Welcome to the DoD SBIR Awards Search!

Awards from the Department of Defense (DoD) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Programs may be easily accessed from this search page. You may search all Phase II awards and recent (FY90 and later) Phase I awards. You have the option of utilizing the predefined Basic Search or creating your own Custom Search to meet your needs. The combination of these search options allows you to retrieve the specific DoD SBIR Awards data you wish to view in a quick and easy format.

Tips for Searching

Developing a search criteria is easy. And with tips on this page, you can get more complete results.

You may search a word or phrase.
To search for a topic number, enter the component + solicitation year + topic number and limit the search to the program (SBIR or STTR) and matches within "topic number only" (e.g. AF2003-001, NAVY1985-013).
Searches are NOT case sensitive, so you can type in uppercase or lowercase. (i.e., searching on Computer, COMPUTER, or computer delivers the same results)
Multiple consecutive words are treated as a phrase; they must appear in the same order within a matching document. For instance, if you type:

artificial intelligence
The Search Engine will literally look for the complete phrase artificial intelligence. But if you use Boolean operators on the same query:

artificial ^AND intelligence
It searches all documents for the words artificial and intelligence in the same record, regardless of order.
Look for words with the same prefix. For example, type key to find key, keys, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.
Do not put quotation marks around phases because a match will only be found if that phrase is enclosed with quotes in a document.
You can use Boolean operators (^AND, ^OR, and ^NOT) to specify a more precise search.

To Search For Example

Both terms in the same record laser ^AND radar

Either term in a record laser ^OR radar

The first term without the second term image ^NOT processing

Basic Search

The basic search makes searching awards quick and easy. Just enter the word(s) you want to search on in the input box and press the Search button. Awards containing the search criteria will be returned in a list. Clicking on any of the awards in this list brings up the full award details. The Reset button clears the input box and resets to the default settings. Read on for more information about search options.

'Search For:' Input Box

This is the most important area of the basic search page. This box is where you indicate the word or words for which you wish to search. This can be as general as the word 'Environmental' or as specific as 'high speed performance aircraft'. The Search For: box may not be left blank.

If the Search For: box contains the word pressure, the search would discover every occurrence of the word pressure as well as any words/phrases containing the letters p-r-e-s-s-u-r-e in sequence.

Multiple consecutive words are treated as a phrase and they must appear in the same order within a matching document. For example, for the phrase high speed aircraft, the search would discover only instances where the entire string exists in the sequential format -- high speed military aircraft WOULD NOT be returned in this example; however, the string high speed aircraft, including military WOULD be included in the results.

Boolean operaters (^AND, ^OR, and ^NOT) may be used to search topics. A search on high speed ^AND aircraft ^AND military would find high speed military aircraft.

A good rule of thumb is to initially enter a broad search scope. If too many matches are discovered, you can always narrow your search for more specific information. As you gain a better understanding of how the search performs, you will be able to target desired records easily.

Filters

Next, a series of popdown lists are filter options available to narrow your search criteria. It's really quite simple. As you begin to search more and more, you will find these filters to be very helpful to target specific information.

In This Program:
Select whether to search awards from the SBIR program, from the STTR program, or from both programs. Searching both programs (SBIR&STTR) is the default.

Within This Agency:
When you choose a specific agency (like Army instead of All DoD), the search engine looks for your string entered in the Search For: input box within the specified agency. The default is All DoD. For example, say you entered the word Pressure in the Search For: box and selected NAVY from the popdown menu, then if 'Pressure' existed in five (5) records for the Navy and three (3) records for the Army, your search results would show only the five (5) Navy records.

Only In This State:
Likewise, you may want only the awards for a specific state. To find all Air Force awards in the area of Photonics from Massachusetts, type Photonics in the Search For: box, select AIR FORCE from the Agency popdown list, and select MA from the state list. Note: The Search For: input box may not be left blank for a Basic Search. If you want of find all the awards for a specific state (without a Search For: criterion), use Custom Search.

Searchable Fields

You have the option of searching the main text areas -- Abstract, Keywords, and Proposal Title fields -- or search for Firm, Research Institution (for STTR only) or Topic Number only. This set of radio boxes allows you to choose one of four predefined search options:

Search Abstracts, Keywords, and Proposal Title
(DEFAULT) This option searches the Abstract, Keywords, and Proposal Title fields for the criteria specified in the Search For: input box. This option is best if you are looking for awards within technology areas of your interest.

