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SBIR Road Tour – Seeding America’s Future Innovations

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The SBIR Road Tour is a national outreach effort to convey the non-dilutive technology funding opportunity provided through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Federal and State Program Managers representing the $2.5 billion in early stage funding have been invited to attend a series of events alongside technology entrepreneurs and innovation supporters from across the United States.

Coming to Columbus, Ohio on June 20, 2018 at the Ohio State University (OSU SBIR Agenda_Final)

This is a great opportunity to help get your research funded through the SBA and meet with program managers from the following agencies:

  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
  • Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • Department of Defense – Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
  • Department of Defense – Missile Defense Agency (MDA)
  • Department of Defense – Navy
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • Department of Health and Human Services – National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF)
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)

For more information and to register, see the SBIR Road Tour – Columbus, OH page.

Registration deadline is June 13, 2018 by 11:59 pm.

Ohio Federal Research Network Announcement – Air Force SBIR (18.2) Special Topics

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Ohio Federal Research Network (OFRN) announces the Air Force SBIR (18.2) Special Topics

The 18.2 round of SBIR includes a new Air Force pilot called “Special Topics”.  Unlike traditional Phase I topics, which allow $150,000 budgets over 6 months, these special topics are faster and have a smaller budget, $50,000 over 2 months.  Unlike the traditional 20-page technical volume, these require only a 5-page proposal and a 15-slide pitch deck.

This new program is exciting – the faster speed could be more friendly to businesses that wouldn’t traditionally contract with the government, and the shorter proposal and pitch deck format may be more familiar and comfortable for small/startup businesses.

The topics are VERY OFRN-relevant.  In particular, AF182-005 is an open call for dual-purpose technologies. DoD is increasingly interested in repurposing non-defense technologies as a way to reduce development costs and risks.

We recommend interested small business review the topics below, and contact OFRN if you would like help finding partners, conceiving topics, or simply to find out more information.

18.2 Air Force Special Topics

  • AF182-001 – Commercial Solutions for Weather Forecasting
  • AF182-002 – Innovative Position Navigation and Timing
  • AF182-003 – Future Counter UAS Technology Options
  • AF182-004 – Future Logistics and Supply Chain Options
  • AF182-005 – Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions
  • AF182-006 – Human-Machine Timing in Data Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination – a Technology Accelerator

Defense SBIR 18.2 submissions are due June 20, 2018.

Additional information about DoD SBIR 18.2 can be found on the Broad Agency Announcement Instructions webpage and on the DoD SBIR/STTR Portal.

OFRN provides technical assistance to its members and stakeholders in finding partners and pursuing funding opportunities. If you would like support from OFRN in pursuing a funding opportunity, email Becky Mescher at becky.mescher@wright.edu.