DOE SBIR/STTR

DOE SBIR/STTR is the DOE Office of Technology Commercialization’s non-dilutive small-business funding route for innovative energy technologies. It was consolidated under OTC on April 28, 2026, giving the program a single management home after years of being spread across multiple DOE offices. The program awards up to $250,000 for Phase I work over 6 to 12 months and up to $1.6 million for Phase II, IIA, IIB, and IIC work over as long as two years. It is limited to for-profit U.S. small businesses that meet SBA rules, including fewer than 500 employees and more than 50 percent U.S. ownership. The program runs multiple times a year, with June and summer 2026 topics called out in the record. This is the right route for a company that needs research capital and a federal commercialization path before a product is ready for broader market funding. The strongest applicants usually have a focused technical concept, a credible energy use case, and the discipline to track a topic schedule that still shifts across the year.

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.