Search Firm Only
This options searches only the Firm field in the database for the criteria specified in the Search For: input box. Use this option when you are looking for awards made to a specific firm.
Search Research Institution Only
This options searches only the Research Institution field in the STTR database for the criteria specified in the Search For: input box. Use this option when you are looking for STTR Awards ONLY made to a specific Research Institution. Note: This option is only valid when In This Program: is set to STTR ONLY.
Search Topic Number Only
This options searches only the Topic Number field in the database for the criteria specified in the Search For: input box. Use this option when you are looking for awards made to a specific topic number. (i.e., when looking for the awards made for topic AF1995-122). Type in the agency (Army, Navy, AF, DARPA, MDA, DTRA, SOCOM, NGA, CBD, OSD), fiscal year, a dash, and the 3 digit topic number. For example, valid topic numbers are ARMY1983-002, SOCOM1995-001, AF1990-122.

NOTE: Only the fields indicated are searched in these predefined searches. To search additional fields in the database, see the Custom Search Information discussed later in this document.

Displaying Search Results

Alert Me If >50 Matches
Once your search is performed, the server counts the number of records discovered. If this number is greater than (>) 50, it will return a message to you indicating the number of matches instead of loading the results directly to you. This gives you the opportunity to narrow your search scope without having to wait for a large amount of data to travel from the server to your screen only to realize you should have narrowed your search criteria. This is helpful when you are familiar with the data and have an idea of the information which should be returned for your search.
Show All Results
If you wish to see all matches discovered, regardless of number, choose the Show all results option prior to executing your search.

If you receive a message stating that more than 50 matches were discovered and wish to view each of them, use your browser's Back button (as recommended in the displayed message) to return you to the basic search page and the criteria previously entered. Then simply select the Show all results radio button and re-execute your search by clicking on the Search button.

LIST - Awards Search Results

Once you've defined your search and pressed the SEARCH button, the results of your search will appear in a table called the LIST. Be patient. There are over 14,000 awards to search through, so it may take a few seconds before the search results are displayed. The LIST shows only a few, but descriptive, fields. To see all the information available on an award, click on the number to the far left of the row to move into the DETAILS window.

DETAILS - Awards Search Results

Displays all information available on the SBIR or STTR award. Most of the information displayed, like the firm address and abstract, was provided by the firm on the Appendix A and Appendix B form, as part of proposal submission. Award information was supplied by the awarding DoD Component. To move to another award in the LIST, either use the Navigation Buttons on the bottom of the page to move to the next or previous award, or select the LIST button on the top of the page to return to the LIST window.

Navigation Buttons

When viewing the details for a particular record, you will notice four navigation buttons at the bottom of the page. They allow you to move between records matching a particular search without returning to the LIST page to choose an individual record.

<<	Moves you to the first record discovered in your search.
<	Moves you to the previous record (one back from the current) discovered in your search.
>	Moves you to the next record (one forward from the current) discovered in your search.
>>	Moves you to the last record discovered in your search.

Custom Search

A custom search gives you the flexibility to define detailed search criteria. To create a custom search, simply enter the information to be searched for in the appropriate database field input box. This criteria can be as simple or complex as you deem necessary. Leaving a field blank simply indicates that you do not wish to have that field included in the search criteria. Blank fields will not be included in the search, but the fields will be displayed for matching records.

Examples

If you wanted to see all awards made by the Army, you would select Army in the Agency input box.

To request all awards made under Army topic A95-066, enter Army for Agency, 1995 for Fiscal Year, and 066 for Topic Number.

To see all awards awarded in FY92 by the Navy, simply select Navy for Agency and enter 1992 for Awarded In (FY).

Selecting 2 for Phase and entering SPARTA in the Firm field, will find all Phase II awards made to the firm SPARTA.

What Constitutes a Match?

With the exceptions below, the custom search will only find a match if the data in the appropriate field matches the criteria in the input box EXACTLY. For example, if the criteria was Control Number=0130, Control Number=00130 (two leading zeroes) would not be returned.

Currently, this search only returns a match if the record meets ALL the search criteria. If you entered '1990' for Fiscal Year and 'Navy' for Agency, only records which have Fiscal Year=1990 AND Agency=Navy will be returned.

Exceptions

(A) Three fields allow for a match by substring instead of an exact match. Your results WILL include all records which contain the specified characters/numbers at any point in these fields. These are:

Firm
Principal Investigator Name (PI Name)
Contract Number

For example, if you entered 'Matt' in the Principal Investigator Name input box, your search would discover PI Names with the following values: Matt, Matthew, Mattocks, etc.

