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Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II

Administration for Community Living · Department of Health and Human Services · HHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-BISB-0309

In plain English

Administration for Community Living (Department of Health and Human Services) has announced this as a forecast: an opportunity it expects to post. It is not open for applications yet. Estimated posting date: Dec 1, 2026. Estimated application due date: Feb 1, 2027.

Individual awards range from $280,000 to $287,500, the agency expects to make 4 awards and estimated total program funding is $1,150,000.

Eligible applicant types include small businesses.

The listing says cost sharing or matching is not required.

Built only from the fields in the Grants.gov listing. Always confirm on the official listing.

Key facts

StatusForecasted: not open yet
Estimated posting dateDec 1, 2026
Estimated application due dateFeb 1, 2027
Estimated award dateJun 1, 2027
Estimated project startJun 1, 2027
Fiscal year2027
Forecast postedSep 25, 2026
Opportunity numberHHS-2027-ACL-NIDILRR-BISB-0309
AgencyAdministration for Community Living (Department of Health and Human Services)
Funding instrumentGrant
CategoryScience and Technology and other Research and Development
Opportunity categoryDiscretionary
Award ceiling (max per award)$287,500
Award floor (min per award)$280,000
Estimated total program funding$1,150,000
Expected number of awards4
Cost sharing or matching requiredNo
Assistance listing (CFDA/ALN)93.433 – ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Last updated on Grants.govSep 25, 2026

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Additional eligibility information (excerpt from the listing):

SBIR Phase I grantees who successfully completed their Phase I grant between October 1, 2024 and December 31, 2026 are eligible to apply. Phase I grantees with funding from NIDILRR or from other agencies are eligible to apply, as long as their applications describe research projects that aim to improve the lives of people with disabilities. Applicants must also continue to be small business concerns. Foreign entities are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement. …

Description

Excerpt from the official forecast on Grants.gov (shortened; read the full text on the official listing):

The purpose of the Federal SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small business in meeting Federal research or research and development (R/R&D) needs, and improve the return on investment from Federally-funded research for economic and social benefits to the nation. The specific purpose of NIDILRR's SBIR program is to improve the lives of people with disabilities through R/R&D products generated by small businesses, and to increase the commercial application of NIDILRR-supported research results and development products. All SBIR projects funded by NIDILRR must address the needs of people with disabilities and promote their health and function, community living, or employment outcomes. Phase II projects expand on the results of and further pursue the development of Phase I projects. …

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