SBIR/STTR

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

Program Objectives • Stimulate technological innovation• Increase private sector commercialization of federal

R&D • Increase small business participation in federally

funded R&D• Foster participation by minority and disadvantaged

firms

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research• 2.5% of external research in excess of $100 million• Awards > $1 billion annually to stimulate small

business research• >50% with firms fewer than 25 employees• 20% to minority or women owned businesses • 15% of SBIR/STTR proposals awarded phase I contract• 50% of phase I contracts subsequently awarded phase II

contract

SBIR

SBIR Phases• Phase I – project feasibility; determines scientific,

technical and commercial merit of the ideas • Phase II – project development; funds the major

research and development effort including prototyping

• Phase III – commercialization; derives from, extends, or logically concludes efforts perform under prior SBIR agreements

SBIR

Eligibility• Small business; < 500 employees• Independently owned and operated for profit • U.S. based company • Work performed in the U.S.• P.I. must spend more than ½ time employed by

firm• 2/3 of phase I, phase II work must be performed

by the proposing firm

STTR

Small Business Technology Transfer • Established by congress in 1992• Similar in structure to SBIR and funds

cooperative research and development projects in partnerships to move new technology to the marketplace

STTR

Objectives • Stimulate technological innovation• Increase private sector commercialization of federal

R&D• Increase small business participation in federally

funded R&D• Foster participation by minority and disadvantaged

firms in technological innovation

STTR

Objectives • Provides up to $850,000 in early stage R&D• Requires a business/research institution partnership• Funds > $100 million annually • Six participating agencies – Army, Navy, Air Force, Missile Defense Agency, Defense

Advanced Research Projects Agency and the Office of Secretary of Defense

STTR

Eligibility • Firm < 500 employees; no size limit on research

institution• Research institution must be a U.S. college or

university • Work must be performed in U.S.• Firm must perform > 40% research • University must perform > 30% research • P.I. may be employed at firm or at research inst.

SBIRThree-Phased Program

SBIR STTRPhase I: Project feasibility 6 months, up to $150,000 12 months, up to $100,000

Phase II: Project development to prototype

2 years, up to $1,000,000 2 years, up to $750,000

Phase III: CommercializationCommercialization of the technology in military and/or private sector markets with non-SBIR/non-STTR funds

SBIR

Fiscal Year DoD Component SBIR Budget # Topics # Ph I

proposals# Ph I awards

# Ph II awards

FY10 Army 244,355,000 176 3,240 434 202Navy 342,637,650 232 4,098 666 310Air Force 331,320,000 181 2,494 501 282DARPA 67,303,000 27 833 107 127DTRA 8,347,000 17 307 21 5MDA 90,323,000 35 553 126 77SOCOM 10,097,000 8 142 23 6CBD 14,647,000 10 127 21 19OSD 86,238,000 64 915 143 41DLA 2,356,200 1 55 6 2DMEA 2,166,000 2 35 4 0NGA N/A 0 0 0 0

All DoD 1,199,789,850 753 12,799 2,052 1,071

STTR

Fiscal Year DoD Component STTR Budget# Topics # Ph I

proposals# Ph I awards

# Ph II awards

FY10 Army 29,323,000 29 446 64 22Navy 41,116,518 50 804 151 46Air Force 39,758,000 37 309 125 59DARPA 8,076,000 0 0 9 16MDA 10,839,000 4 33 25 12OSD 6,048,000 6 54 9 3All DoD 135,160,518126 1,646 383 158

SBIR/STTR

• EO 13329 requires SBIR/STTR agencies to give high priority to manufacturing-related research and development.

SBIR/STTR

Further information• http://www.sbir.gov/ • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm • http://www.zyn.com/sbir/ • http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/SBIR.html • http://

archive.sba.gov/aboutsba/sbaprograms/sbir/index.html

• http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/ • http://www.dodsbir.net/