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Every DoD and NASA topic with at least 30 awards gets a full profile: award sizing, concentration, first-time winners, and computed conversion. NIH and NSF publish institute and subject-area codes rather than topic codes, so profiles aren't available for them.

TopicAgencyAwardsFirms Top-3 shareMedian Phase I
J201-CSO1 Department of Defense 503 392 1.8% $49,958
AF192-001 Department of Defense 483 309 3.3% $49,982
AF211-CSO1 Department of Defense 427 281 4.7% $49,926
AF212-CSO1 Department of Defense 420 273 3.8% $49,794
AF193-CSO1 Department of Defense 416 299 2.2% $49,978
AF203-CSO1 Department of Defense 369 252 3.8% $49,900
AFX20D-TCSO1 Department of Defense 340 199 4.7% $149,941
X224-OCSO1 Department of Defense 335 231 3.9% $74,943
AFX235-CSO1 Department of Defense 328 233 4.3% $74,757
S1 NASA 323 132 10.2% $124,950
A1 NASA 286 120 14.3% $124,997
AFX237-PCSO1 Department of Defense 239 190 2.9% $74,837
AFX245-PCSO1 Department of Defense 206 167 2.9% $74,857
A3 NASA 193 63 26.9% $125,000
AF221-DCSO1 Department of Defense 188 148 7.4% direct-to-II
AFX247-PCSO1 Department of Defense 166 141 3.6% $74,656
AF20C-TCSO1 Department of Defense 164 102 7.3% $49,965
AFX234-DCSO2 Department of Defense 155 119 5.8% direct-to-II
AF191-005 Department of Defense 153 103 5.9% $49,926
AFX23E-TPCSO1 Department of Defense 147 112 4.8% $109,856
AF21S-TCSO1 Department of Defense 146 92 15.8% $249,942
S1.01 NASA 144 40 35.4% $99,998
AFX23D-TCSO1 Department of Defense 139 86 9.4% $74,876
Z8 NASA 134 72 13.4% $124,994
AF183-005 Department of Defense 133 83 6.8% $60,284
AFX236-DPCSO1 Department of Defense 129 119 4.7% direct-to-II
X22D-OTCSO1 Department of Defense 127 62 16.5% $74,896
AF20R-DCSO1 Department of Defense 126 100 6.3% direct-to-II
A2.01 NASA 124 75 15.3% $102,880
AF21B-TCSO1 Department of Defense 121 86 8.3% $49,974
A2 NASA 119 66 16.8% $124,999
S3 NASA 119 64 13.4% $124,900
OSD254-P001 Department of Defense 114 114 2.6% $149,583
H9 NASA 113 63 15.9% $124,985
A3.01 NASA 112 32 42.0% $100,000
S13 NASA 107 65 13.1% $149,994
AFX244-DPCSO1 Department of Defense 106 105 3.8% direct-to-II
Z10 NASA 105 48 19.0% $124,999
S5 NASA 98 60 16.3% $124,943
S1.08 NASA 98 43 22.4% $100,000
S16 NASA 96 60 14.6% $149,984
AF203-DCSO1 Department of Defense 96 82 8.3% direct-to-II
S11 NASA 95 50 17.9% $149,994
S3.03 NASA 93 54 22.6% $120,027
Z1 NASA 92 51 15.2% $124,998
T12 NASA 92 60 13.0% $148,646
AF21A-TCSO1 Department of Defense 91 58 9.9% $49,968
S3.04 NASA 90 50 18.9% $100,000
Z7 NASA 89 45 20.2% $124,998
AFX24D-PTCSO1 Department of Defense 89 73 6.7% $109,778
H3 NASA 86 50 19.8% $125,000
H5 NASA 86 43 20.9% $124,998
AFX24E-TPCSO1 Department of Defense 86 65 7.0% $109,605
Z2 NASA 85 39 27.1% $124,999
AF192-D001 Department of Defense 84 70 7.1% direct-to-II
A2.02 NASA 84 45 20.2% $100,000
A3.02 NASA 84 31 27.4% $124,603
