RESOURCES
for Defense Technology Startups Pursuing Work with the US Department of Defense
RESOURCES for Defense Technology Startups Pursuing Work with the US Department of Defense
By Katy Person | Winter 2024
Finding Contract Opportunities
- https://sam.gov/content/home BAAs, SBIRs, STTRs, and all other competitive contracts, aggregated
- https://www.dodsbirsttr.mil/submissions/login DoD SBIRs and STTRs, aggregated
- https://afwerxchallenge.com collaboration which could result in SBIR
- https://www.sofwerx.org prize competition
- https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/topic/current
- https://aal.army competitions that use SBIR mechanism
- https://www.arl.army.mil/xtechsearch/ prize competition
- https://www.peosoldier.army.mil/sep/ idea generation
- https://www.jpeocbrnd.osd.mil/Work-With-Us/SPARK/ seed funding for CBRND projects
- https://www.challenge.gov challenges
- https://www.grants.gov grants (not contracts)
- https://www.diu.mil/work-with-us/commercial Defense Innovation Unit contracts
- https://aida.mitre.org/ota/existing-ota-consortia/ consortia
- https://www.health.mil/About-MHS/OASDHA/Defense-Health-Agency/Research-and-Development Defense Health Agency
- https://mrdc.amedd.army.mil The Army’s Medical Research & Development Command
- https://cdmrp.army.mil Congressionally-directed Medical Research Program
- https://www.wrair.army.mil Walter Reed Army Institute of Research – Biomedical Research & Research Network
- https://usaisr.amedd.army.mil US Army Institute of Surgical Research
- https://www.dtra.mil/Business/Office-of-Small-Business/ Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- https://www.secnav.navy.mil/agility/Pages/guide_for_industry_academia.aspx NavalX
- https://www.darpa.mil/work-with-us/opportunities DARPA
Types of Contracts
- https://www.fedscout.com/the-different-types-of-government-contracts
- https://aida.mitre.org/ota/ Other Transaction Authority (OTA)
- https://aaf.dau.edu/aaf/contracting-cone/ Contracting Cone (distinguishes between FAR-based and OT contracts by nomenclature)
SBIR OVERVIEW
- https://www.sbir.gov/about overview with a table of contents on the left hand side
- https://www.sbir.gov/sites/default/files/elig_size_compliance_guide.pdf SBIR and STTR eligibility guide
- https://www.sbir.gov/agencies-landing federal agencies that participate in the SBIR program
- https://www.fedscout.com/a-startup-guide-to-sbir startup guide to SBIR
FAR, DFARS, DODI 5000
- https://www.acquisition.gov/browse/index/far Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
- https://www.acquisition.gov/dfars Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation System (DFARS)
- https://acqnotes.com/acquisition-index Index
- https://acqnotes.com/references Acquisitions Regulations
Cybersecurity and IT Compliance
- https://www.safcn.af.mil/Organizations/CISO-Homepage/Small-Business-Cybersecurity-Information/ information for tech startups on a variety of cybersecurity compliance topics
- https://www.sbir.gov/tutorials/cyber-security/ SBIR tutorial on cybersecurity for small business
- https://www.fedramp.gov how to become FEDRAMP authorized
- https://p1.dso.mil/ the platform one website
- https://www.nist.gov/standards NIST standards
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/11/17/2021-24880/cybersecurity-maturity-model-certification-cmmc-20-updates-and-way-forward CMMC
- https://dodcio.defense.gov/CMMC/ CMMC
SBIR IP AND DATA RIGHTS
- https://www.fedscout.com/sbir-ip-for-founders SBIR awardee guide to IP
- https://www.sbir.gov/tutorials/data-rights/tutorial-2 SBIR data rights
- https://techlinkcenter.org to license IP from the federal government & FFRDCs
ITAR and Exporting
- https://www.sbir.gov/tutorials/itar/ SBIR tutorial on ITAR
- https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public State Department ITAR website
- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-121 CFR Munitions List
CFIUS and FIRRMA
- https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/international/the-committee-on-foreign-investment-in-the-united-states-cfius CFIUS
- https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4311 FIRRMA
Venture Capital
- https://innovation.mit.edu/education-community/blog/?topic=mission-driven-innovation Who’s Your Ally Blog Series
- https://www.acq.osd.mil/tc/ Trusted Capital
- https://dodtrustedcapital.force.com/s/ Trusted Capital Marketplace
- https://www.wiley.law/assets/htmldocuments/2021-Gov-Con-SBIR-How-Acquisitions-and-Venture-Capital-Funding-Impact-Eligibility-for-SBIR-Awards.pdf VC and SBIR Eligibility
- https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/investment-capital SBICs
- https://www.techstars.com investment with programming
- https://www.engine.xyz investment with programming for tough tech
Accelerators and Programming
- https://masschallenge.org non-profit accelerator (non-equity programming)
- https://www.activate.org funded fellowship for tough tech
- https://cyclotronroad.lbl.gov DOE accelerator
- https://chainreaction.anl.gov DOE fellowship
- https://www.fedtech.io programming
- https://www.nsin.mil programming, National Security Innovation Network
- https://icorps.mit.edu MIT I-Corps funded by the NSF
- https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/innovation-corps-teams-program NSF I-Corps national program
- cOST VOLUME AND AUDITING
- https://www.dcaa.mil/Small-Business/Small-Business-Resources/ DCAA small business resources
- https://www.sbir.gov/tutorials/accounting-finance/tutorial-3 tutorial on developing indirect costs
- https://www.sbir.gov/tutorials/accounting-finance/tutorial-4 tutorial on eligible and ineligible expenses
- https://www.sbir.gov/tutorials/accounting-finance/ tutorial table of contents on the topic of accounting and finance
- https://www.sbir.gov/sites/all/themes/sbir/dawnbreaker/img/documents/Course8-Tutorial2.pdf Timekeeping
Aggregated Resources
- https://www.sbir.gov/tutorials SBIR tutorials
- https://www.fedscout.com/resources Fedscout resources
- https://aida.mitre.org MITRE AiDA
- https://www.dawnbreaker.com/resources/ Dawnbreaker resources
- https://www.aptac-us.org PTAC Association
- https://www.sba.gov/local-assistance/federal-contracting-assistance PTAC
- https://www.score.org/us-small-business-administration-sba SCORE powered by the SBA
- https://www.sba.gov SBA
-Katy