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Grants

DHS SBIR Program

Status

Status not published

Typically one solicitation a year (occasionally two), with a pre-solicitation period for topic questions.

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Amount
$150,000

Phase I awards up to roughly $150,000 for about 6 months, issued as contracts rather than grants; Phase II up to roughly $1m over 24 months.

Funder

U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Typically one solicitation a year (occasionally two), with a pre-solicitation period for topic questions.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Topics cover border security, cybersecurity, first responder technology, chemical/biological detection and screening. Awards are contracts, so the company must be able to accept federal contract terms.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361) · SBIR vs STTR: what actually differs

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/sbir · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.dhs.gov

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