NOAA SBIR FY 2023 Phase I

Dec. 2, 2022, 12:00 a.m. EST

March 17, 2023, 12:00 a.m. EDT Past Due

Dec. 2, 2022, 8:59 a.m. EST

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April 16, 2023

Small businesses

Each applicant must qualify as a SBC for R/R&D purposes, as defined in Section 1.5 of this NOFO, at the time of the award and at any other time set forth in the SBA’s regulations at 13 CFR 121.701- 121.705. Each awardee, at the time of the award (but not at the time of the application), must submit a certification (See Appendix B) stating that it meets the size, ownership, and other requirements of the SBIR Program and at any other time set forth in SBA’s regulations at 13 CFR 121.701-705 in order to qualify for the award.In addition, the primary employment of the principal investigator (PI) must be with the SBC at the time of the award and during the conduct of the proposed project. Primary employment means that at least 51% of the Principal Investigator’s (PI’s) time is spent in the employ of the SBC. Primary employment with a SBC precludes9full-time employment with another organization. Further, an SBC may only replace the principal investigator on a SBIR Phase I award if the NOAA Grants Officer provides prior written approval.The R/R&D work must be performed in the United States. Requests for an exemption must be submitted in writing prior to application submission. Only rare and unique circumstances will be considered for an exemption. The NOAA Grants Officer must approve each exemption and its terms in writing.For Phase I, a minimum of two-thirds of the research and/or analytical effort must be performed by the awardee. The total cost for all consultant fees, facility leases, usage fees, and other subcontract/sub-award or purchase agreements may not exceed one-third of the total award.Applicants (and any affiliated individuals) may not participate in the selection of any topic. Additionally, they may not participate in the review of proposals. All associated entities to applicants to this NOFO (including Guest Researchers, Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partners and others working with NOAA) may only submit a proposal if they:● Had no role in developing or reviewing the topic;● Have not been the recipient of any information on the topic not available in the NOFO or by other public means; and● Have not received any assistance from DOC in preparing the proposal for this specific NOFO (including any 'informal' reviews) prior to submission.NOAA may not enter into, or continue, an existing CRADA with an awardee under this program.Each applicant will be required to provide certain information via www.sbir.gov as well as other information required by the SBIR Policy Directive (see Appendices V-VI), found at https://www.sbir.gov/sites/default/files/SBA_SBIR_STTR_POLICY_DIRECTIVE_OCT_2020_v2.pdf. Each SBC applying for an award is required to update the appropriate information in SBIR.gov for any of its existing and prior SBIR awards.Venture Capital Participation: NOAA elects not to use the authority that would allow venture capital operating companies (VCOCs), hedge funds, or private equity firms to participate in the SBIR Program. Applications in which work would be performed by VCOCs will not be considered for award.

$175,000

Not Listed

$4,400,000

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Michele Mazzocchetti Grants Management Specialist

noaa.sbir@noaa.gov   Profile

Program Email

(301) 628-1391