S1.02 NASA 83 42 22.9% $121,879
H6 NASA 82 44 18.3% $124,961
AF203-001 Department of Defense 81 53 17.3% $49,963
AF211-DCSO1 Department of Defense 81 69 8.6% direct-to-II
S2 NASA 81 41 21.0% $124,930
T8 NASA 78 43 20.5% $149,782
S3.02 NASA 78 41 16.7% $124,881
Z4 NASA 77 48 13.0% $124,999
AFX255-DPCSO1 Department of Defense 76 76 3.9% direct-to-II
S4 NASA 76 39 21.1% $124,985
AF182-005 Department of Defense 75 50 12.0% $49,918
H4 NASA 73 40 17.8% $149,776
AF20A-TCSO1 Department of Defense 73 46 12.3% $49,994
S12 NASA 70 46 18.6% $149,946
N193-A01 Department of Defense 70 44 12.9% $149,891
S1.03 NASA 69 35 23.2% $124,878
S1.09 NASA 69 35 27.5% $122,144
AF203-CSO2 Department of Defense 68 46 13.2% $49,968
Z5 NASA 68 32 35.3% $124,991
S1.04 NASA 68 41 22.1% $100,000
A234-007 Department of Defense 66 38 12.1% $149,719
S1.07 NASA 65 38 21.5% $124,948
T8.01 NASA 62 32 21.0% $118,647
S4.01 NASA 61 41 14.8% $99,998
T3.01 NASA 60 39 15.0% $100,000
H10 NASA 59 32 20.3% $124,994
S2.01 NASA 57 31 22.8% $99,988
H8 NASA 56 32 23.2% $124,994
T6 NASA 56 35 16.1% $124,999
T1.01 NASA 56 29 25.0% $100,000
AFX246-DPCSO1 Department of Defense 55 54 7.3% direct-to-II
S4.04 NASA 55 38 14.5% $100,000
S2.04 NASA 55 29 20.0% $124,622
AF19C-T010 Department of Defense 54 37 11.1% $24,998
S17 NASA 53 37 24.5% $149,945
X224-ODCSO1 Department of Defense 52 44 15.4% direct-to-II
AFX245-PCSO2 Department of Defense 52 48 11.5% $74,810
T9.01 NASA 52 26 26.9% $100,000
S4.02 NASA 52 30 30.8% $99,996
S2.02 NASA 52 23 30.8% $99,994
T4.01 NASA 51 28 25.5% $100,000
A1.02 NASA 51 28 21.6% $99,998
A1.03 NASA 51 29 25.5% $100,000
S1.05 NASA 51 28 27.5% $100,000
S2.05 NASA 51 32 19.6% $99,933
S3.01 NASA 50 27 30.0% $124,698
A1.01 NASA 49 33 14.3% $109,869
S1.06 NASA 49 30 28.6% $124,528
Z13 NASA 48 25 20.8% $149,911
Z3 NASA 48 31 25.0% $124,942
T11 NASA 47 34 23.4% $139,878
SB082-007 Department of Defense 47 38 12.8% $98,990
AF19B-T001 Department of Defense 46 33 13.0% $24,999
A224-025 Department of Defense 45 24 20.0% $149,947
Z12 NASA 45 20 33.3% $128,234
T7 NASA 44 25 27.3% $149,973
A2.04 NASA 44 21 40.9% $99,577
H12 NASA 43 30 20.9% $124,997
S2.03 NASA 43 29 23.3% $124,516
A4.01 NASA 43 26 20.9% $99,999
AFX255-DPCSO3 Department of Defense 42 42 7.1% direct-to-II
AF203-CSO3 Department of Defense 42 23 21.4% $49,612
X3.01 NASA 42 23 26.2% $99,994
T5.01 NASA 41 26 22.0% $100,000
X10.01 NASA 41 26 14.6% $99,984
T15 NASA 40 18 40.0% $125,000
A234-P010 Department of Defense 40 28 20.0% $249,840
T10 NASA 40 27 17.5% $149,751
AF191-004 Department of Defense 40 21 22.5% $50,000
A1.04 NASA 40 29 15.0% $115,419
MDA04-111 Department of Defense 40 26 25.0% $99,946
S14 NASA 39 19 38.5% $149,997
T6.01 NASA 39 27 15.4% $100,000
S3.05 NASA 39 26 23.1% $124,842
A2.09 NASA 39 23 28.2% $99,953
X6.01 NASA 39 23 25.6% $99,938
A2.06 NASA 38 24 23.7% $99,488
T2.01 NASA 37 18 29.7% $100,000
H1.01 NASA 37 21 29.7% $124,825
H7.01 NASA 37 19 35.1% $124,976
