State: DC
Listing Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Due Date: 2023-03-01
Submission Type: Online Portal
Description: The NSF SBIR/STTR program encourages startups and small businesses to submit proposals across nearly all areas of science and engineering.*
While startups and small businesses face many challenges, the NSF SBIR/STTR funding is intended to specifically focus on challenges associated with technological innovation; that is, on the creation of new products, services, and other scalable solutions based on fundamental science or engineering. A successful Phase I proposal demonstrates how NSF funding will help the small business create a proof-of-concept or prototype by retiring technical risk. Funding from NSF may only be used to conduct research and development (R&D) to demonstrate technical feasibility.