Stacy L Chin breaks down three changes in the 2026 NIH SBIR/STTR solicitation that can disqualify your application: new budget limits, mandatory proposal language, and stricter rules on partner arrangements. Know these now or risk losing eligibility.
I did a deep dive in the brand new solicitation so you didn't have to, and I was shocked with some of the changes coming our way. So if you founders aren't aware of them, you could find yourselves automatically disqualified over issues you might not even know existed. Yeah, that means we're talking about changes in the budgets, the language you have to use, and sensitive partnering issues that could immediately get you booted.
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