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From: NASA SBIR Program Support Office <sbir@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:sbir@xxxxxxxxxx>>
Date: November 21, 2016 at 6:34:02 PM EST
To: <aprille.j.ericsson@xxxxxxxx<mailto:aprille.j.ericsson@xxxxxxxx>>
Subject: NASA Announces Opportunities for Small Businesses to Advance
Innovative Technologies
SBIR/STTR Participants,
The 2017 NASA SBIR/STTR Program Solicitation was released on November 17th via
the NASA SBIR/STTR public website<http://sbir.nasa.gov/>. NASA is seeking
proposals from small businesses and partnering research institutions for
research, development, and demonstration of innovative technologies that will
address NASA interests and have significant potential for successful transition
of technology into NASA mission programs and other markets.
"The SBIR and STTR programs seek to empower small businesses to deliver
technological innovation that contributes to NASA's interests, provides
societal benefit, and grows the US economy", said Jenn Gustetic, SBIR/STTR
Program Executive for NASA 's Space Technology Mission Directorate in
Washington. "We do this by creating opportunities through SBIR/STTR awards to
leverage small business knowledge and technology development. I'm excited to
see what kinds of companies and technologies get into our innovation pipeline
in the FY17 cycle."
Noteworthy changes to this year's Solicitation:
* I-Corps: NASA is partnering with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to
offer a subset of selected Phase I contractors the opportunity to compete to
participate in the NSF Innovation Corps Program (I-CorpsTM) (hereinafter
I-Corps). I-Corps educates teams on how to translate technologies from the
laboratory into the marketplace.
* CCRPP: Eligible SBIR/STTR Phase II awardees (from any Agency) can choose
to submit applications to NASA's FY17 Civilian Commercialization Readiness
Pilot Program (CCRPP) related to NASA interests. Preliminary information about
the CCRPP will be released in late 2016.
* Focus Areas: The research subtopics are now being organized into
groupings called "Focus Areas". Focus areas are a way of grouping NASA
interests and related technologies. This change is intended to make it easier
for proposers to understand related needs across the agency and thus identify
subtopics where their research and development capabilities may be a good match.
NASA intends to select for award those proposals offering the most advantageous
technology to the Government and the SBIR/STTR Program. NASA will give primary
consideration to the scientific and technical merit and feasibility of the
proposal and its benefit to NASA.
Phase I awards are valued at approximately $125,000 for up to six months for
SBIR and twelve months for STTR to establish the scientific, technical and
commercial merit and feasibility of the proposed innovation in fulfillment of
NASA needs. Phase I awardees can then apply for Phase II awards, valued up to
$750,000 for up to two additional years, that are focused on the development,
demonstration, and delivery of the proposed innovation. Phase III, or the
commercialization of an innovation, may occur after successful completion of
Phase II.
For more information about the NASA SBIR/STTR Solicitation, visit:
http://sbir.nasa.gov/solicit-detail/58007
