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Department of Education To Release 2 SBIR Solicitations

The Department of Education’s (ED) Institute of Education Sciences (IES) has issued presolicitation announcements for 2 (yes, 2) individual SBIR solicitations to be released on or about December 2, 2010. The closing date is estimated to be January 13, 2011.

Although ED’s SBIR program is rather small (compared to DoD and NIH), it has garnered some very impressive success stories, both for advancements in education, and growth for the small businesses.

It is often stated in SBIR circles that one of the main differences between "Contracts" and "Grants" solicitations are that contract topics are very specific while grants are broad based. This is not always the case, as demonstrated by these two broad based "contracts" solicitations from ED:

* Solicitation #ED-IES-11-R-0014 https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=89f8c19f6be3f4c296178385731bf49b&tab=core&_cview=0 has one priority:

o Priority 1: Education Technology Products Used by Children, Students, or Teachers (or other Instructional Personnel or Service Providers) in Special Education.

* Solicitation #EDIES-11-R-0009 https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=60ef9f4664901460d375833585fd680c&tab=core&_cview=0 has two priorities:

o Priority 1: Education Technology Products Used by Students or Teachers (or other Instructional Personnel)

o Priority 2: Education Technology Tools Used by Researchers

Both solicitation’s are for "Fast Track" formats only. The term "Fast Track", as used by ED, is a single proposal that contains both Phase I and Phase II activities. ED believes that the Fast-Track option has the potential to minimize any funding gap between the Phase I and Phase II periods.

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