• Cover [1]
• Executive Summary [2]
• Chapter 1 Program Description [3]
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Program Authority and Executive Order
  • 1.3 Program Management
  • 1.4 Three-Phase Program
  • 1.5 Eligibility Requirements
  • 1.6 NASA SBIR "TAV" Subtopics
  • 1.7 General Information
• Chapter 2 Definitions [4]
  • 2.1 Allocation of Rights Agreement
  • 2.2 Commercialization
  • 2.3 Cooperative Research or Research and Development (R/R&D) Agreement
  • 2.4 Cooperative Research or Research and Development (R/R&D)
  • 2.5 Economically Disadvantaged Women-Owned Small Businesses (EDWOSBs)
  • 2.6 Essentially Equivalent Work
  • 2.7 Funding Agreement
  • 2.8 Historically Underutilized Business Zone (HUBZone) Small Business Concern
  • 2.9 Infusion
  • 2.10 Innovation
  • 2.11 Intellectual Property (IP)
  • 2.12 NASA Intellectual Property (NASA IP)
  • 2.13 Principal Investigator (PI)
  • 2.14 Research Institution (RI)
  • 2.15 Research or Research and Development (R/R&D)
  • 2.16 SBIR/STTR Technical Data
  • 2.17 SBIR/STTR Technical Data Rights
  • 2.18 Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
  • 2.19 Small Business Concern (SBC)
  • 2.20 Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individual
  • 2.21 Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Small Business Concern
  • 2.22 Subcontract
  • 2.23 Technology Readiness Level (TRLs)
  • 2.24 United States
  • 2.25 Veteran-Owned Small Business
  • 2.26 Women-Owned Small Business
• Chapter 3 Proposal Preparation Instructions and Requirements [5]
  • 3.1 Fundamental Considerations
  • 3.2 Phase I Proposal Requirements
• Chapter 4 Method of Selection and Evaluation Criteria [6]
  • 4.1 Phase I Proposals
  • 4.2 Debriefing of Unsuccessful Offerors
• Chapter 5 Considerations [7]
  • 5.1 Awards
  • 5.2 Phase I Reporting
  • 5.3 Payment Schedule for Phase I
  • 5.4 Release of Proposal Information
  • 5.5 Access to Proprietary Data by Non-NASA Personnel
  • 5.6 Proprietary Information in the Proposal Submission
  • 5.7 Limited Rights Information and Data
  • 5.8 Profit or Fee
  • 5.9 Joint Ventures and Limited Partnerships
  • 5.10 Essentially Equivalent Awards and Prior Work
  • 5.11 Contractor Commitments
  • 5.12 Additional Information
  • 5.13 Required Registrations and Submissions
  • 5.14 False Statements
• Chapter 6 Submission of Proposals [8]
  • 6.1 Submission Requirements
  • 6.2 Submission Process
  • 6.3 Deadline for Phase I Proposal Receipt
  • 6.4 Acknowledgment of Proposal Receipt
  • 6.5 Withdrawal of Proposals
  • 6.6 Service of Protests
• Chapter 7 Scientific and Technical Information Sources [9]
  • 7.1 NASA Websites
  • 7.2 United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • 7.3 National Technical Information Service
• Chapter 8. Submission Forms and Certifications [10]
• Chapter 9. Research Topics for SBIR and STTR [11]
  • 9.1 SBIR Research Topics [11]
    • Aeronautics Research
    • Exploration Systems
    • Science
    • Space Operations
  • 9.2 STTR Research Topics [12]
    • Small Business Technology Transfer
• Appendices
  • Example Format for Briefing Chart [13]
  • Technology Readiness Level (TRL) Descriptions [14]
  • NASA SBIR/STTR Technology Taxonomy [15]
  • SBIR/STTR and the Space Technology Roadmaps [16]