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U.S. Government Grants, EPA,
NASA, NIH, and NSF

EPA

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA can award Phase I grants of up to 6 months/$70,000 and Phase II grants of up to 2 years/$295,000.

Research topics for 2000 include:

• Nanomaterials and Clean Technology
• Clean Air
• Clean Water
• Waste Management and Site Remediation
• Monitoring and Measurement Technologies

http://es.epa.gov/ncerqa/sbir/

NASA

In 1999, NASA's SBIR Program selected 220 firms for contracts that totaled more than $20 million. A total of 2,260 proposals were received.

Phase I awards were for up to $70,000 and Phase II awards were up to $600,000. NASA's

SBIR topics include:

• Aviation Safety and Capacity
• Subsonic Transport Environmental Compatibility
• Space Transportation
• General Aviation Revitalization
• Next Generation Aircraft Systems Design and Analyses Tools
• Experimental Flight Research
• Natural Processes in the Space Environment
• Exploration and Settling of the Solar System
• Achieving Routine Space Travel
• Enriching Earth Life Through Space Habitation
• Space Communications and Operations
• In-Situ Exporation and Sample Return
• Astrophysics and Space Physics Observations
• Interferometer Technology
• Power and Onboard Propulsion
• Sensors and Instrument Component Technology
• Distributed Space Craft
• High Rate Data Delivery
• Thinking Space Systems
• Spacecraft Miniaturization Technologies
• Next Generation Infrastructure
• Surface Systems
• Untralight Structures and Space Observatories

http://sbir.nasa.gov/

NIH

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) offer SBIR grants in the biomedical and behavioral research areas. Phase I programs provide for up to six months/$100,000 for investigation of the concept and Phase II awards provide up to two years and $750,000 to commercialize a technology innovation. It is possible to request longer periods of time or higher amounts of funding.

From October 1, 1999 - September 30, 2000, the amount available is estimated to be $352 million dollars.

Check out SBIR funding opportunities at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

For information about grant application deadlines, go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbirsttr1
/5submission.htm

NSF

When most people think about scientific funding in the United States, one of the first organizations that comes to mind is the National Science Foundation.

Their current topic areas include:

• Advanced Materials & Manufacturing Systems
• Information-Based Technologies --This has been open since March 1, 2000 and will close on June 8, 2000.
• Biotechnology and Electronics Will Open October 1, 2000 and close January 4, 2001.

http://www.eng.nsf.gov/sbir/

-Cynthia Nemeth-Johannes