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Office of the Secretary of War SBIR/STTR Program

Status

Closes in 9 days

Applications close 2026-10-21.

Open now
Amount
Not published

OSD issues cross-cutting SBIR/STTR topics, including the Commercial Solutions Openings and joint priority technology areas, on behalf of the whole Department.

Funder

Office of the Secretary of War (OSD)

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — DoW SBIR/STTR topics are released monthly on the first Wednesday (pre-release), open about three weeks later and close four weeks after opening. FY26 Release 6 closes 21 October 2026; FY27 Release 1 opens 28 October and closes 25 November 2026. Submit via DSIP.

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

US-owned and -controlled for-profit small business with 500 or fewer employees; principal investigator primarily employed by the firm (SBIR) or work split with a research institution (STTR). Non-dilutive; no repayment.

How to apply

  1. Register the company in SAM.gov, obtain a UEI, and register on SBIR.gov
  2. Confirm eligibility: US for-profit small business, <=500 employees, majority US-owned
  3. Review the agency's current solicitation/topic list and select a topic
  4. Prepare and submit the Phase I proposal via the agency submission portal by the deadline
  5. If awarded Phase I, complete the work and apply for Phase II continuation

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://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/

"New DoW SBIR & STTR topics are released on the first Wednesday of every month."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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