SBIRWorld.com - SBIR/STTR Key Solicitation Dates

The tables below display Open Solicitations (including Special Announcements), Future Solicitiations and Closed Solicitations.

Disclaimer: The Solicitations listed on this site are copies from the various SBIR/STTR agency solicitations and are not necessarily the latest and most up-to-date. For this reason, you should use the links under the Program column. These will take you directly to the appropriate agency server where you can obtain the official version of the entire solicitation including the agency's rules and necessary forms.

Open Solicitations
Program	Release Dates	Accepts Proposals	Closing Dates
DHHS - NIH/CDC/FDA (Contracts)	1 Aug 2003	1 Aug 2003	14 Nov 2003
DHHS-NIH SBIR/STTR (Grants) (Excluding AIDS related topics)	16 Jan 2003	16 Jan 2003	1 Apr 2003 1 Aug 2003 1 Dec 2003
DHHS-NIH SBIR/STTR (Grants) (AIDS related topics)	16 Jan 2003	16 Jan 2003	1 May 2003 1 Sept 2003 2 Jan 2004
DHHS-FDA SBIR (Grants)	16 Jan 2003	16 Jan 2003	1 Apr 2003 1 Aug 2003 1 Dec 2003
DHHS-CDC SBIR (Grants)	16 Jan 2003	16 Jan 2003	1 Apr 2003 1 Dec 2003

Special Announcements
Program	Release Dates	Letter of Intent Due	Receipt Date(s)	Expiration Date
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Develop New Therapies for Type 1 Diabetes and its Complications	28 Aug 2003	19 Jan 2004	19 Feb 2004	N/A
DHHS/NIH- NICHD (SBIR/STTR) Training Materials on Surgical Amputations, Prosthetics and Orthotics	13 Aug 2003	20 Oct 2003	18 Aug 2003	N/A
DHHS/NIH - NIAID (SBIR)	8 Jul 2003	N/A	1 Dec 2003 1 Apr 2004 2 Aug 2004 1 Dec 2004 1 Apr 2005 1 Aug 2005 1 Dec 2005	N/A
DHHS/NIH - NIAID (SBIR) Advanced Technology AIDS-Related	8 Jul 2003	N/A	2 Jan 2004 3 May 2004 1 Sep 2004 3 Jan 2005 2 May 2005 1 Sep 2005 2 Jan 2006	N/A
DHHS/NIH - NICHD (SBIR/STTR) Innovative Technologies for Pediatric Critical Care and Rehabilitation	29 Jul 2003	15 Sep 2003	15 Oct 2003	N/A
DHHS/NIH - NICHD (SBIR/STTR) Innovations in Powered Mobility Devices	30 Jun 2003	23 Sept 2003	23 Oct 2003	N/A
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Novel Technologies for In Vivo Imaging	19 May 2003	23 Jun 2003 22 Oct 2003	21 Jul 2003 19 Nov 2003	1 Dec 2003
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Development of Diagnostic Screening Test for Salt Sensitivity	16 May 2003	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	30 April 2006
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology	12 May 2003	N/A	24 Oct 2003 24 Feb 2004 24 June 2004 24 Oct 2004 24 Feb 2005 24 Oct 2005 26 Feb 2006	26 Nov 2005
DHHS/NIH - NIAAA (SBIR/STTR) Competing Continuation Awards of SBIR/STTR Phase II grants for pharmacological agents and biomarkers for alcoholism and alcohol-related diseases	29 May 2003	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	30 May 2006
DHHS/NIH - NCI (SBIR/STTR) Cancer Prognosis and Prediction	8 Apr 2003	14 May 2003 13 Nov 2003	11 Jun 2003 11 Dec 2003	12 Dec 2003
DHHS/NIH - NCI (SBIR/STTR) Flexibility System to Advance Innovative Research for Cancer Drug Discovery by Small Businesses (Flair) - SBIR/STTR Initiative	25 Feb 2003	16 Jun 2003 17 Oct 2003	14 Jul 2003 14 Nov 2003	17 Nov 2003
DHHS/NIH - NHLBI and NIDDK (SBIR/STTR) Chemical Screens for New Inducers of Fetal Hemoglobin	30 Dec 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	1 Dec 2005
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Systems and Methods for Small Animal Imaging	18 Nov 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	1 Nov 2005
DHHS/NIH - NIBIB (SBIR/STTR) Telehealth Technologies Development	18 Nov 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	1 Jan 2004
DHHS/NIH - NIBIB (SBIR/STTR) Small Business Grants for Identifying Molecular Signature of Cancer	18 Nov 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	1 Jan 2004
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Knowledge Integration Across Distributed Heterogeneous Data Sources	1 Oct 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	Dec 2004
DHHS/NIH - NIAID (SBIR/STTR) Small Business Biodefense Program	15 Aug 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	2 Aug 2005
DHHS - NIH (SBIR) Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative	2 Jul 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	3 Jun 2005
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins	16 May 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	10 Apr 2005
DHHS/NIH - NIDCR (SBIR) Development of New Technologies and Products for Dental Clinical Infection Control	21 Mar 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	31 Mar 2004
DHHS - NIH (SBIR) Innovative Toxicology Models	12 Mar 2002	25 Nov 2003	23 Dec 2003	31 Dec 2003
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Innovative Technologies for Enhancing Function for Individuals with Disabilities	4 Mar 2002	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	25 Jan 2005
DHHS - NIH (SBIR) Probes for Microimaging the Nervous System	5 Dec 2001	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	7 Dec 2004
DHHS/NIH - NIMH (SBIR) Pharmacological Agents and Drugs for Mental Disorder	4 Dec 2001	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	7 Dec 2004
DHHS - NIH (SBIR) Development of Pet and Spect Ligands for Brain Imaging	4 Dec 2001	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	7 Dec 2004
DHHS/NIH - NHLBI (SBIR/STTR) Technologies for Monitoring and Performing Resuscitation	16 Feb 2001	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	1 Jan 2004
DHHS - NIH (SBIR/STTR) Single Molecule Detection and Manipulation	12 Feb 2001	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	1 Apr 2004
DHHS/NIH - NHLBI (SBIR/STTR) Functional Tissue Engineering for Heart, Vascular, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders and Diseases	25 Oct 2000	N/A	1 Apr 1 Aug 1 Dec	12 Mar 2004

