The U.S. DOT FY19 SBIR Solicitation is now open.
View the solicitation document and related resources and the list of research topics.
The FY19 SBIR Phase I Solicitation schedule is as follows:
| Solicitation Opens | Tuesday, February 19, 2019 |
| Pre-Offer Webinar | Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 1:30 p.m. (ET) |
| Technical and Administrative Questions are due | Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 5:00 p.m. (ET) |
| Contract Pricing Worksheet Questions are due | Monday, April 15, 2019, 5:00 p.m. (ET) |
| Solicitation Closes | Monday, April 22, 2019, 5:00 p.m. (ET) |
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The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is one of 11 federal agencies that participates in the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. U.S. DOT's highly competitive SBIR program awards contracts to domestic small businesses to pursue research on and develop innovative solutions to our nation’s transportation challenges.
The U.S. DOT SBIR program favors research that has the potential for commercialization through products and applications sold to the private sector transportation industry, state departments of transportation, U.S. DOT, or other federal agencies.
Small businesses that participate in U.S. DOT’s SBIR program have developed numerous new and innovative technologies that have benefitted the department and the public, while providing a basis for growth for small businesses. Over the past five years, the U.S. DOT SBIR program has invested $50 million in qualified small businesses.
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