ED/IES SBIR Direct to Phase II
Funds United States education innovators translating university or nonprofit innovations into scalable products.
The ED/IES SBIR Direct to Phase II FY2026 program awards $1,000,000 over 2 years to for-profit small businesses commercializing education technology innovations that were originally developed by a university or nonprofit research organization. This track is the technology-transfer vehicle within the IES SBIR portfolio: it allows companies to bypass Phase I entirely provided the underlying innovati…
Commercializing evidence-based innovations originally developed by universities or nonprofit research organizations. The innovation must already be evidence-based. 'Projects that focus on advancing innovations that are not evidence-based are not eligible.'
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