National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

2000 SBIR Phase 2

Additional Award Selection Announcement: February 13, 2002

 

NASA SELECTS NINE INNOVATIVE SMALL BUSINESS PROJECTS

NASA has selected nine research proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards for its 2000 Small Business Innovation (SBIR) Program.

Phase 2 continues development of the most promising previously selected Phase 1 projects. Selection criteria include scientific and technical merit, future importance and eventual value of the innovation to NASA, company capabilities and commercial potenital. Funding for Phase 2 contracts may be up to $600,000 for a two-year performance period. The combined award total for the nine Phase 2 contracts is expected to be $5.4 million.

The goals of the NASA SBIR Program are to stimulate technological innovation, increase the use of small business (including women-owned and disadvantaged firms) in meeting federal research and development needs, and increase private sector commercialization of results of federally funded research. Two of the nine companies being announced today are disadvantaged firms and one is women-owned.

A total of 259 proposals was submitted by SBIR contractors completing Phase 1 projects. These proposals were evaluated to determine that they met SBIR Phase 1 objectives and are feasible research innovation for meeting agency needs. 126 proposals were previously selected on November 20, 2001 (ref. Press Release 01-223). Due to funding availability, an additional nine proposals are being selected at this time.

The NASA SBIR Program Management Office is located at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, with executive oversight by NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology. Individual SBIR projects are managed by NASA's field centers.

A listing of the selected companies can be found on the Internet at: http://sbir.nasa.gov

 

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