Supplemental Opportunity for SBIR/STTR Memberships in I/UCRCs | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The National Science Foundation (NSF) funding opportunity titled "Supplemental Opportunity for SBIR/STTR Memberships in I/UCRCs" (Funding Opportunity Number PD 09 5761) is a discretionary grant supplement designed specifically for companies that already hold NSF SBIR or STTR awards and want to deepen their ties to university-based research ecosystems. Instead of funding an entirely new standalone project, this opportunity supports supplemental requests that help an SBIR/STTR-funded small business join an Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC). The core idea is to speed up innovation and commercialization by connecting a small business that is already working on market-driven R and D with a structured collaborative research program housed in academia and guided by industry needs.

At a practical level, the supplement funding is meant to cover the cost of an annual I/UCRC membership for the eligible small business. I/UCRCs are NSF-supported centers where university researchers and multiple industry members work together on pre-competitive research topics that are chosen to be directly relevant to a particular industry or technology area. By paying membership fees, participating companies typically gain access to the center's shared research portfolio, technical insights, collaborative project selection processes, and networking opportunities with faculty, students, and other industry members. This opportunity positions that membership as a mechanism to bring SBIR/STTR companies into those ongoing collaborations, which can broaden a company's technical options, reduce isolation in early-stage R and D, and make it easier to translate research results into commercially viable products or services.

The opportunity sits within NSF's broader science and technology and other research and development activity area, and it is associated with CFDA number 47.041 (Engineering Grants). The listing indicates there is no cost sharing or matching requirement, which generally means the supplement does not require the applicant to provide mandatory matching funds as a condition of eligibility. Eligibility is described as "unrestricted" in the general sense, but the key limiting condition in the description is that applicants must be NSF SBIR/STTR grantees seeking a supplement to support I/UCRC membership, so in practice it is targeted to that subset of awardees rather than the public at large.

Timing and submission logistics are framed around the idea of an ongoing supplement mechanism rather than a single deadline-driven competition. While the historical posting information shows dates such as a posted date of November 18, 2009 and references to annual closing patterns, the current closing information is summarized as "Supplement Accepted Anytime." That language typically signals that supplemental requests can be submitted when appropriate relative to the active SBIR/STTR award and the membership timing of the relevant I/UCRC, rather than being limited to a narrow submission window. The listing does not commit to a specific number of awards or a total funding amount, with "ExpectedAwards: 0" and "EstimatedTotalFunding: 0" appearing in the source data; in many government listings this reflects the nature of supplements as contingent on the existing awards and available funds rather than a fixed pool announced up front.

For applicants looking for the official program context and any procedural requirements, the opportunity points to an additional information link labeled "NSF Program Description 09 5761" and notes that more information is available in the "Related URL" section of the full announcement. For access issues, the contact provided is NSF grants.gov support at grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov, which is relevant if an applicant cannot retrieve or link to the full announcement online. Overall, the supplement is best understood as a bridge between commercialization-focused small business R and D funded through SBIR/STTR and the industry-shaped collaborative research model of I/UCRCs, with the membership fee support serving as the direct mechanism to bring small firms into that network and research pipeline.

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