Overall HHS SBIR/STTR Success Rates (Fiscal Year 2022)

Source: SBA Annual Report

STTR Ph I STTR Ph II SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
18% 52% 16% 32%

 

 

NIH Agency-Specific Success Rates (Fiscal Year 2024)

Source: NIH Reporter

Institute Contact STTR Ph I STTR Ph II SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
NCATS Krishna “Balki” Balakrishnan
Phone: 301-827-7149
Email: balki@nih.gov
22.7% 40% 13.2% 19.6%
NCCIH Emrin Horgusluoglu
Phone: 240-383-5302
Email: emrin.horgusluoglu-moloch@nih.gov
33.3% 0% 13.8% 22.2%
NCI Tamar Boghosian
Email: ncisbir@mail.nih.gov
4.7% 15.6% 4.3% 12.0%
NEI Paek Lee
Phone: 301-451-2020
Email: paek.lee@nei.nih.gov
3.4% 50% 12.4% 16.9%
NHGRI Ian Nova
Phone: 240-987-2885
Email: nhgri_smallbusiness@nih.gov
30.8% 33.3% 19.4% 22.6%
NHLBI Stephanie Davis
Phone: 301-496-8412
Email: nhlbi_sbir@mail.nih.gov
17% 26.7% 12.4% 14.8%
NIA Michael-David A.R.R. Kerns
Phone: 301-402-7713
Email: niasmallbusiness@mail.nih.gov
24.7% 0% 10.6% 16.2%
NIAAA Megan Ryan
Phone: 301-443-4225
Email: mryan1@mail.nih.gov
25% 0% 13.8% 9.1%
NIAID Natalia Kruchinin
Phone: 240-669-2919
Email: natalia.kruchinin@nih.gov
18.9% 7.7% 6.9% 12.9%
NIAMS Xibin Wang
Phone: 301-451-3884
Email: xibin.wang@nih.gov
11.4% 0% 4.1% 10.3%
NIBIB Xibin Wang
Phone: 301-451-3884
Email: xibin.wang@nih.go
21.7% 0% 5.0% 8.2%
NICHD Toyin Ajisafe
Phone: 301-827-9242
Email: toyin.ajisafe@nih.gov
14.8% 60% 9.8% 21.0%
NIDA Elena Koustova
Phone: 301-496-8768
Email: elena.koustova@nih.gov
17.2% 42.9% 28.1% 21.2%
NIDCD Roger L. Miller
Phone: 301-402-3458
Email: roger.miller@nih.gov
33.3% 0% 18.6% 20.8%
NIDCR Orlando Lopez
Phone: 301-402-4243
Email: orlando.lopez@nih.gov
18.8% 0% 9.3% 29.4%
NIDDK Daniel Gossett
Phone: 301-594-7723
Email: daniel.gossett@nih.gov
17.9% 30.8% 7.2% 16.3%
NIEHS Daniel T. Shaughnessy
Phone: 984-287-3321
Email: daniel.shaughnessy@nih.gov
44.4% 33.3% 29.5% 37.9%
NIGMS Eddie Billingslea
Phone: 301-451-4317
Email: eddie.billingslea@nih.gov
17.8% 27.3% 24.6% 35.5%
NIMH Margaret C. Grabb
Phone: 301-443-3563
Email: margaret.grabb@nih.gov
21.7% 60% 9% 25.4%
NIMHD Michael Banyas
Phone: 301-402-1366
Email: banyasmj@nih.gov
25% 50% 16.3% 20.7%
NINDS Emily Caporello
Phone: 301-496-1779
Email: ninds_sbir@ninds.nih.gov
8.2% 21.4% 5.8% 9.7%
NINR Bill Duval
Phone: 301-435-0380
Email: bill.duval@nih.gov
60.0% 0% 0% 22.2%
NLM Clayton Bingham
Phone: 301-594-5929
Email: clayton.bingham@nih.gov
0% 0% 6.9% 11.1%

NIDILRR Success Rates (Fiscal Year 2023)

Source

SBIR Ph I SBIR Ph II
30% 42%

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

*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
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