Small business grant

Apply for NSF STTR Phase I

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Max award

$275,000

Deadline

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Agency

National Science Foundation

Source

federal funding

What this application should emphasize

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Show the business problem, customer demand, and how funding creates measurable growth.
Use numbers: revenue, jobs, contracts, milestones, or market traction.
Must be a US-based small business with 500 or fewer employees
Must have a formal partnership with a US nonprofit research institution (university, federally funded R&D center, etc.)

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Project Pitch submitted via research.gov (required first step)

Full STTR Phase I proposal (if invited): project description, executive summary, approach

Formal research institution cooperation agreement

Budget and budget justification

Biographical sketches for key personnel at both the small business and research institution

Commercialization plan

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