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SBIR/STTR Offers Due May 21, 2026 5:00 PM EDT (matches stored deadline). Page also lists FO Mandatory NOI June 25 2026 and SLS CubeSat questionnaires June 1 2026.
NASA Small Spacecraft Opportunities is a grant from NASA that funds small businesses with fewer than 500 employees to develop innovative space technology through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Phase I awards are up to $225,000 and Phase II awards are up to $1,275,000.
The program is administered by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and targets technology development across aerospace, biological and physical sciences, flight research, and related fields. The most recent offers deadline was May 21, 2026. Applicants must meet federal small business eligibility requirements to qualify.
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6 Astrophysics Research and Analysis Program Mandatory Notice of Intent Due: June 25, 2026 Proposals Due: August 8, 2026 Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD) Please check back for open SOMD opportunities.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Small businesses with fewer than 500 employees. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to $225,000 for Phase I; Up to $1,275,000 for Phase II. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Applications for NASA Small Spacecraft Opportunities are due August 12, 2026. This is an annual program. Build your timeline backwards from this date to cover registrations, approvals, and final submission checks.
NASA Small Spacecraft Opportunities is funded by NASA. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Yes — this listing is flagged as national in scope, so applicants across the U.S. may apply, subject to the sponsor's other eligibility criteria.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Program is a grant from NVIDIA providing up to $60,000 per award to PhD students conducting research that advances accelerated computing and its applications. Now in its 25th year, the program invites nominations from doctoral students pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, robotics, autonomous vehicles, and related fields. Recipients receive not only research funding but also access to NVIDIA technology, products, and engineering expertise, along with a mandatory in-person summer internship. Students are nominated by their faculty advisors and selected based on academic achievement and research area alignment.
CalSEED Concept Award is a grant from the California Energy Commission that provides $150,000 in funding to early-stage clean energy innovators in California. The program targets individuals, businesses, and nonprofits developing hardware, software, or integrated solutions at Technology Readiness Levels 2-4. Eligible technology areas rotate each cycle and have included battery recycling and reuse, long-duration energy storage, medium- and heavy-duty vehicle electrification, industrial electrification, and advanced EV charging. Applicants must be located in California, have under $1 million in private funding, and propose innovations that benefit California ratepayers. Concept Award winners also receive professional development resources and access to accelerator programs, and may compete for a subsequent $450,000 Prototype Award.
In January 2026, DOE Policy Flash PF-2026-30 wiped out every 15% and 10% indirect cost cap the administration had imposed in 2025 — because H.R. 6938 ordered it to. The same law froze indirect policy at NSF, Commerce and NASA. But OMB's sweeping new grants rule quietly reopens the fight through the back door. Here is what changed, what money recipients can claw back, and how to protect your indirect recovery going forward.
Read articleFor Program Year 2026, NASA replaced its single January SBIR/STTR solicitation with a Broad Agency Announcement that releases topics in appendices throughout the year — with proposal limits resetting each time. Phase I awards now run up to $225,000. Here is what the structural shift means, why it favors prepared companies, and how to build a year-round SBIR strategy around it.
Read articleNASA shifted its SBIR/STTR program from a single-cycle solicitation to a Broad Agency Announcement on April 17, 2026 — valid through September 30, 2027 — with subtopics released in rolling appendices. The structural change ends 41 years of predictable January-to-March deadlines and forces space startups to rebuild their proposal pipelines around continuous monitoring rather than annual sprints.
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