NIH Agency-Specific Success Rates (Fiscal Year 2024*)

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Source: NIH Reporter

Institute STTR Ph I STTR Ph II SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
NCATS 22.7% 40% 13.2% 19.6%
NCCIH 33.3% 0% 13.8% 22.2%
NCI 4.7% 15.6% 4.3% 12.0%
NEI 3.4% 50% 12.4% 16.9%
NHGRI 30.8% 33.3% 19.4% 22.6%
NHLBI 17% 26.7% 12.4% 14.8%
NIA 24.7% 0% 10.6% 16.2%
NIAAA 25% 0% 13.8% 9.1%
NIAID 18.9% 7.7% 6.9% 12.9%
NIAMS 11.4% 0% 4.1% 10.3%
NIBIB 21.7% 0% 5.0% 8.2%
NICHD 14.8% 60% 9.8% 21.0%
NIDA 17.2% 42.9% 28.1% 21.2%
NIDCD 33.3% 0% 18.6% 20.8%
NIDCR 18.8% 0% 9.3% 29.4%
NIDDK 17.9% 30.8% 7.2% 16.3%
NIEHS 44.4% 33.3% 29.5% 37.9%
NIGMS 17.8% 27.3% 24.6% 35.5%
NIMH 21.7% 60% 9% 25.4%
NIMHD 25% 50% 16.3% 20.7%
NINDS 8.2% 21.4% 5.8% 9.7%
NINR 60.0% 0% 0% 22.2%
NLM 0% 0% 6.9% 11.1%

 

ARPA-H Success Rates (No data available yet; ARPA-H SBIRs were first made available in 2023).

Fiscal Year 2022*

Source: SBA Annual Report

STTR Ph I STTR Ph II SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
25% 29% 11% 49%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2023 (Phase I and Phase II combined rates)

Source: DoD Quarterly Review

STTR Ph I STTR Ph II SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
28% 28% 25.8% 25.8%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022* 

Source: SBA Annual Report

STTR Ph I STTR Ph II SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
16% 21% 19% 36%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022* 

Source: SBA Annual Report

SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
6% 89%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022*

Source: SBA Annual Report

STTR Ph I STTR Ph II SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
39% 36% 19% 45%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022*

Source: SBA Annual Report 

SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
15% 50%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022*

Source: SBA Annual Report

SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
6% 59%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022*

Source: SBA Annual Report

SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
11% 76%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022* 

Source: SBA Annual Report

SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
22% 42%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025

Fiscal Year 2022*

Source: SBA Annual Report

SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
16% 36%

*Last year in which data is available, as of 2025