Recently we have had numerous NIH SBIR/STTR proposals rejected because they have failed the foreign risk assessment.
August 29, 2025
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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.
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.
April 17, 2024
176 DOD Topics Open or in Pre-release
The pre-release period is a time when interested applicants can look through the announcements for potential topics that might fit their capabilities and guidelines.
April 1, 2024
A Quad Chart and its use
A Quad Chart in its most basic form is a single slide or table that is used to summarize a project or program.
November 28, 2023
186 DOD Topics Open or in Pre-release
The pre-release period is a time when interested applicants can look through the announcements for potential topics that might fit their capabilities and guidelines.