DoD SBIR Phase II

DoD SBIR Phase II sits under the U.S. Department of Defense and follows the agency's SBIR/STTR route for defense and dual-use prototype work after a Phase I feasibility award. It is a U.S. grant programme with rolling topics across the Army, Navy, Air Force, DARPA, AFWERX, and related components. The award range runs from $500,000 to $2 million, with a median actual award of about $1.25 million. The programme is limited to U.S.-registered for-profit companies, with nonprofit and individual applicants excluded. The record also calls for at least 51% U.S. founder citizenship, requires a prototype, and marks dual-use as mandatory. The geography is U.S.-only, and the current cycle is tied to active topics rather than a single annual cut-off. Applicants do best when they already have a Phase I base and a named DoD end user. The process is not unsolicited: proposals must map to an open topic under an active BAA or CSO, which makes topic fit and military relevance more important than a generic technology story.