Recently we have had numerous NIH SBIR/STTR proposals rejected because they have failed the foreign risk assessment.
August 29, 2025
SBA
August 25, 2025
Safeguarding Originality: NIH’s New Limits on AI Use and Application Volume
Note: Ironically written by ChatGPT and edited by real humans.
August 19, 2025
NIST funds diverse innovations with $1.8M in SBIR grants
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded over $1.
August 11, 2025
Prompting TurboInnovate with CTC
You may recall that the CTC has a license to the Omnisync TurboInnovate platform.
July 25, 2025
Non-SBIR DoD funding for your innovation
The Department of Defense has funding for your innovation outside of SBIR, and we want to help you tap into it! The following units provide support for most Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) through various solicitations, partnerships, and pitches.
July 9, 2025
How the OBBBA Repeal of Section 174 Could Supercharge Your Startup
Big news for startups and innovators: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) has reversed the “Innovation Tax” under Section 174.
October 21, 2024
NCI STEP – SBIR/STTR Training and Entrepreneurship Program
The National Cancer Institute has created a new Phase 0 program for interested US-based businesses to use.
July 23, 2024
NSF debuts Fast-Track grants
The NSF has recently debuted a new Fast-Track program for its SBIR and STTR programs.
July 3, 2024
DoE Phase I 2024 topics now open
The Department of Energy has officially issued its Release 1 Phase I topics, with letters of intent due on August 26, 2024.
July 2, 2024
DOD SBIR Open Topic 2024 – AI/ML
The Department of Defense (DoD) is mandated to have SBIR/STTR open topics for many of their component organizations now; largely based on the exceptionally successful Air Force program.