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The Department of Education’s SBIR program has published its pre-solicitation announcement for its 2021 program –  https://ies.ed.gov/sbir/solicitations.asp.

This year the program will offer a standard Phase I solicitation and a new special topic special education Phase I solicitation. Awards will be for up to $200K for 8-month for prototype development, with awardees competing for Phase II for another $900K a year later. The anticipated release dates for the RFPs is around December 1 with a due date around January 15.

2021 ED/IES SBIR Phase I Program Information

On or around December 1, 2020, ED/IES SBIR anticipates releasing two (2) Fiscal Year 2021 Phase I solicitations.

Standard Education Phase I Solicitation 9199002R0001 will be a request for proposals for up to $200,000 for 8-months for the research and development of prototypes of education technology products in one of the following priority areas:

  1. Products that apply emerging technologies to support student learning and relevant education outcomes; or
  2. Products to modernize assessment and support student learning and relevant education outcomes; or
  3. Products used by educators or administrators to inform decision making; or
  4. Products to prepare existing evidence-based interventions to be used at scale in education settings; or
  5. Products for informal learning to reverse learning loss for the lowest performing students

Special Education Phase I Solicitation 91990021R0002 will be a request for proposals for up to $200,000 for 8-months for the research and development of prototypes of special education technology products in one of the following priority areas:

  1. Products to support infants, toddlers or students with, or at risk for, disabilities, or educators (or other instructional personnel, related services providers, or family members); or
  2. Products to prepare existing evidence-based interventions to be used at scale in education settings.

 

For Further Information:

Edward Metz, Ph.D.
ED/IES SBIR Program Manager
National Center for Education Research
Tel: 202 904 8972
Edward.Metz@ed.gov