AFWERX4Startups
Win up to $1.25M in R&D funding from the Air Force to fuel your product and technology
...Without giving up equity or taking on debt
...And pay us for help, if and when, you win!
AFWERX is the Air Force's team of innovators who encourage and facilitate connections across industry, academia, and military to create transformative opportunities and foster a culture of innovation. Their mission is to help solve problems and enhance the effectiveness of the service by enabling thoughtful, deliberate, ground-up innovation. AFWERX, one of the key innovation arms of the US Air Force, has revolutionized the SBIR/STTR program by pioneering the ‘Open Topics’ solicitations.
Phase I through the AFWERX open topic is a condensed contracted timeframe of 90 days. At the completion of the Phase I contract, the company may compete for Phase II funding.
Phase II requires that the company has identified an Air Force customer and they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding identifying their intention to work with the small business.
A Direct to Phase II (D2P2) allows DoD to make a SBIR Phase II award to a small business concern with respect to a project, without regard to whether the small business concern was provided an award under Phase I of a SBIR program with respect to such project.
| Funded Topics across Phase I and Direct-to-Phase 2 |
|---|
| Biotechnology Space | 5G & General Warfighting Requirements |
| Quantum Sciences | Ground Sea |
| Microelectronics | Nuclear |
| Directed Energy | BioMedical |
| Cybersecurity | Sensors |
| Network Command, Control and Communications | Electronics |
| Nuclear Autonomy | Chem Bio Defense |
| Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning | Space Platform |
| Materials; Information Systems; Air Platform; Battlespace |
A platform to find and fund innovation across America
