Solicitations play an important role in making the general public aware of funding opportunities available to the small businesses of the nation. Participating Federal Agencies post these funding opportunities on a regular periodic basis throughout the year associated to SBIR/STTR.

Login is required to view topic details. For all Broad Agency Announcements (BAA) and Commercial Solutions Opportunities (CSO) associated with Solicitation 20.1/A and forward, Phase I proposals, please access the Air Force SBIR/STTR proposal tracking tool and government web portal. (Note: entreprenuers must create small business first - add link) 

The Academic Partnership Engagement Experiment (APEX) cultivates innovation by expanding the American research enterprise for the USAF.

The Collaborative Environment is an Air Force technology transfer and transition partnership between the Cyber Innovation Center and Air Force Global Strike Command. We are the Command’s persistent technology transfer, technology transition, and innovation resource.

SOFWERX is a platform that helps solve challenging Warfighter problems at scale through collaboration, ideation, events and rapid prototyping

DEFENSEWERX and our hubs are the catalyst for decisive innovation between the private sector and the armed forces.
 

The Doolittle Institute, an AFRL Innovation Institute, supports the Air Force Research Labs Munitions Directorate by working to license and commercialize AFRL/RW technologies in the private sector, enable rapid technology delivery to the warfighter, identify and foster new R&D partnerships and develop AFRL’s current and future workforce. The Doolittle Institute is a member of the Defensewerx Family.

By partnering AFRL with private industry and academia, the Griffiss Institute (GI) is able to facilitate and grow the technology base of the Upstate New York region. The GI is focused on providing an environment conducive to the growth of technology and ideas, by creating a collaborative research environment accessible to AFRL, business, and academia.

The Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) is a cutting-edge center for innovation and technology commercialization. WBI provides breakthrough solutions to US Air Force's most complex initiatives by leveraging resident experts, unique facilities, disruptive innovation processes and extensive networks. 

Get published, launch a business, develop your idea, tackle challenging problems or help secure our nation. It’s all possible when you partner with AFRL.