The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is a United States Government program, coordinated by U.S. Small Business Administration. The NWS SBIR program led by OSTI helps facilitate the ability of businesses with less than 500 employees to meet the requirements of a Weather Ready Nation and improve the economy. Program incorporates annual development of subtopics by NWS scientists and engineers that get included in NOAA SBIR Solicitation in October. NOAA and non-NOAA employees review proposals for both Phase I (concept development) and Phase II (prototype development) and awards are given during July. NWS also smooths the transition from R&D to commercialization during Phase III. NWS leads the way with helping NOAA at National SBIR conferences and leading participation in SBIR road tours, which stimulate involvement of companies from states that do not get many awards from SBIR program.
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The NOAA and NWS SBIR programs are jumping into FY22. The FY22 SBIR Solicitation will be ready by late October and will be asking small companies for proposals that will address the topics addressed in the solicitation. These topics are very much related to NOAA R&D goals and strive to meet requirements for improved use of satellite data, integration of new observations, modeling for all spatial scales, and addressal of flood mitigation. Phase I proposals will be reviewed by scientists from NOAA and partner organizations from Jan-Mar 2022 via Online Grants system. Phase II (prototype) proposals will be submitted that are related to approved Phase I proposals from FY21.
