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National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2025 SBIR & STTR Phase I

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA): The 2025 SBIR & STTR Phase I Solicitations

Opened: January 7.

Updated: 2/21/2025

Application Deadline

March 10, 2025

Key Resources

Registrations:

  • Ensure you have the following registrations complete and up to date. If you are not registered, NASA recommends you start immediately.
    • SAM.gov registration at https://sam.gov/. You must have a unique Entity Identifier (UEI)
    • Registration with the SBIR Firm Registry at https://www.sbir.gov/registration
  • Proposal Submissions and Award Management System (ProSAMS) is used to submit a proposal package. ProSAMS requires firm registration and login and provides a secure connection. To access ProSAMS, go to https://prosams.nasa.gov/.

Program Highlights

Phase I is the jumping off point for most small businesses and research institutions working with the program. It is known as the “idea generation” phase, during which small businesses (and their research institution partners in STTR) establish the scientific, technical, commercial merit and feasibility of the proposed innovation. Phase I projects should demonstrate technical feasibility of the proposed innovation and the potential for use in a NASA program or mission and/or the commercial market. The NASA SBIR Program does not make awards solely directed toward system studies, market research, routine engineering, development of existing product(s), proven concepts, or modifications of existing products without substantive innovation.

  • Average Individual Award Range: $150,000
  • SBIR Period of Performance: 6 months
  • STTR Period of Performance: 13 months
  • Anticipated Number of Awards: NASA does not estimate an exact number of anticipated Phase I contract awards; however, the table below reflects the historical information for the program.
Year Number of SBIR

Phase I Proposals Evaluated

 Number of SBIR

Phase I Selections

 Percentage of SBIR

Phase I Selection
2024 1,307 248 18.9%
2023 1,311 250 19.0%
2022 1,392 280 20.1%

On June 7, 2024, NASA selected 248 proposals from small businesses across the country to receive nearly $45 million in Phase I awards.

  • Modifications

    Topic # Topic Name Taxonomy Removed 2024 TX Mapping Level 1 2024 TX Mapping Level 2
    A2.04 Aviation Cybersecurity (SBIR) TX02 – Flight Computing and Avionics
    TX02.3 – Avionics Tools, Models, and Analysis    		 TX10 – Autonomous Systems TX10.4 – Engineering and Integrity
    TX16 – Air Traffic Management and Range Tracking Systems TX16.1 – Safe All Vehicle Access
    S16.04 Suborbital Platform Technologies (SBIR) TX09 – Entry, Descent, and Landing
    TX09.2 – Descent    		 TX05 – Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems TX05.1 – Optical Communications
    TX14 – Thermal Management Systems TX14.X – Other Thermal Management Systems
    A2.02 Enabling Aircraft Autonomy (SBIR) TX05 – Communications, Navigation, and Orbital Debris Tracking and Characterization Systems
    TX05.1 – Optical Communications    		 TX10 – Autonomous Systems TX10.X – Other Autonomous Systems
    TX10 – Autonomous Systems
    TX10.2 – Reasoning and Acting
    Z-LIVE.04 Components for Extreme Environments (SBIR) (Previously Z13.05) TX14 – Thermal Management Systems
    TX14.2 – Thermal Control Components and Systems    		 TX07 – Exploration Destination Systems TX07.2 – Mission Infrastructure, Sustainability, and Supportability
    TX12 – Materials, Structures, Mechanical Systems Manufacturing TX12.1 – Materials
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    Learn More about Taxonomy at NASA

