National Aeronautics and Space Administration Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Fiscal Year 2022 Solicitation Completed Proposal Package Due Date and Time: March 9, 2022 - 5:00 p.m. ET Contents Executive Summary............................................................................................................................. 1 1. Program Description....................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Legislative Authority and Background..................................................................................................................2 1.2 Purpose and Priorities..........................................................................................................................................2 1.3 Three-Phase Program...........................................................................................................................................2 1.4 Availability of Funds.............................................................................................................................................3 1.5 Eligibility Requirements........................................................................................................................................4 1.5.1 Small Business Concern (SBC).......................................................................................................................4 1.5.2 SBC Size.........................................................................................................................................................4 1.5.3 SBIR Restrictions on Level of Small Business Participation...........................................................................4 1.5.4 Place of Performance and American-made Products and Equipment.........................................................4 1.5.5 Principal Investigator (PI) Employment Requirement..................................................................................5 1.5.6 Restrictions on Venture-Capital-Owned Businesses.....................................................................................5 1.5.7 Joint Ventures or Limited Partnerships........................................................................................................5 1.5.8 Required Benchmark Transition Rate...........................................................................................................5 1.6 NASA Technology Available (TAV) for SBIR Use...................................................................................................6 1.6.1 Use of NASA Software...................................................................................................................................6 1.6.2 Use of NASA Patent.......................................................................................................................................6 1.7 I-Corps™................................................................................................................................................................7 1.8 Technical and Business Assistance (TABA)...........................................................................................................7 1.9 Small Business Administration (SBA) Applicant Resources..................................................................................8 1.10 NASA Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP)..............................................................................................................8 1.11 Fraud, Waste and Abuse and False Statements.................................................................................................8 1.12 NASA Procurement Ombudsman Program........................................................................................................9 1.13 General Information.........................................................................................................................................10 1.13.1 Questions About This Solicitation and Means of Contacting NASA SBIR Program...................................10 1.14 Definitions........................................................................................................................................................10 2. Registrations, Certifications and Other Completed Proposal Package Information...............11 2.1 Small Business Administration (SBA) Firm Registry....................
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