Future Solicitations ** dates are subject to change
Program	Release Dates	Accepts Proposals	Closing Dates
NSF SBIR/STTR for AM & BT only	1 Oct 2003	1 Oct 2003	20 Jan 2004
DoD SBIR - 2004.1	1 Oct 2003	1 Dec 2003	15 Jan 2004
DoE	7 Oct 2003	7 Oct 2003	6 Jan 2004
DoC - NOAA	15 Oct 2003	15 Oct 2003	14 Jan 2004
DoC - NIST	30 Oct 2003	30 Oct 2003	15 Jan 2004
DoD STTR - 2004.1	2 Jan 2004	1 Mar 2004	15 Apr 2004

Closed Solicitations
Program	Release dates	Closing dates
NASA SBIR/STTR	7 Jul 2003	9 Sep 2003
USDA SBIR	27 Jun 2003	29 Aug 2003
NIEHS (SBIR/STTR Initiative) E-Learning for Hazmat and Emergency Response	14 April 2003	19 Aug 2003
DoD SBIR - 2003.2	1 May 2003	14 Aug 2003
NSF SBIR/STTR for EL & IT only	28 Feb 2003	12 Jun 2003
DHHS - NIMH SBIR Phase I Contracts	2 April 2003	11 June 2003
Dept. of Education SBIR Grants	4 April 2003	3 June 2003
EPA SBIR Contract Air Pollution Monitoring	27 Mar 2003	23 May 2003
EPA SBIR Contract Technology Solutions for Western USA Environmental Problems	27 Mar 2003	23 May 2003
EPA SBIR Contract Safe Buildings and Water Security	27 Mar 2003	23 May 2003
EPA SBIR	27 Mar 2003	23 May 2003
Dept. of Education SBIR Contracts	5 Mar 2003	5 May 2003
DOT SBIR	14 Feb 2003	1 May 2003
DoD STTR - 2003.1	2 Jan 2003	16 Apr 2003
NSF SBIR/STTR for BT & EL only	1 Mar 2002	22 Jan 2003
DOC-NIST	31 Oct 2002	15 Jan 2003
DOC-NOAA	15 Oct 2002	15 Jan 2003
DoD SBIR - 2003.1	1 Oct 2002	15 Jan 2003
Department of Energy - SBIR	15 Oct 2002	14 Jan 2003

*For FY 2003: NSF has different dates for different topic areas. Information-Based Technologies (IT) and Electronics (EL) open on Feb 28, 2003 and close on Jun 12, 2003. Advanced Materials (AM) and Biotechnology (BT) solicitations open Oct 1, 2003 and close Jan 20, 2004.