The NSF announced recently that it would be delaying its 2024 SBIR/STTR solicitation for a few weeks. This will delay the agency’s announcement of its 2024 deadlines until the new solicitation is released. If the deadline to submit a particular Phase I proposal (based on the one-year Project Pitch invitation) falls on a day when there is no active Phase I solicitation, applicants will be given two weeks (after the new solicitation is announced) to submit the Phase I proposal. Similarly, if the deadline to submit a Phase II proposal (based on a period of 24 months after the Phase I award start) falls on a day when there is no active Phase II solicitation, applicants will be given two weeks, after the new Phase II solicitation is announced, to submit the proposal.
There is no current word from the NSF as to why the solicitation has been delayed. The last solicitation was published by the NSF on November 21st, 2022. The NSF was the agency that initially piloted the precursor to the SBIR/STTR programs. The CTC will monitor this situation and provide updates as they become available.
