DOE awards over $250M in SBIR/STTR funding to small businesses each year. Their next SBIR/STTR solicitation will open Aug. 5. Topics are currently available to view now HERE. Proposals are due by Oct. 8. There is a required Letter of Intent due by August 27.

This SBIR/STTR Solicitation has multiple topics available in the following categories: 

• Energy Production & Use
• Fundamental Energy Sciences
• Energy Storage & Security
• Environmental Management

Topics covered on this webinar include: 

• Intro to SBIR program – what are the SBIR objectives, and how understanding this will help strengthen your proposal;
• Bid / No-bid criteria – decide if the topics are right for you;
• Understanding proposal evaluation criteria – and addressing them convincingly;
• Detailed proposal writing strategies and time-savers — DOE SBIR/STTR proposal strategy guide;
• Writing a compelling commercialization strategy;
• Recruiting transition partners.

Topics covered on this webinar include: 

• Intro to SBIR program – what are the SBIR objectives, and how understanding this will help strengthen your proposal;
• Bid / No-bid criteria – decide if the topics are right for you;
• Understanding proposal evaluation criteria – and addressing them convincingly;
• Detailed proposal writing strategies and time-savers — DOE SBIR/STTR proposal strategy guide;
• Writing a compelling commercialization strategy;
• Recruiting transition partners.