FY 2025 Phase II Release 1
- Posted
- October 15, 2024
- Closed
- December 3, 2024
- Award ceiling
- $1,600,000
- Award floor
- $1,100,000
- Program funding
- $87,000,000
- Expected awards
- 75
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Grant
- Assistance listing
- 81.049
- Archives
- March 3, 2025
Program funding history
Awards made under Assistance Listing 81.049 across FY2024–FY2026, from public federal spending records.
- FY2024 obligated
- $1.7B
- FY2025 obligated
- $1.4B
- FY2026 (to date) obligated
- $994.7M
- Awards in window
- 6,130
Top recipients: Michigan State University, General Atomics, University of Wisconsin System, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Illinois
Source: USAspending.gov · refreshed September 2026 · Program page: awards, recipients and the opportunities under this listing →
Synopsis
The DOE invites eligible Phase I and Phase II awardees to apply for Phase II awards (initial, second, and third) under this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). Topic descriptions for this NOFO can be found on the DOE SBIR/STTR web site at https://science.osti.gov/sbir/Funding-Opportunities.
Who can apply
- Small businesses
The official record
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