Arbitrage SBIR Phase I to Phase II Transition via Specialized Grant Consulting
- Organization
- NSF SBIR program structure with high Phase II qualification failure rate
- Sector
- SBIR Phase I recipients like Bonne Terre facing commercialization gap
- Location
- Location unspecified
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Executive summary
Current state
NSF awarded $304,994 in SBIR Phase I funding to Bonne Terre Consulting LLC for developing automated semantic tagging technology for financial flows, creating a structural commercial gap where R&D funds cannot be used for market access or data acquisition needed for commercialization.
Market catalyst
SBIR Phase I recipients have 12 months and ~$300k to prove technical feasibility but face 80%+ failure rate in securing Phase II funding ($1M+). Bonne Terre specifically must validate tagging modules via pilot testing with enterprise/nonprofit cohorts within their award period while also preparing comprehensive Phase II proposal - creating severe resource allocation tension.
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