SBIR Performance Benchmark Requirements for Phase I

There are two performance benchmarks that companies with multiple SBIR or STTR awards must meet in order to receive a new Phase I award.  The purpose of these benchmark requirements is to ensure that Phase I applicants that have won multiple prior SBIR/STTR awards are making progress towards commercializing the work done under those awards.  The Phase I to Phase II Transition Rate addresses the extent to which an awardee progresses a project from Phase I to Phase II.  The Commercialization Benchmark addresses the extent to which an awardee has moved its past Phase II work towards commercialization. 

Commercialization Benchmark

The Commercialization Benchmark requirement applies only to SBIR and STTR Phase I applicants that have received more than 15 (16 or more) Phase II awards over the past 10 fiscal years, excluding the last two years.  These companies must have achieved at least the minimum required levels of commercialization activity, resulting from their past Phase II work, in order to be eligible to receive a new Phase I award.  The current Commercialization Benchmark requirement, agreed upon and established by all 11 SBIR agencies, is that the awardee applicant must have received, to date, an average of at least $100,000 of sales and/or investments per Phase II award received, or have received a number of patents resulting from the SBIR work equal to or greater than 15% of the number of Phase II awards received during the period. 

Source: www.SBIR.gov

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