FY 2025 SBIR/STTR Phase I Release 1 Funding Opportunity Announcement

Topics for FY 2025 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I Release 1 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) have been issued. The following DOE program offices are participating in this solicitation:

  • Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR)
  • Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
  • Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
  • Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
  • Office of High Energy Physics (HEP)
  • Office of Nuclear Physics (NP)

Upcoming Topics Webinar

Please register for one or all of the DOE FY 2025 Phase I Release 1 SBIR/STTR Topics webinars and hear directly from the DOE Topic Managers as they briefly provide insight into their respective topics.

These webinars are scheduled for 90 minutes. If you can’t attend the live webinars, they will be recorded and posted on the funding opportunities page.

Funding Opportunity Announcement Webinar

New for FY 2025! There will be two webinars for the FOA and application process, the first one on Thursday, August 8, 2024, to present about the FOA and application process and the second webinar on Friday, August 9, 2024, to answer your questions. You will receive a subsequent email invitation to both webinars on the date the FOA is released.

Important Upcoming Dates

  • Funding Opportunity Announcement Issued: Monday, August 5, 2024
  • Letter of Intent Due Date: Tuesday, August 27, 2024, at 5 PM EDT
  • Non-responsive LOI Feedback Provided: Tuesday, September 16, 2024
  • Application Due Date: Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at 11:59 PM EDT
  • Award Notification Date: Monday, January 6, 2025*
  • Start of Grant Budget Period: Tuesday, February 18, 2025*

*Dates Subject to Change