Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I
Forecasted Federal grant Posted
- Opportunity number
- HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-BISA-0308
- Agency
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Administration for Community Living
Department of Health and Human Services
- Applications expected due
- Award size
- $95,000 to $100,000
Opportunity facts
- Expected posting
- Assistance listings
- Funding instrument
- Grant
- Category
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- Science and Technology and other Research and Development
- Eligible applicants
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- Small Businesses
- Points of contact
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- Brian Bard brian.bard@acl.hhs.gov (202) 795-7298
- Full announcement
Opportunity details come from Grants.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Community Living (ACL) is soliciting Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications to improve the lives of people with disabilities through research and development products from small businesses, with a forecast of 11 awards and no explicitly stated application due date beyond the posted date of September 25, 2026.
Eligible applicants are small business concerns as defined by the Small Business Administration at the time of award; foreign entities are not eligible to compete. No cost share or matching requirement is stated. Each Phase I grant carries a six-month project period with a corresponding six-month budget period. ACL aims to increase commercial application of ACL-supported research results and development products, with emphasis on determining scientific or technical merit and feasibility of proposed concepts, topics, or ideas.
The program operates under CFDA 93.433 (ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research). Grantees must submit annual progress reports to receive continuation funding beyond the initial 12-month budget period; awards may be renewed annually for up to five years contingent upon substantial progress toward stated objectives and availability of appropriations. The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) will make the awards. Nonfederal entities expending $750,000 or more in federal awards annually are subject to single or program-specific audit; those expending less than $750,000 are exempt from federal audit requirements for that year. Accounting records must be maintained for three years and subsequently until all audit questions are resolved.
Forecast synopsis
The purpose of the Federal SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small business in meeting Federal research or research and development (R/R & D) needs, and improve the return on investment from Federally-funded research for economic and social benefits to the nation. The specific purpose of ACL's SBIR program is to improve the lives of people with disabilities through R/R & D products generated by small businesses, and to increase the commercial application of ACL-supported research results and development products. Phase I SBIR grants are intended to conduct research to determine the scientific or technical merit and feasibility of concepts, topics, or ideas. NIDILRR will make 11 grants under this opportunity. Grants will have a 6-month project period with a corresponding six-month budget period.
Eligibility
Each organization submitting an application must qualify at the time of the award as a small business concern as defined by the Small Business Administration. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
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