S4.03 NASA 37 23 29.7% $124,586
X8.01 NASA 37 19 37.8% $99,992
A2.10 NASA 37 24 18.9% $99,946
T5 NASA 36 24 27.8% $149,300
A224-016 Department of Defense 36 23 19.4% $249,639
S3.07 NASA 36 20 44.4% $124,961
H5.01 NASA 36 20 27.8% $124,933
S6.02 NASA 36 19 30.6% $99,875
X1.01 NASA 36 19 30.6% $99,976
X2.02 NASA 36 23 22.2% $99,782
AF193-DCSO1 Department of Defense 35 28 17.1% direct-to-II
MDA04-020 Department of Defense 35 23 31.4% $99,957
AF05-192 Department of Defense 35 21 25.7% $99,882
X7.01 NASA 35 23 22.9% $99,976
AFX234-DCSO1 Department of Defense 34 26 20.6% direct-to-II
X7.02 NASA 34 18 29.4% $99,790
X2.03 NASA 34 23 17.6% $99,944
N07-076 Department of Defense 34 17 38.2% $70,000
T4 NASA 33 21 30.3% $124,894
AF21A-TCSO2 Department of Defense 33 21 24.2% $149,989
T6.02 NASA 33 21 30.3% $100,000
X6.02 NASA 33 26 18.2% $99,989
N193-A02 Department of Defense 32 20 21.9% $149,957
DLA152-001 Department of Defense 32 16 28.1% $149,809
S5.01 NASA 32 19 40.6% $124,598
A2.03 NASA 32 19 31.2% $99,653
X11.01 NASA 32 17 31.2% $99,626
X9.01 NASA 32 20 25.0% $99,953
X5.01 NASA 32 18 25.0% $99,916
A2.05 NASA 32 23 21.9% $99,900
N234-P02 Department of Defense 31 19 19.4% $174,221
OSD234-P002 Department of Defense 31 28 19.4% $149,963
SB102-002 Department of Defense 31 21 25.8% $99,000
H6.01 NASA 31 18 22.6% $124,896
T4.02 NASA 31 18 35.5% $124,631
S5.05 NASA 31 20 29.0% $112,530
X2.01 NASA 31 22 19.4% $99,880
A2.08 NASA 31 17 35.5% $99,773
T13 NASA 30 16 33.3% $137,324
N201-X02 Department of Defense 30 15 30.0% $199,947
X224-ODCSO2 Department of Defense 30 25 20.0% direct-to-II
S5.02 NASA 30 18 36.7% $99,970
X3.02 NASA 30 18 33.3% $99,972
Sources and caveats (the honest part)

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. Per-topic conversion uses only cohorts old enough to have had a full 3-year Phase II window; younger awards show as “too recent”, never as failures. Firms are identified by federal UEI where available (99.5% of 2025 awards, down to 54% for 2001), with a normalized-name fallback for older records.

Fast-track and Direct-to-Phase-II: no agency publishes a fast-track flag, so we derive it — HHS/NIH: a Phase I record carrying a Phase II activity code (R44/R42/U44) plus its linked Phase II; NSF: the 2024 Fast-Track pilot solicitation (NSF 24-582). Where fast-track exists, conversion is shown both organic (fast-tracks excluded) and all-inclusive, because a fast-track Phase II was committed at award time, not competed. DoD's Direct-to-Phase-II share is different in kind: there is no marker at all, so our number is an inference (Phase IIs with no same-firm DoD Phase I in the prior 3 years), always labeled an estimate and kept visually separate from measured stats.

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.

Sources: sbir.gov award data · SBA FY22 Annual Report. Free to use; verify anything critical against the originals.