The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the release of its 2010 SBIR Phase I solicitation. $45,000,000 will be available for 200-300 awards. These competitive research awards will be capped at $150,000 per award. Companies must outline how they will utilize these funds to conduct a 6-month feasibility study. Companies must prepare proposals that will address subtopics found under each of these main Topics:
Biotechnology and Chemical Technologies
Education Applications
Information and Communication Technologies
Nanotechnology, Advanced Materials, and Manufacturing
Successful proposers will conduct R&D on projects that provide evidence of a commercially viable product, process, device, or system AND/OR meet an important social or economic need. All projects should have High potential commercial payback and High-risk efforts.
For more details and proposal preparation instructions, refer to the NSF solicitation.
Proposals will not be accepted until November 3rd and all proposals will be due before 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 3rd.
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