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INNOVATIVE RESEARCH FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program
Opportunities for Environmental Technology Developers
EPA SBIR Program
The Environmental Protection
Agency's SBIR Program
supports small businesses (500
or fewer employees) to develop
and commercialize new
environmental technologies.
Phase I awards are now
$100,000 for 6 months and are
used for "proof of concept" of the
proposed technology.
Phase II awards of up to
$300,000 are then available for
two years to further develop and
commercialize the technology.
Phase II companies that obtain
qualifying third party investment
are also eligible for a
commercialization "option" or
supplement, now $100,000.
EPA Solicitation
The EPA SBIR Phase I
Solicitation is now CLOSED. For
reference, the 2012 solicitation is
posted on the EPA website at:
www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir.
The 2013 EPA SBIR Phase I
solicitation is currently
scheduled to open in June
2013 and will likely cover the
following topics:
Water
•	Drinking Water
•	Wastewater, Stormwater,
and Water Reuse
Innovation in Manufacturing
•	Green Manufacturing
•	Green Materials
Waste
•	Monitoring
•	Waste-to-Energy
Systems
Air Quality
•	Air Pollution Monitoring
•	Air Pollution Control
Homeland Security
•	Decontamination
•	Drinking Water Security
There are additional
opportunities for SBIR funding
of environmental technologies
through NSF and NIEHS.
NSF SBIR Program
The National Science Foundation
(NSF) SBIR Program funds many
environmental technologies
under the Biotechnology and
Chemical Technologies (BC)
topics.
The NSF SBIR Solicitation is now
OPEN and closes on June 11th.
More information on NSF's
program can be found at:
http://www.nsf.gov/eng/iip/sbir/
Questions about NSF's SBIR
Program can be addressed to
Joe Hennessey
ihenness@nsf.qov.
NIEHS SBIR Program
The National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS) Superfund Research
Program (SRP) supports
technologies that apply
biotechnology and
bioengineering approaches to
develop novel strategies to
characterize, monitor, and
remediate hazardous substances
at contaminated sites.
For information on the
government-wide SBIR
Program, visit
www.SBIR.gov
Questions about EPA's SBIR
Program can be addressed to
April Richards, Program Manager
at (703) 347-8103 or
richards.april@epa.gov.
The NIEHS application receipt
dates are April 5, August 5 and
December 5 each year.
Questions about NIEHS SRP's
SBIR/STTR Program can be
addressed to Heather Henry,
(henrvh@niehs.nih.gov) or visit:
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/researc
h/supported/programs/sbir/topics/
hwaerp/index.cfm.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development

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