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Fiscal Year 2024 ED/IES SBIR Program Solicitation Information

Updated: March 27, 2024

The US Department of Education and Institute of Education Sciences' Small Business Innovation Research Program (ED/IES SBIR) provides awards to for-profit small businesses and partners to develop and evaluate new research-based commercially viable education technology products.

All 2024 ED/IES SBIR Programs are now closed. The next opportunity for Phase IA, Phase IB, and Direct to Phase II funding will be available in FY 2025, with solicitations likely to be released in late 2024. This page will be updated when more information is available on the timing of the FY 2025 program solicitations.

The below descriptions of the now closed FY 2024 solicitations are presented for informational purposes only.

  • Phase IA solicitation #91990024R0010 was a request for proposals for $250,000 awards for 8-months for the research and development (R&D) and evaluation of prototypes of entirely new education technology products where no or limited previous technological development has occurred. The goal of the Phase IA track is to stimulate novel (i.e., first of its kind) approaches to solve pressing problems in education. Successful Phase IA awardees will be eligible to apply for a Phase II award for $1,000,000 in FY2025 to fully develop and evaluate the new education technology product over a period of 2 years and to prepare for commercialization. The now closed solicitation is located near the bottom of this SAM.gov page: https://sam.gov/opp/3c6fc30e158b4fd5b30896741b884834/view.
  • Phase IB solicitation #91990024R0011 was a request for proposals for $250,000 awards for 8-months for R&D and evaluation of prototypes of a new component to be added to an existing research-based education technology prototype or product. The goal of the Phase IB track is to strengthen existing research-based prototypes or products in addressing pressing problems in education. Successful Phase I awardees will be eligible to apply for a Phase II award for $1,000,000 in FY 2025, to fully develop and evaluate the component and the existing education technology product over a period of 2 years and to prepare for commercialization of a new version of the product. The now closed solicitation is located near the bottom of this SAM.gov page: https://sam.gov/opp/62eecd7b6de54d98a010b0623c101c37/view.
  • The Direct to Phase II solicitation #91990024R0012 was a request for proposals for $1,000,000 for 2-years for R&D and evaluation of new education technology products to ready existing researcher-developed evidence-based innovations (products, interventions, practices) for use at scale, and to plan for commercialization. Projects that focus on advancing innovations that are not evidence-based are not eligible for the Direct to Phase II program. The existing education innovation is required to have originally been created by researchers at either universities (or other academic institutions) or non-profit education research organizations. Direct to Phase II projects are awarded without a prior Phase I award. The now closed solicitation can be downloaded as PDF and MS Word files under "Attachments/Links" which is located near the bottom of this SAM.gov page: https://sam.gov/opp/3f392d29b6404a47bc6b6496689c0388/view.

Please note that while the FY 2024 program solicitations are under review, ED/IES SBIR Program Manager Edward Metz and the ED/IES SBIR Program Analyst Laurie Hobbs are not permitted to address questions from potential offerors about their submission.

Edward Metz and Laurie Hobbs will be available to schedule virtual meetings to discuss questions or proposal ideas for the FY 2025 ED/IES SBIR program beginning in June, 2024. Please email Edward.Metz@ed.gov and Laurie.Hobbs@ed.gov to schedule a meeting.