FY 2016 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Post Date

February 2nd 2016

Application Due Date

April 14th 2016

Phase I electronic applications must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, April 14, 2016. Paper applications must be received by NIST by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, April 14, 2016.

Funding Opportunity Number

2016-NIST-SBIR-01

CFDA Number(s)

11.620

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach

Eligibility Categories

Other

Each applicant for both Phase I and Phase II must qualify as a small business concern for R/R&D purposes, as defined in Section 1.06 of this FFO, at the time of award. In addition, the primary employment of the principal investigator must be with the small business at the time of the award and during the conduct of the proposed research. Primary employment means that more than one-half of the principal investigator's time is spent working with the small business. Primary employment with a small business precludes full-time employment with another organization. Occasionally, deviations from this requirement may occur, which must be approved in writing by the NIST Grants Officer after consultation with the SBIR Program Manager. Further, a small business may only replace the principal investigator on an SBIR Phase I or Phase II award if the NIST Grants Officer provides prior written approval. Personnel obtained through a Professional Employer Organization or other similar personnel leasing company may be considered employees of the awardee.

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites small businesses to submit Phase I research applications under this Federal Funding Opportunity (FFO). Firms with strong research capabilities in any of the areas listed in Section 9 of this FFO are encouraged to participate. Applications not addressing one of the subtopics in Section 9 are not responsive to this FFO. The NIST FY 2016 SBIR program identifies and solicits applications in topics that fall within NISTмs mission and allow collaboration between NIST scientists and the SBIR awardees whenever possible. In order to ensure a greater strategic alignment between the SBIR program and NISTмs laboratory research program, the SBIR topics are the priority areas identified in the NIST Programmatic Plan FY 2016-2018 available at: http://www.nist.gov/director/planning/planning.cfm.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Commerce

• Office:

  National Institute of Standards and Technology

• Agency Contact:

  Christopher Hunton
  Management and Program Analyst
  Phone 301-975-5718

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Agency Contact

• Agency Email Address:

  grants@nist.gov

• More Information:

  2016-NIST-SBIR-01 Full Announcement/FFO document