By Lynn L. Bergeson and Ligia Duarte Botelho, M.A.

On December 14, 2020, DOE’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs Office issued its fiscal year (FY) 2021 Phase I Release 2 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for the SBIR and STTR Programs. Participating in the FOA are the following DOE program offices:

• Office of Cyber Security, Energy Security, and Emergency Response;

• Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation;

• Office of Electricity;

• Office of Environmental Management;

• EERE;

• Office of Fossil Energy;

• Office of Fusion Energy Sciences;

• Office of High Energy Physics; and

• Office of Nuclear Energy.

The FOA is available for qualified small businesses with strong research capabilities in science or engineering in any of the research areas sought in the announcement. Grant applications for Phase I are due by February 22, 2021.