The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) invites FY 2023 NIST SBIR
Phase I awardees to submit Phase II research applications under this Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Only FY 2023 NIST SBIR Phase I awardees are eligible
to submit applications in response to this NOFO for Phase II of their projects.
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was originally established in
1982 by the Small Business Innovation Development Act (P.L. 97-219), codified at 15
U.S.C. § 638. The SBIR Program was then expanded and extended by the Small
Business Research and Development (R&D) Enhancement Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-564),
and received subsequent reauthorization and extensions, the most recent of which
extends the SBIR program through 2025. (P.L. 117-183).
Eleven Federal agencies implement SBIR by setting aside a portion of their extramural
research and development budget each year to fund research applications from small
science and technology-based firms. The statutory purpose of the SBIR Program is to
strengthen the role of innovative small business concerns (SBCs) in Federally-funded
research or research and development (R/R&D). Specific program goals are to:
(1) stimulate technological innovation; (2) use small businesses to meet Federal R/R&D
needs; (3) foster and encourage participation by socially and economically
disadvantaged small businesses and by women-owned small businesses in
technological innovation; and (4) increase private sector commercialization of
innovations derived from Federal R/R&D, thereby increasing competition, productivity,
and economic growth.