Science & Research · Active
NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) · NSF · High-volume · mid band
NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) (CFDA 47.083) - federal assistance administered by National Science Foundation (NSF), catalogued in the SAM.gov Assistance Listings.
- $150K–$2M
- Typical award range
- 49
- Indexed opportunities
- 1
- Open now
- NSF
- Administering agency
The verdict
According to indexed Grants.gov opportunity volume among active SAM.gov programs on PlainGrants, NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) ranks #35 of 504, #17 of 21 within NSF, and #36 of 44 among Science & Research programs by listed funding ceiling. Across 504 active programs, 47.041 leads by opportunity count (319, funding-ceiling rank #249) ≠ 66.054 leads by funding ceiling ($7.0 billion, opportunity rank #326). CFDA 47.083 is an active Science & Research program with 49 indexed Grants.gov opportunities. Of the 6 most recent listings shown here, 1 is open for application.
- $150K–$2M
- typical award range (SAM.gov)
- July 20
- next application deadline
- $11.5 million
- largest award ceiling indexed
- 9%
- of the catalog is Science & Research
NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) · floor-band ceiling on a busy book (#368/502)
NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) sits below most listed ceilings (27th percentile among 502 active programs), a floor-band Assistance Listing card, not a mega solicitation.
NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) vs programs with listed funding ceilings
Where this CFDA's SAM.gov award ceiling sits among active Assistance Listings with a reported ceiling
$2,000,000 Top 73% higher than 27% of 502 programs
Programs, banded by listed funding ceiling
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Source SAM.gov Assistance Listings · 2026-07-29
SAM.gov Assistance Listing plate
CFDA 47.083 · NSF VOL-STEADY · #35/504
VOL-STEADY · TOP-DECILE · PHOTO-FINISH · NOFO-OPEN · CEIL-MILLION · ELIG-SBIR · BOOK-FULL · LISTING-LIVE
- VOL-STEADY 49 indexed
- TOP-DECILE #35/504
- PHOTO-FINISH Minority Health and H… · 93.307
- NOFO-OPEN 1 open of 6 listed
- CEIL-MILLION $150K–$2M
- ELIG-SBIR Small business
- BOOK-FULL 6 listed / 49 indexed
- LISTING-LIVE Active SAM.gov listing
Nearest Grants.gov-volume peer outside Science & Research: Minority Health and Health Disparities Research (CFDA 93.307) (±1 indexed rows)
Opportunity-volume neighbourhood · CFDA 47.083
VOL-STEADY · #35/504: quiet/busy corpus poles and ±1 row peers, not a SAM.gov catalog reprint.
Engineering Grants · busiestNSF Small Business… · this listingMinority Health and… · nearUSAID International… · nearMedical Library Ass… · nearFood and Drug Admin… · nearPlant and Animal Di… · quiet pole
Funding posture
High-traffic mid-ceiling grant corridor
Mid-band funding ($150,000 to $2.0 million) with a hot opportunity book (49 indexed rows) under CFDA 47.083. NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) is one of the busier mid-scale corridors in the indexed set; open rate on the recent slice is 17%.
Assistance Listing text · NSF
Phase I and II SBIR grants for small businesses to conduct transformational R&D with commercial potential.
Small-business applicant corridor · CFDA 47.083
NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) prints a for-profit small-business applicant door on SAM.gov. Treat this CFDA as a business-facing listing unless a live NOFO narrows the set further.
Predominantly grants (G) · CFDA 47.083
100% of the 6 indexed listings under CFDA 47.083 are grants (G), the SAM.gov-coded mechanism NSF Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) typically uses to move money. None of the indexed listings require applicant cost-sharing.
- Estimated funding, indexed listings with a reported figure
- $138.0 million across 4 listings (avg $34.5 million)
Figures are computed from the full indexed Grants.gov book for CFDA 47.083, not the 10 listings shown below; a listing missing a field is excluded from that field's total, not counted as zero.
Open + archived mix · CFDA 47.083
1 of 6 indexed listings under CFDA 47.083 are open (17%), with 5 archived or closed. Reported award ceilings stay in a tight band ($11.5 million–$11.5 million; 1.0×). 100% of listings carry the Science and Technology / R&D (ST) funding-activity code.
- Open vs archived (indexed book)
- 1 open · 5 archived
- Median reported award ceiling
- $11.5 million (1 listings with a ceiling)
- Dominant Grants.gov funding-activity code
- Science and Technology / R&D (ST)
Open counts use the same posted+close_date rule as the rest of PlainGrants; funding-activity codes are the Grants.gov category_of_funding field (first code when several are joined). Ceiling median is over positive reported ceilings only.
NSF · administering agency
National Science Foundation
STEM research, science education, and innovation grants for universities and researchers.
Grants.gov opportunities · CFDA 47.083 1 Open
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence
Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Economic Development
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Collaborations for Optimizing Research Ecosystems
EPSCoR Research Infrastructure Improvement Program: EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence
NSF Convergence Accelerator
What to do next
CFDA 47.083: 49 indexed opportunities · 1 open on the recent slice.
- Start with the open listing 25-523 (closes July 20, 2027) before you compare distant categories. Open listing
- National Science Foundation (NSF) administers 21 Assistance Listings in this extract. Agency catalog
- Nearest peer by listed ceiling: IMLS National Digital Platform (45.316). Compare program
SAM.gov ceilings are catalog maximums, not guaranteed awards; verify every deadline on Grants.gov before submitting.
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