The NIH & CDC has released its PHS 2010-1 SBIR Contracts Solicitation which opened August 19, 2009 and closes on November 9, 2009 at 5pm est. This PHS/NIH/CDC SBIR solicitation is a separate and independent offering from NIH and is not connected to their currently open 2009-2 Omnibus SBIR/STTR Grants solicitation.
There are important differences between this PHS/NIH/CDC SBIR Contracts solicitation and NIH's year long omnibus Grants solicitation. The contracts solicitation is much smaller, the topics are different and are much more focused, and is for SBIR only. In the NIH SBIR Contracts solicitation, proposals are only accepted if they respond specifically to a research topic, and there is only 1 receipt date.

NOTE: Because this solicitation is contracts based and not grants, it does not use the Grants.gov web site or the ERA Commons. Submissions must be in hard copy and sent directly to the relevant Institute/organization. Please allow ample time for your submission to be received.

Complete instructions are included in the solicitation located on the NIH's web site at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm#contracts.

The USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) has opened it's FY-2010 SBIR solicitation (funding No. USDA-CSREES-SBIR-002363), that opened on June 10, 2009 and closes on September 3, 2009. The USDA SBIR program is grants based and utilizes grants.gov for the submission process. Grants.gov is still a complex process and takes time to get registered, so it is advisable to start the registration process early.

Depending upon the availability of funds, USDA expects to make approximately 85 Phase I awards not to exceed $90,000 each to small businesses in FY 2010. Awards are anticipated to be made on or after May 1, 2010. USDA will announce the names of those concerns receiving awards and successful applicants will then typically have eight months after awards are made to carry out their proposed Phase I effort.  Special consideration will be given to applications that address Agriculturally-related Manufacturing Technology and Energy Efficiency and Alternative and Renewable Energy as two cross-cutting priorities with relevance to all topic areas.

USDA Topics Areas Are:
8.1 Forests and Related Resources
8.2 Plant Production and Protection - Biology
8.3 Animal Production and Protection
8.4 Air, Water and Soils
8.5 Food Science and Nutrition
8.6 Rural Development
8.7 Aquaculture
8.8 Biofuels and Biobased Products
8.9 Marketing and Trade
8.11 Animal Manure Management
8.12 Small and Mid-Size Farms
8.13 Plant Production and Protection - Engineering

The solicitation is available from the USDA SBIR web site at www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/sbir.cfm

The DOE SBIR Office has contracted with Foresight Science & Technology, Inc., a leading firm in commercialization and technology transfer, to provide a Technical Assistance Program (TAP) commercialization web portal which provides prospective SBIR applicants and other energy entrepreneurs with the tools, training, and support to write a successful SBIR proposal.  For more details on what’s available to you, visit http://doecapreg.foresightst.com. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have announced their Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Solicitations. The NSF Phase I Solicitation is now open and will close on June 9, and the EPA Phase I Solicitation will open on March 19 and close on May 20. EPA SBIR Phase I awards will be $70,000, and NSF Phase I awards will be $150,000. SBIR awards are designed to help small businesses participate in federally funded R&D opportunities. To read an announcement from the NSF, www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir. For an announcement from EPA, www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir

June 30 - July 1, 2009
Omaha, NE

Learn how to tap into the NIH’s R&D funding resources for small businesses interested in biomedical and behavioral research and innovation.  You will have the opportunity to network with researchers, entrepreneurs, biotech business owners, and the NIH Institute and Center Directors. For more information, visit the SBIR section of the Nebraska Business Development Center website at http://nbdc.unomaha.edu/SBIR/, or contact Lisa Tedesco at 402-554-6270 or mtedesco@unomaha.edu.