Nanotechnology
- Funder
- National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)
- Award amount
- Not specified
- Deadline
- July 7, 2027
- Eligible countries
- United States
Summary
SBIR/STTR topic (National Science Foundation), Phase I and II. Open to U.S. small businesses; STTR projects partner with a U.S. research institution. Opens: May 22, 2026. Closes: July 7, 2027. The Nanotechnology topic addresses the creation and manipulation of functional materials, devices and systems with novel properties that are achieved through the control of matter at a submicroscopic scale (from a fraction of nanometer to about 100 nanometers). This includes, but is not limited to, innovative hierarchical nanostructures, nanolayered structures, nanowires, nanotubes, quantum dots, nanoparticles, nanofibers and other nanomaterials and biomaterials and their composite structures. Official solicitation: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/small-business-innovation-research-small-business-technology/nsf26-510/solicitation
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- Broader Impacts: the potential to benefit society, with named partners, numbers and a way to assess them.
- For both, reviewers weigh the quality of the plan, the team's qualifications and resources, and how success will be measured.
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