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National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research SBIR/STTR Program

Status

Closes in 85 days

Applications close 2027-01-05.

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Amount
$2,153,927

NIH-wide budget guidelines: Phase I $323,090 for 6 months to 2 years; Phase II $2,153,927 for 1 to 3 years; Commercialization Readiness Pilot up to $4,191,495 for up to 3 years. Individual Institutes and Centers can set their own budget limits and waivers allow larger awards for approved topics.

Funder

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIH)

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Parent SBIR/STTR grant applications are accepted three times a year; standard due dates are 5 September, 5 January and 5 April (weekend/holiday dates move to the next business day). Next: 5 January 2027. Parent NOFOs PA-27-100 (SBIR) and PA-27-102 (STTR) expire 6 April 2027.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Dental, oral and craniofacial technologies. US for-profit small business, 500 or fewer employees, majority US-owned; PI primarily employed by the company for SBIR. NIH permits majority ownership by multiple venture capital, hedge fund or private equity firms under a specific certification route.

How to apply

  1. Register the company in SAM.gov, eRA Commons and Grants.gov
  2. Contact the institute's SBIR/STTR programme officer to confirm topic fit
  3. Prepare the research strategy, specific aims and budget
  4. Submit through Grants.gov / ASSIST against the NIH Omnibus SBIR or STTR funding opportunity by a standard receipt date
  5. Respond to summary statement; resubmit or proceed to award negotiation

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361) · SBIR vs STTR: what actually differs

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://seed.nih.gov/small-business-funding/find-funding/sbir-sttr-funding-opportunities

"Applications are accepted three times a year. Standard Application Due Dates are September 5, January 5, and April 5."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: seed.nih.gov

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