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Grants

USDA SBIR Program

Status

Status not published

Single annual solicitation, historically released in the summer with an autumn deadline and Phase II applications the following spring.

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Amount
$175,000

Phase I awards up to roughly $175,000 for about 8 months; Phase II up to roughly $650,000 over 24 months. USDA does not run an STTR programme.

Funder

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Single annual solicitation, historically released in the summer with an autumn deadline and Phase II applications the following spring.

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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Topic areas include forests and related resources, plant production and protection, animal production and protection, air/water/soils, food science and nutrition, rural development, aquaculture, biofuels and biobased products, small and mid-size farms, and marketing and trade.

How to apply

  1. Identify one of the ten USDA SBIR topic areas
  2. Register in SAM.gov and Grants.gov
  3. Submit the Phase I application via Grants.gov by the deadline

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/programs/small-business-innovation-research-program-sbir

Not yet re-checked against the official page — this record was extracted on 14 August 2026 and may be out of date. Check the source before you rely on it.

Source: www.nifa.usda.gov

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