FY 2025 Phase I Release 2
- Posted
- December 27, 2024
- Closed
- March 28, 2025
- Award ceiling
- $1,850,000
- Award floor
- $200,000
- Program funding
- $65,000,000
- Expected awards
- 260
- Cost sharing
- No
- Instrument
- Cooperative Agreement, Grant
- Assistance listing
- 81.049
- Archives
- May 26, 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
This NOFO describes two distinct funding opportunities for DOE: the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. Both Phase I and Fast-Track grant opportunities are included in this FY 2025 Phase I Release 2 competition.
Who can apply
- Small businesses
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