and procedures. There can even be variations within an agency component i.e., the Navy's NAVAIR SYSCOM can make larger awards than the others, and 3 Air Force topics are offering phase II awards that can exceed $3+ million. It is advised that you read the solicitations carefully.
Caution: In DoD terms this is actually a prerelease which means that topics may be added, modified or withdrawn prior to the official opening on December 10, 2007. There were many changes made to topics on the first day of their last prerelease, so make sure to monitor the DoD for updates/changes! You can sign up with the SBIR Gateway to be alerted when changes are made to the DoD solicitation.
The DoD solicitation can be downloaded from their site at www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/solicitations/sbir081
NIST Opens SBIR-R Solicitation (11/09/07) -
The Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released NIST-08-SBIR-R, the second of two FY-2008 SBIR solicitations. This is NIST's regular SBIR solicitation similar to previous years, but very different from NIST-08-SBIR-TT, referenced in the next article. NIST-08-SBIR-R opened November 8, 2007 and closes January 25, 2008.
Complete information is available on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/SB1341-08-RQ-SBIR/Attachments.html
Topics from both NIST solicitations are included in Zyn's SBIR Gateway search engine. NIST only accepts hard copy proposals, so be sure to file early.
NIST Opens SBIR-TT Solicitation (11/08/07) -
NIST has released the first of two FY-2008 SBIR solicitations. This is their SBIR Technology Transfer solicitation which opened November 8, 2007 and closes January 23, 2008. This solicitation differs from
their usual SBIR. NIST explains:
The NIST SBIR Program has traditionally identified and solicited proposals in subtopics that fall within NIST's mission and allow collaboration between NIST scientists and the SBIR awardee whenever possible.
This Technology Transfer (TT) solicitation represents a further effort by NIST to achieve the goals of the SBIR Program,
specifically by increasing the commercial application of innovations derived from Federal R&D. While NIST Laboratory scientists
conduct breakthrough research that leads to innovations, the range of NIST's effort does not extend to product development in any
of its intramural research areas. The remaining work needed to fully exploit NIST technologies for commercial viability necessarily
requires innovation on behalf of the private sector. This SBIR TT Program is intended to cultivate private sector innovation.
Specifically, this solicitation identifies commercially promising NIST technologies and the technological gaps that must be filled
in order to transition them to the marketplace.
Complete information is available on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov/spg/DOC/NIST/AcAsD/Reference-Number-NIST-08-SBIRTT/listing.html
NIST only accepts hard copy proposals, so be sure to file early.
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