Genevieve Lind presents NOAA's Small Business Innovation Research program, which funds early-stage companies building technologies for weather, climate, and ocean monitoring. Phase I awards go up to $175,000 for six months; Phase II winners get up to $650,000 over two years, with a 50-75% success rate for those advancing from Phase I.
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About $15 million (estimated).
Six months, up to $175,000.
Typically between 15 and 30 awards per year.
Approximately 10–20%.
Only Phase I awardees (limited competition).
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You. Hello everyone. My name is Genevieve Lind and I'm the Program Manager of the Small Business Innovation Research, or sbir, program at the national oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or noaa. In this brief presentation, I will give you an overview of the NOAA SBIR program and share some resources if you're interested in learning more or connecting with us. The mission at noaa, which is founded in science, service and stewardship, is to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts to share that knowledge and information with others and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources. NOAA divides its mission into 10 different mission areas, including climate, weather, fisheries, sea sanctuaries, oceans and coasts, and marine and aviation. What the NOAA SBIR program is looking for are proposals for highly innovative technologies with strong commercial potential that fit within the NOAA mission areas. Let's get into some of the key logistical details of the SSBIR program at NOAA. We have an estimated annual budget of about $15 million, which we administer through a grant mechanism. We have one solicitation per phase per year which is posted on grants.gov. this is also where applications are submitted for phase one. We are looking for new ideas that are ready for feasibility concept testing. These awards are for six months and up to $175,000. We typically award between 15 and 30 awards per year and are success rates rate for the program ranges between 10 and 20%. Our phase two competition at NOAA is a limited competition for phase one awardees only. These awards support full research and development of the technology for 24 months and up to $650,000. Because this is a limited competition and we award between 10 and 15 awards per year, the success rate is higher and tends to fall between 50 and 75%. Phase three refers to commercialization that follows on from phase one and phase two research and development. This can include government acquisition, private sector investment, product sales and other resources. Phase three efforts are not funded through SBIR funding. At noaa, we use broad topics that cover the full spectrum of the NOAA mission, including climate, weather, oceans and coasts. The best way to get to know an agency is to take a look at any strategic documents that agency has put forward in fiscal year 23. Our topics were based on NOAA's Water Weather Climate strategy which defines key priority areas across the mission space. NOAA also has science and technology focus areas which are technology areas of particular interest. We are interested in proposals that lead to advances in these science and technology focus areas with application in the specific mission areas. As you can tell The NOAA mission is broad and spans from the surface of the sun to the bottom of the sea, so the type of technologies we support vary widely. Some examples of technologies we have supported in the past include, for example, the red Drone in the middle center of the slide was developed as a disaster response drone for underwater mapping and searching in extreme locations. On the right in the center row this this radar image is a technology that provides real time information about hazardous weather and delivers personalized weather warning notifications. Or on the bottom on the right, this is a low cost air quality sensor that provides increased data accessibility and combats air inequality. I'm not highlighting these specific technologies to limit you to these areas, but to demonstrate the wide variety of technology types that fit within the NOAA mission space. If anything I've said is interesting or you want to learn more, there are a number of ways you can connect with the program. You can email us@noaa.sbiroa.gov if you have any questions. You can also learn more on our website, which is techpartnerships.noaa.gov SBIR Be sure to sign up for our email list to receive important information about any new opportunities that are available. Finally, be sure to follow the NOAA Technology partnerships office on LinkedIn and on Twitter oainNovate. Thank you for your time and attention today.
