Technical and Business Assistance
The Department of Energy (DOE) is dedicated to the successful commercialization of SBIR/STTR-funded technologies. In pursuit of this goal, the DOE SBIR/STTR Office provides commercialization services to its awardees. The DOE funds discretionary Technical and Business Assistance Services (TABA) to all DOE SBIR and STTR Phase I and Phase II awardees. Please review the following information for recently implemented differences between TABA for Phase I and Phase II.
Both Phase I and II awardees now have only a single option for receiving TABA services, which is to identify their own TABA provider(s). A list of TABA providers can be found here.
If an applicant/awardee wishes to access TABA funds once awarded a grant, the applicant/awardee is required to identify their own TABA vendor and include those services as a subcontractor or consultant in the grant application budget and to provide a detailed budget justification. Please see the Funding Opportunity Announcement for more information.
Phase I
Applicants/awardees may include up to $6,500 in the Phase I budget for TABA services. Please note that TABA does not count toward the maximum award size. For example, a Phase I applicant seeking TABA from an external provider could result in an increase of $6,500 over the maximum award limit. That is, for a topic with a maximum award limit of $200,000, the actual award would increase to $206,500. Reimbursement is limited to services received that comply with 15 U.S.C. § 638(q).
Phase II
Applicants/awardees may include up to $50,000 in the Phase II budget for TABA services. Please note that TABA funds do not count toward the maximum award size. For example, a Phase II applicant seeking TABA funds from an appropriate third-party provider could result in an increase of $50,000 over the maximum award limit. That is, for a topic with a maximum award limit of $1,100,000, the actual award would increase to $1,150,000. Reimbursement is limited to services received that comply with 15 U.S.C. § 638(q).