(B) The following fields allow you to specify a numerical range when performing a custom search:

Number of Employees
Contract Number
Awarded In (FY)

To specify a range in one of these fields, use the greater than (>) and less than (<) symbols. These symbols can be used along or combined to define a range. For example, entereing '>100' in the Number of employees field will return all records meeting your search criteria where number of employees is 101 or greater. If you entered '>25 <30' for Number of Employees, only records where number of employees is 27, 27, 28, or 29 will be returned. (Please Note: the greater than/less than symbols do not include "equal to". To search for firms with 25, 26, or 27 employees, for instance, you must enter '>24 <28' in Number of Employees input field.) When searching for Award Amount, remember not to enter any punctuation ('>500000' is valid search criteria; '>500,000' is not). Use the last four digit year when searching the Awarded In (FY) field ('<1988', for example).

Also note that you do not have to specify a range in these fields. Entering '1990' for Awarded In (FY) will return only records awarded in 1990.

IMPORTANT: If you are a frequent user of this site and would like to see additional fields within the Custom Search added to the 'Exceptions' list, please Email us (dodsbirdata@brtrc.com) with your request.

Data Fields

Fields common to SBIR and STTR Awards:

Control Number
Agency tracking number for Phase I and Phase II projects. Varies by agency. Up to 9 alphanumeric characters long.

FY (Solicitation Year)
Fiscal Year of the Phase I Solicitation Topic. Enter the four digit year. Correct Format: 1990. Do not enter FY90.

Awarded In (FY)
Fiscal Year of the Phase I or Phase II award. Correct format: 1996

Agency
DoD Component that made the award. (Either Army, Navy, AF, DARPA, MDA, DTRA, SOCOM, OSD, CBD, NGA, DLA, DMEA, DHP)

Topic Number
Last 3-digits of the solicitation topic number. Correct Format: 066. Do not enter A95-066. To find awards with topic 'A95-066', enter Agency=Army, Fiscal Year=1995, and Topic Number=066.

Field Office
Service Field Office, Laboratory or Command administering the award.

Proposal Title
Title of the Phase I or Phase II proposal.

Firm
Street
City
State
Zip

Phase
Either 1 for Phase I or 2 for Phase II

Woman Owned
W if the firm is woman-owned, otherwise blank

Minority Owned
M if the firm is minority-owned, otherwise blank

Number of Employees
Number of employees at the firm at the time of proposal submission (1 - 500)

Principal Investigator's Name

Principal Investigator's Phone
Do not use any parens, dashes or spaces in the telephone number search. Do, however, include the area code. Correct format: 2029990000. Do not enter (202) 999-0000 or 202-999-0000.

Award Amount
Do not enter any punctuation. Correct format: 850000. Do not enter $850,000.00.

Award Date
Effective data of award in MM/DD/YYYY format. Correct format: 7/15/1997

End Date
Award Completion Date in MM/DD/YYYY format. Correct format: 12/21/1995

Contract
Contract number of the Phase I or Phase II project. Correct format: N00014-97-C-0092, DAAH01-96-C-R217

Additional fields specific to STTR Awards:

RI Type
The type of Research Institution (RI) -- either a University, Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), or Other non-profit Research Institution.

Research Institution (RI)
RI Street
RI State
RI City
RI Zip

RI POC
Name of the Point of Contact at the Research Institution

RI POC Phone
Research Institution Point of Contact's phone number. Do not use any parens, dashes or spaces in the telephone number search. Do, however, include the area code. Correct format: 2029990000. Do not enter (202) 999-0000 or 202-999-0000.

Firm POC
Name of the Point of Contact at the Firm

Firm POC Phone
Firm Point of Contact's phone number. Do not use any parens, dashes or spaces in the telephone number search. Do, however, include the area code. Correct format: 2029990000. Do not enter (202) 999-0000 or 202-999-0000.

Displaying Search Results

For information on displaying results for custom searches, see results in the basic search details.

Nitty Gritty Details

All SBIR Phase II awards (FY83 - FY07) and Phase I Awards for FY90 - FY07 are available for searches, as well as all STTR Phase I and Phase II Awards (FY94 - FY07). There are currently more than 40,000 awards to search through.

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To Search For	Example
Both terms in the same record	laser ^AND radar
Either term in a record	laser ^OR radar
The first term without the second term	image ^NOT processing