NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation
- Award ceiling
- Not stated
- Closes
- Nov 4, 2026
- Last verified
- 2026-09-07
Per-recipient award not stated for others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for clarification), closing Nov 4, 2026.
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NSF Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I, Phase II, Fast-Track Programs: A Pilot Emphasis on Scientific Instrumentation does not state a per-recipient award amount, open to others (see text field entitled "additional information on eligibility" for…
- Program pool (total)
- $40,000,000Total across all awards in this programme. Not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- Award ceiling (per project)
- Not stated
- Award floor
- Not confirmed
- Typical award
- Not confirmed
- Deadline
- Nov 4, 2026
- Deadline type
- Fixed date
- Opens
- May 22, 2026
- Status
- Open
- Eligible entities
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Geography
- Not stated
- Matching funds
- No
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Application effort
- Medium
- Use of funds
- R&D · next-generation instrumentation · novel experimental platforms · scientific equipment
- Currency
- USD
How much money is available?
Two different figures govern a programme and they are not interchangeable. The programme pool is what the funder has allocated across every award it will make this cycle. The award ceiling is the most one applicant can be granted.
Who can apply?
small business
Source field: applicant size limit*Who May Serve as PI: Who May Serve as PI: The primary employment of the Principal Investigator (PI) must be with the small business at the time of award and for the duration of the award, unless a new PI is named. Primary employment…
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What can the money be used for?
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These categories come from the source's own classification. A line-item cost table, where the programme publishes one, lives in the guidelines and is not parsed for this record.
How hard is the application?
2 fieldsEffort, match requirement and reimbursement, as the source stated them.
- Application effort
- Medium
- Disbursement
- Not confirmed
- Matching funds
- No
What comparable notices state
113 recordsStated ceilings on open records in the same industry.
Among open records stored under Science, Technology, Research & Development, 113 of 353 state an award ceiling. Those that do run:
- 25th percentile$500,000
- Median$1,500,000
- 75th percentile$5,000,000
A statistical estimate, not a prediction. It describes what a set of notices has published in this catalogue on the day you read it, and says nothing about what this programme will award. Records stating no ceiling are excluded rather than counted as zero, and the programme pool — what a funder has across every applicant — is a different column and is never mixed in.
Common questions
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- How much funding is available in total?
- $40,000,000 across the whole programme. This is the total the funder has allocated, not an amount any single applicant can receive.
- When is the application deadline?
- Nov 4, 2026.
- Who is eligible to apply?
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification). Applicant size limit: small business.
- What can the funding be used for?
- R&D, next-generation instrumentation, novel experimental platforms, scientific equipment, as classified by the source.
- Is matching funding required?
- No. The source states that no matching funds are required.
- How demanding is the application?
- Medium, on the source's own classification.
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