U.S. DOT SBIR Phase II
Funds prior DOT Phase I awardees to continue transportation R&D and commercialization work through Phase II.
The U.S. Department of Transportation administers SBIR Phase II as the principal R&D stage of its Small Business Innovation Research program. Phase II follows a DOT Phase I award and supports continued transportation R&D with commercialization potential.
DOT states that Phase II is the principal research or R&D effort, with an approximately two-year period of performance and a dollar value up to …
Follow-on transportation R&D and commercialization work under the U.S. DOT SBIR program for firms that completed a DOT Phase I award.
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