Commerce / NIST & NOAA — SBIR/STTR competition data
Data through FY2024 · Commerce / NIST & NOAA uploads award data on a lag; FY2025 is only partially reported so far.
352 proposals → 39 awards. SBA SBIR/STTR Annual Report FY2022 (latest published edition; SBA lags ~2 years).
2022 Phase I cohort: 20 of 39 won a linked Phase II within 3 years.
67% to first-time winners · n=82 awards.
Awards and typical amounts
| FY | Awards | Phase I | Phase II | Median Phase I | Median Phase II |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 70 | 62 | 8 | $120k | $400k |
| 2021 | 72 | 30 | 42 | $150k | $400k |
| 2022 | 58 | 39 | 19 | $150k | $500k |
| 2023 | 62 | 40 | 22 | $175k | $650k |
| 2024 | 82 | 60 | 22 | $175k | $650k |
Phase I→II conversion by cohort
| Phase I cohort | Phase I awards | Linked Phase II | Conversion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60 | 6 | 10% | provisional — cohort still inside the 3-year window |
| 2023 | 40 | 22 | 55% | provisional — cohort still inside the 3-year window |
| 2022 | 39 | 20 | 51% | |
| 2021 | 30 | 18 | 60% | |
| 2020 | 62 | 41 | 66% | |
| 2018 | 42 | 22 | 52% | |
| 2017 | 31 | 25 | 81% | |
| 2016 | 41 | 21 | 51% |
First-timers vs incumbents (Phase I only)
| FY | Phase I awards | First-time winners | 1–4 prior | 5+ prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | 56% | 44% | 0% |
| 2024 | 60 | 92% | 7% | 2% |
| 2023 | 40 | 70% | 18% | 12% |
| 2022 | 39 | 82% | 15% | 3% |
| 2021 | 30 | 77% | 13% | 10% |
Most-awarded firms (last 5 FYs)
| Company | Awards | Total obligations |
|---|---|---|
| SYNTHETIK APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 6 | $1.5M |
| CFD Research Corporation | 5 | $1.3M |
| CVISION AI INC | 4 | $1.1M |
| LYNNTECH INC. | 4 | $1.2M |
| AERODYNE RESEARCH INC | 4 | $1.4M |
| CHEM3 LLC | 4 | $700k |
| COASTALOCEANVISION, INC | 4 | $1.3M |
| Blue Ocean Gear Inc. | 4 | $1.3M |
| CHARLES RIVER ANALYTICS, INC. | 4 | $1.2M |
| AAPlasma LLC | 4 | $850k |
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Sourced vs computed: Phase I/II selection rates (applications → awards) come from the SBA's SBIR/STTR Annual Report — FY2022 is the latest published edition, and SBA itself calls the rates estimates because proposal cohorts span fiscal years. Phase I→II conversion and first-timer shares are computed by us from sbir.gov's public award records. Linked by firm + agency + topic (suffix-tolerant for DOE's phase renumbering) with a title-similarity fallback for NSF; ~90% of links match on topic, ~5% ambiguity.
What nobody publishes: per-topic application counts are published by no one — not the agencies, and not the $500–$42,000-a-year intelligence platforms either; the data simply isn't public. Any per-topic number on this site is award-side only (who won, how often winners repeat), never your odds of selection.
Freshness: Commerce / NIST & NOAA uploads award data on a lag; FY2025 is only partially reported so far.
Sources: sbir.gov award data · SBA FY22 Annual Report. Free to use; verify anything critical against the originals.