What is the SBIR program?
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is a highly competitive three-phase award system which provides qualified small business concerns with opportunities to propose innovative ideas that meet the specific research and research and development needs of the federal Government.
What’s the difference between SBIR and STTR?
The major difference between the SBIR and STTR is that the STTR requires the small business to partner/collaborate with a U.S. non-profit research institution, while the SBIR allows you partner/collaborate.
How much money do you get from SBIR?
Successful applicants will receive a grant of up to $225,000 over a period of 6 to 12 months (the period to be decided by the applicant). Successful SBIR applicants will receive initial Phase I funding roughly 6 months after the solicitation deadline.
What is the Department of Education SBIR?
The Department of Education’s SBIR program is offered through its research arm, the Institute of Education Sciences. ED/ IES SBIR funds small businesses to conduct R&D of commercially viable education technology products and games for students, teachers, or administrators in regular or special education.
What is the eded/IES SBIR program?
ED/IES SBIR provides up to $1.25M in funding in 2 phases: Phase I for $250,000 for 8-months for rapid prototype development and evaluation of new education technology prototypes and Phase II for $1,000,000 for the full-scale development and evaluation of new education technology products.
How do Ed/IES SBIR support products go to market?
The most common ways to bring ED/IES SBIR support products to market include app stores, direct sales, licensing agreements, venture capital funding, and acquisition. In recent years products supported by the ED/IES SBIR program have been used in tens of thousands of schools and by millions of students.
What is the Institute of Education Sciences?
Welcome! The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 established within the U.S. Department of Education, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). The mission of IES is to provide rigorous evidence on which to ground education practice and policy. This is accomplished through the work of its four centers.