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DOE SBIR/STTR Program

Status

Status not published

Two release cycles a year (Release 1 in the autumn, Release 2 in the winter/spring), each with a mandatory Letter of Intent several weeks before the application deadline.

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Amount
$250,000

Phase I awards have run roughly $200,000-$250,000 for 12 months; Phase II awards typically around $1.1m-$1.7m. DOE requires a Letter of Intent before the full application.

Funder

U.S. Department of Energy (Office of Science, SBIR/STTR Programs Office)

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Deadline: One call a year — Two release cycles a year (Release 1 in the autumn, Release 2 in the winter/spring), each with a mandatory Letter of Intent several weeks before the application deadline.

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
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Topics span DOE's Office of Science, EERE, Fossil Energy, Nuclear Energy, Electricity, Environmental Management, ARPA-E and NNSA. Letter of Intent is mandatory and non-negotiable.

How to apply

  1. Read the Topics document and identify a technical topic and subtopic
  2. Submit a mandatory Letter of Intent by the LOI deadline via the DOE Portfolio Analysis and Management System (PAMS)
  3. Prepare and submit the full application via PAMS/Grants.gov by the application deadline
  4. Awards announced roughly 3 months later

What you will need

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

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Source. https://science.osti.gov/sbir · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: science.osti.gov

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