NASA SBIR/STTR Program
Usually opens in January and May
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
Phase I awards up to about $150,000 for 6-13 months; Phase II up to about $850,000 over 24 months, with Phase II-Extended, Sequential and CCRPP follow-ons that require external matching investment.
U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
public · national
Deadline: annual_call — For Program Year 2026 NASA moved from a single annual solicitation to a Broad Agency Announcement with phased appendices. Phase I under the 2026-2027 BAA closed 21 May 2026 with selections announced August 2026.
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.
Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.
Who can apply
- Up to 500 employees
- small enterprises
- Sectors: space, deeptech, ai, manufacturing
- Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
US for-profit small business with 500 or fewer employees; the principal investigator must be primarily employed by the firm for SBIR.
How to apply
- Register in SAM.gov and the NASA EHB (Electronic Handbook)
- Review the current BAA appendix and subtopic list
- Submit the proposal through the NASA SBIR/STTR EHB by the appendix deadline
What you will need
- Technical proposal
- Budget/cost proposal
- Briefing chart
- SAM.gov registration
Source. https://www.nasa.gov/sbir_sttr/ — checked 2026-08-14
"part of America's Seed Fund, the nation's largest source of early-stage non-dilutive funding for innovative technologies"