The NIH Catalyze program empowers innovators to fast-track heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) discoveries toward real-world impact.
January 5, 2026
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December 2, 2025
Department of War deploys six critical technology areas
The US Department of War has announced six critical technology areas (CTS’s) that it will highlight in upcoming research.
November 24, 2025
Reauthorization updates from TechConnect 2025
The SBIR/STTR Fall Innovation Conference was held recently in conjunction with the Defense TechConnect Summit.
August 29, 2025
NIH Applications rejected for failing Foreign Risk Assessment
Recently we have had numerous NIH SBIR/STTR proposals rejected because they have failed the foreign risk assessment.
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.