Skip to content
Unclaimed
Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.
Grants

NIST SBIR Program

Status

Status not published

One solicitation a year, historically released in the winter.

Check with the funder
Amount
Not published

NIST runs a small SBIR programme with Phase I awards historically around $100,000 over 6 months and Phase II around $400,000 over 2 years, tied to NIST laboratory mission areas.

Funder

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — One solicitation a year, historically released in the winter.

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 align with NIST laboratory programmes: measurement science, advanced manufacturing, cybersecurity, communications technology, physical infrastructure and bioscience.

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.nist.gov/tpo/small-business-innovation-research-program-sbir · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.nist.gov

Similar programmes

NIST MEP Center State Competition (FY2026 Round 2)

Closed for now

U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology

Michigan Business Development Program (MBDP)

Open continuously

Michigan Economic Development Corporation / Michigan Strategic Fund

Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) Grants and Loan Guarantees

Open continuously

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

USDA Rural Energy for America Program grants and loan guarantees

Open continuously

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

NSF STTR Program

Status not published

U.S. National Science Foundation

Colorado Advanced Industries Early-Stage Capital and Retention Grant

Opens 2027-01-01

Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT)

Paid, separate from Unclaimed

Want a human to review your application?

Involve Consulting can help — a paid expert-review service run by the same person behind Unclaimed, entirely separate from this free check. A flat fee, agreed up front; never a cut of what you receive.

Talk to Involve Consulting