Win up to $1.25M in R&D funding from Air Force to fuel your product and technology
Discover Funded Topics
Explore and discover Topics Funded by AFWERX to see if you should apply
| Funded Topics & Focus Areas |
|---|
| 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 Platforms | Materials | Information Systems |
| Air Platform | Battlespace |
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 awards $75,000 for 3 months 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 awards $1.25M for 21 months 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.
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