Opportunity Information: Apply for USDA NIFA SBIR 007374
The FY 2020 SBIR Phase I - 2nd release opportunity is a competitive, discretionary grant offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), under the USDA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program (Funding Opportunity Number: USDA NIFA SBIR 007374; CFDA 10.212). It is designed specifically to help small businesses test early-stage ideas with clear commercial potential by funding Phase I projects that focus on proving scientific or technical feasibility. In other words, this Phase I award is meant to support a strong proof-of-concept effort rather than full product development, scaling, or broad deployment.
For this solicitation, Phase I projects may receive up to $100,000. The opportunity anticipates making around 10 awards. While the listing shows an "Award Ceiling" field as 0, the narrative description clarifies the practical cap for Phase I funding as $100,000 per project, which is the key number applicants should plan around when shaping scope, milestones, and budgets. The program emphasizes that proposed work should demonstrate that the underlying approach can work technically or scientifically, typically through targeted experiments, prototype validation, modeling, or other disciplined feasibility testing that reduces uncertainty and sets up a stronger Phase II application or later-stage investment.
USDA highlights that it is open to innovative projects across its flexible SBIR topic areas, with particular encouragement for projects connected to agriculturally related manufacturing as well as alternative and renewable energy technologies. That encouragement applies "across all SBIR topic areas," signaling that the agency is interested in cross-cutting solutions that support agriculture and rural economies, including innovations that improve production efficiency, sustainability, processing and manufacturing systems tied to agriculture, and energy technologies that align with agricultural needs. The broader framing ties back to USDA's stated vision of a healthy and productive nation in harmony with land, air, and water, so projects that can plausibly contribute to environmental stewardship, resource efficiency, or sustainable productivity are likely to fit well.
Eligibility is listed generally as "Others," with a note directing applicants to the funding announcement's additional eligibility details. In practice, USDA SBIR is structured to support qualified small businesses, and the eligibility section in the full notice is where requirements about business size, ownership, principal investigator roles, and other SBIR-specific rules are typically spelled out. The funding instrument is a grant, and the activity category is agriculture, which reflects the program's focus on R&D that ultimately benefits agricultural systems and related industries.
Key timeline details for this release include a creation date of April 10, 2020, and an original closing date of May 21, 2020. The solicitation also emphasizes the program's long track record: USDA SBIR has funded more than 2,000 R&D projects since 1983. That history is presented as evidence that the program is intended to help small companies explore technical risk, build early validation, and move innovations toward commercialization, giving businesses an incentive to turn novel ideas into marketable products or services that serve USDA-related needs and public priorities.Apply for USDA NIFA SBIR 007374
- The Department of Agriculture, National Institute of Food and Agriculture in the agriculture sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "FY 2020 SBIR Phase 1 - 2nd release" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 10.212.
- This funding opportunity was created on Apr 10, 2020.
- Applicants must submit their applications by May 21, 2020. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 10 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
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