Small Business Innovation Research Program
$70-80,000 available per grant; no matching funds required.
Research focused.
The purpose of the SBIR program is to provide an opportunity for US-owned,
for-profit small business firms to submit innovative, applied, research and
development projects that address important problems facing American agriculture
and have the potential to lead to significant public benefit if the research is
successful.
Research proposals are accepted in any of the following topic areas:
1) Forests and Related Resources;
2) Plant Production and Protection - Biology;
3) Animal Production and Protection;
4) Air, Water, and Soils;
5) Food Science and Nutrition;
6) Rural Development;
7) Aquaculture;
8) Biofuels and Biobased Products;
9) Marketing and Trade;
10) Animal Manure Management;
11) Small and Mid-Size Farms; and
12) Plant Production and Protection - Engineering.
The SBIR program exists in three phases. The purpose of Phase I is to prove the
scientific or technical feasibility of the proposed research and development
effort, and CSREES is currently accepting Phase I applications.
Due date: September 4, 2008
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