  • Subtopics

    Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD)
        • Quiet Performance – Airframe Noise
        • Propulsion Efficiency – Propulsion Materials and Structures
        • Novel Aircraft Configurations for Electrified Aircraft Propulsion
        • Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Vehicle Technologies – Vehicle Design Tool & Electric Powertrain Test Capability
        • Aeronautics Ground Test and Measurement Technologies: Diagnostic Systems for High-Speed Flows and Icing
        • Zero-Emissions Technologies for Aircraft
        • Health Management and Sensing Technologies for Sustainable Aviation Vehicles
        • Flight Test and Measurement Technologies
        • Enabling Aircraft Autonomy
        • Aviation Cybersecurity
        • Advanced Air Traffic Management for Nontraditional Airspace Missions
        • Future Aviation Systems Safety
        • Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Integration
    Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate (ESDMD) and Space Operations Mission Directorate (SOMD)
        • Oxygen Compatible Habitation Solutions for Exploration Environments
        • Nanobubble Facilitated Hydrogen Peroxide Production In Space
        • Long-Duration Exploration Portable Life Support System (PLSS) Capabilities
        • Advanced Materials for Durable Spacesuits for the Moon and Mars
        • Modular, Multi-Use 50 kW Lunar Solar Array Structures
        • Trusted Autonomy in Space Systems
        • In-Space Production Applications (InSPA) Flight Development and Demonstrations on ISS
        • Flight Dynamics and Navigation Technologies
        • Lunar 3GPP Technologies
        • In-line Commodity Purity Analysis
        • In-Suit Detection of Venous Gas Emboli
        • Autonomous Capabilities for Lunar Surface Mobility Systems
        • Simulation and Modeling of Lunar Mobility System Interaction with Lunar Regolith
    Science Mission Directorate (SMD)
        • Lidar Remote-Sensing Technologies
        • Technologies for Active Microwave Remote Sensing
        • Technologies for Passive Microwave Remote Sensing
        • Sensor and Detector Technologies for Visible, Infrared (IR), Far-IR, and Submillimeter
        • Suborbital Instruments and Sensor Systems for Earth Science Measurements
        • Exoplanet Detection and Characterization Technologies
        • Precision Deployable Optical Structures and Metrology
        • Advanced Optical Systems and Fabrication/Testing/Control Technologies for Extended-Ultraviolet/Optical to Mid-/Far-Infrared Telescopes
        • X-Ray Mirror Systems Technology, Coating Technology for X-Ray-UVOIR, and Free-Form Optics
        • Detector Technologies for Ultraviolet (UV), X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Instruments
        • Robotic Mobility, Manipulation, and Sampling
        • Extreme-Environments Technology
        • Contamination Control and Planetary Protection
        • In Situ Instruments and Instrument Components for Lunar and Planetary Science
        • Dynamic Power Conversion
        • Space Weather Research-to-Operations and Operations-to-Research (R2O2R)
        • In Situ Particles and Fields and Remote-Sensing-Enabling Technologies for Heliophysics Instruments
        • In Situ Sample Preparation and Analysis for Biological and Physical Sciences in a Microgravity Environment
        • Environmental Monitoring for Micro-G and Partial-G Experiments
        • Guidance, Navigation, and Control
        • Suborbital Platform Technologies
        • Thermal Control Systems
        • Cryogenic Systems for Sensors and Detectors
        • Quantum Sensing: Atomic sensors, optical atomic clocks, and solid-state systems
        • Technologies for Large-Scale Numerical Simulation
        • Integrated Campaign and System Modeling
        • Fault Management Technologies
    Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD)
        • Cryogenic Fluid Management
        • Space Nuclear Propulsion
        • Solar Photon Sails Research and Technology Development
        • Parachute Systems for Maneuverability and Wireless Data Acquisition
        • Entry and Descent System Technologies
        • Plume-Surface Interaction (PSI) Technologies
        • Surface Power Technologies
        • Spacecraft Thermal Management
        • Space Resource Processing for Consumables, Manufacturing, Construction, and Energy
        • Components for Extreme Environments
        • Regolith Excavation and Manipulation for Surface Operations and Infrastructure with Assembly and Outfitting of Lunar Surface Structures
        • Servicing and Assembly Applications
        • Orbital Infrastructure Assembly
        • Space Debris Prevention for Small Spacecraft
        • Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Sustainability
        • Beyond LEO Sustainability
        • Enabling Power and Thermal Technologies
        • High-Performance Space Computing Technology
        • Advanced In-Space Laser Welding and Nondestructive Evaluation
        • Robotic Hardware for In-Space Manipulation
        • Extensible Perception, Manipulation, and Interoperability for Autonomous Robotic Systems

  • Phase II Extended - Closes March 10, 2025

    Phase II-Extended (II-E)
    The Phase II-E Option provides up to $750,000 in additional funding to small businesses with active SBIR or STTR Phase II contracts that are in good standing with NASA. This option promotes further research and development (R&D) efforts and supports the commercialization of innovations that have been developed under the Phase II contract.

    To qualify for the Phase II-E Option, eligible firms must secure an investor from outside the NASA SBIR/STTR program (non-SBIR/STTR investor) to contribute funding towards furthering the technology’s development. The NASA SBIR/STTR program will then match the investor’s funds, up to a $375,000 match, to support the ongoing R&D. The investor can be from various sources, including other NASA programs, other government agencies, or private-sector investors, depending on the strategy for the research and commercialization of the technology.

    NASA sends out emails with application instructions to eligible small businesses approximately every two months. The next Phase II-E cutoff date for applications is March 10, 2025.

  • SBIR Ignite - Expected Summer 2025

    SBIR Ignite

    SBIR Ignite is a pilot initiative for high-growth, product-oriented entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses to use NASA as a stepping stone in their path towards commercial success. SBIR Ignite funds U.S. small businesses in their early-stage, high-risk technology development to help make them and their technologies more attractive to private sector investors, customers, and partners. Ultimately, we want to drive the nation’s economy through capability delivered to commercial markets and growth in jobs, revenue, and valuation.

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