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Historical funding: Each Phase I proposal team receives $150,000.
Prior eligibility: Small businesses with less than 500 employees. Entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses can receive funding and non-monetary support to build, mature, and commercialize their technologies.
Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs is sponsored by NASA. The NASA SBIR/STTR program provides funding for small businesses to develop innovative technologies supporting NASA's missions. While the primary focus is space and aeronautics, the program seeks technologies that can also benefit life on Earth, including advancements in AI.
On April 17, 2026, NASA released a SBIR/STTR Broad Agency Announcement valid through Sept 30, 2027 — replacing the legacy annual solicitation cycle with rolling appendices. The first two appendices closed May 21. A complete strategic analysis for space-tech founders adapting to the new model.
Read articleNASA selected 15 small businesses for SBIR Ignite Phase I awards on April 14 in AI, robotics, and radar. The $150K Phase I gates a $1.275M Phase II — and the commercialization-first framing is reshaping who should apply where.
Read articleNASA's SBIR/STTR Program Year 2026 abandons the annual solicitation in favor of a rolling BAA. Phase I awards jump to \$225K and Phase II to \$1.275M. Here is the playbook.
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