SBIR & Small Business Grants in Connecticut 2026 — Federal Funding Opportunities
SBIR and STTR grants for small businesses and startups from NIH, NSF, DOD, DOE, and NASA. Phase I up to $300K, Phase II up to $2M. GrantMetric surfaces every active federal notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) relevant to Connecticut applicants, with award ceiling, eligibility requirements, and close dates visible at a glance.
- 46 active federal grants open to Connecticut organizations
- Eligible applicants: nonprofits, universities, state agencies, small businesses
- Award floor and ceiling for each funding opportunity
- Application deadlines and close dates from grants.gov — updated daily
- AI-generated briefings summarizing each program's objectives
Federal grants are available nationally — Connecticut organizations apply directly to federal agencies. These 46 active opportunities are open to eligible applicants in Connecticut right now.
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs collectively represent over $4 billion in annual federal R&D investment directed to early-stage U.S. small businesses. Connecticut companies qualify for SBIR awards across eleven participating agencies: NIH funds health technology, diagnostics, and medical devices; NSF funds any high-risk, high-reward technology; DOD funds dual-use defense applications; DOE funds energy and materials science; NASA funds aerospace and Earth observation technology. Phase I awards up to $300,000 fund technical feasibility research, while Phase II awards up to $2 million fund full prototype development and validation. Connecticut companies in the northeast region have collectively received hundreds of millions in cumulative SBIR and STTR funding.
The STTR variant requires formal collaboration between a qualifying small business and a U.S. research institution, with at least 30% of the work performed by the research partner. Connecticut's universities and federal research laboratories are active STTR partners — technology transfer offices at major institutions actively seek startup collaborations for STTR submissions. State-level SBIR support programs available in many U.S. states, including those operating in Connecticut, offer proposal development assistance, matching funds, and Phase 0 feasibility awards to help first-time applicants build competitive submissions. The SBA's America's Seed Fund portal lists all open SBIR solicitations by agency and technology topic area.
Active Opportunities for Connecticut (46)
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO), utilizing the U24 grant funding mechanism, encourages applications for a coll...
The Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) and participating National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes, Centers, and Of...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to leverage NICHD clinical research Network infrastructure r...
The purpose of this announcement is to encourage investigators to pursue translational activities and clinical feasibili...
The Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network for Biologics (BPN-Biologics) provides support for biologic-based therapeutic di...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support collaborative research projects designed to add...
The purpose of the NHLBI Career Transition Award (K22) program is to provide highly qualified postdoctoral fellows in th...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages cooperative agreement applications for investigator-initiated, mult...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), utilizing the U24 grant funding mechanism, encourages applications for a coll...
This notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) encourages applications for investigator-initiated multi site clinical trials ...
NIMH seeks applications for research projects to evaluate the effectiveness of therapeutic and service delivery interven...
The Blueprint Neurotherapeutics Network (BPN) invites applications from neuroscience investigators seeking support to ad...
The objective of this funding opportunity is to support investigator-initiated, phase I clinical trials for diagnostic a...
The objective of this funding opportunity is to support investigator-initiated, Phase I clinical trials for diagnostic a...
The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support highly innovative mechanistic research to acceler...
The goal of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to provide funding support for the pre-clinical and early stage...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity Announcement (NOFO) intends to supports studies that are both necessary and sufficien...
The Disability and Rehabilitation Engineering program is part of the Engineering Biology and Health cluster, which also ...
U.S. Embassy Praia welcomes the submission of project applications for funding through the Ambassadorâs Special Self-H...
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The purpose of this Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) under Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 35 and Funding Oppor...
NIMH seeks applications for pilot effectiveness projects to evaluate the preliminary effectiveness of therapeutic and se...
The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to encourage cooperative agreement applications to support e...
Convergence research is a means for solving vexing research problems, in particular, complex problems focusing on societ...
CREST Center awards provide support to enhance the research capabilities of Minority-serving institutions (MSIs) through...
Request for Applications Description: The U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) is a national and regional par...
The Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL) for K-12 initiative aims to advance mathematics ...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters, Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) will ...
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) continues to develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that guides ...
The Office of Nuclear Energyâs (NE) mission is to advance nuclear energy science and technology to meet U.S. energy, e...
The U.S. NSF Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships (NSF TIP) partners across sectors to advance three ...
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The Sociology Program supports basic research on all forms of human social organization - societies, institutions, group...
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The U.S. Military Academy at West Point's mission is "to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each gr...
Summary: The fiscal year 2026 (FY26) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP) Clinical Trial Award (CTA) supports t...
The U.S. Department of Stateâs Embassy Managua announces an open competition for the Public Diplomacy Small Grants Pro...
NSF GRANTED supports innovative models of research enterprise administrative development and workforce training infrastr...
U.S. Embassy Buenos Aires announces an open competition to promote innovation, cybersecurity, and responsible Artificial...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits cooperative agreement research applications to support a multidiscipl...
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages collaborations between the life and physical sciences that: 1) appl...
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement is to invite proposals for funding from established organizations i...
The U.S. Department of State's Mission Poland announces an open competition for programs inspired by America's 250th ann...
The DOE Office of Science (SC), Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation (CMEI), Office of Environmental Manage...
Modification 0002 Annoucement (04/21/26): Extended LOI due date to 4/24/2026 Extended TA1 due date to 5/29/2026 Extended...
The Engineering Biological and Biomedical Systems (EBBS) program expands our understanding of biological and physiologic...