Errata: It has come to my attention that some of the information in Wednesday’s edition covering Defense Innovation Labs was incorrect, specifically about the Army’s Application Laboratory. The AAL has the Special Program Awards for Required Technology Needs (SPARTN). The three SBIR phases are spread across three types of programs: cohort, point challenge, and area challenge.
Phase I awards are ~$200K. Phase II awards are up to $2.5M. Phase IIB awards can be high-dollar awards (up to $24M).
Cohort programs support up to 15 businesses over 1-3 years to solve parts or all of complex, multi-faced problems. These programs usually see a sequencing of awards (Phase I > Phase II > and potentially Phase IIB).
Point challenges awards support up to 5 businesses over up 1-2 years to develop a specific solution, tailored to meet a detailed problem statement.
Area challenges awards support up to 8 businesses over 1-2 years to develop solutions in a general area for problems that may not yet even exist. Both Point and Area challenges can see Phase I and Direct to Phase II awards.
If another lab has found a similar discrepency, please let me know!
Errata: It has come to my attention that some of the information in Wednesday’s edition covering Defense Innovation Labs was incorrect, specifically about the Army’s Application Laboratory. The AAL has the Special Program Awards for Required Technology Needs (SPARTN). The three SBIR phases are spread across three types of programs: cohort, point challenge, and area challenge.
Phase I awards are ~$200K. Phase II awards are up to $2.5M. Phase IIB awards can be high-dollar awards (up to $24M).
Cohort programs support up to 15 businesses over 1-3 years to solve parts or all of complex, multi-faced problems. These programs usually see a sequencing of awards (Phase I > Phase II > and potentially Phase IIB).
Point challenges awards support up to 5 businesses over up 1-2 years to develop a specific solution, tailored to meet a detailed problem statement.
Area challenges awards support up to 8 businesses over 1-2 years to develop solutions in a general area for problems that may not yet even exist. Both Point and Area challenges can see Phase I and Direct to Phase II awards.
If another lab has found a similar discrepency, please let me know!
Great post Andy! Might be fun to map companies across TRL / Defense Innovation unit that funded them in a future post.
Great idea! Love it