DOE SBIR/STTR ASCR Topics
Offers innovation teams support in advanced computing and hardware-oriented technologies.
The DOE Office of Science Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program contributes annual topic areas to the DOE Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) program, which is managed by the DOE Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) following a consolidation effective April 28, 2026. ASCR's recurring topic areas cover high-performance comput…
SBIR/STTR Phase I and II awards for US small businesses developing HPC software infrastructure, quantum computing, AI for science, and high-speed scientific networking aligned with ASCR topic areas.
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