Funding-Small
Business Innovation Research Program Phase I;
September 1, 2011
Agency
Name
USDA
Description
The purpose of the SBIR program is to provide
an opportunity for US-owned, for-profit small business firms to submit innovative,
applied, research and development projects that address important problems
facing American agriculture and have the potential to lead to significant
public benefit if the research is successful. Research proposals are accepted
in any of the following topic areas: 1) Forests and Related Resources; 2) Plant
Production and Protection - Biology; 3) Animal Production and Protection; 4)
Air, Water, and Soils; 5) Food Science and Nutrition; 6) Rural Development; 7)
Aquaculture; 8) Biofuels and Biobased Products; 9)
Marketing and Trade; 10) Animal Manure Management; 11) Small and Mid-Size
Farms; and 12) Plant Production and Protection - Engineering. The SBIR program
exists in three phases. The purpose of Phase I is to
prove the scientific or technical feasibility of the proposed research and
development effort. Phase I projects typically are for 8 months. Phase II is
the principal research and development effort and often involves moving the
project from the laboratory to the field or the development of prototypes.
Phase II projects typically are for 24 months. Phase III is the
commercialization phase and there is no SBIR support provided for this phase.
Phase I applications are due on September 1, 2011. This SBIR program funding
opportunity is for Phase I applications.
Announcement
Number: USDA-NIFA-SBIR-003497
Due
Date: Sep
01, 2011
Link
to Full Announcement
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/sbir_rfa.html
Contact
Information
NIFA
Help Desk
Phone: 202-401-5048
Business hours are M-F, 7:00 am -5:00 pm ET, excluding Federal holidays