The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is accepting proposals for the first SBIR solicitation of fiscal year 2014 until April 4, 2014. The U.S. DOT SBIR program, which is administered by Volpe, seeks innovative proposals from small businesses interested in conducting research needed by the Department’s agencies. Proposals must address topics described in the solicitation.

The first fiscal year 2014 solicitation opened on February 4, 2014. This solicitation contains research topic descriptions from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Railroad Administration. A complete list of research topics and funding levels can be found on U.S. DOT’s SBIR website. The solicitation invites small businesses to submit research proposals on these topics no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT April 4, 2014.

The second fiscal year 2014 solicitation will be released in July.