Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notices and agency instructions control.
Current plain-English status
NASA is running its 2026 SBIR/STTR cycle through a Broad Agency Announcement model with phased appendices. NASA's Appendix A and B Q&A hub is live, and technical questions for Appendices 26A SBIR, 26B SBIR, and 26B STTR are accepted through May 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM Eastern.
Why this is email-ready
- The audience is explicitly small businesses building NASA-relevant technology.
- The page gives founders one place to check appendices, Q&A, and ProSAMS routing.
- The current communications blackout makes the official Q&A process easy to miss.
Best-fit founders
- Space, autonomy, robotics, aerospace, sensing, communications, and mission software teams.
- Companies that can map their product to a specific published NASA appendix subtopic.
- Teams with enough technical depth to answer feasibility questions quickly.
What to verify
- Which appendix and subtopic your technology maps to.
- The proposal limit, submission deadline, Q&A deadline, and appendix-specific instructions.
- Whether the official NASA hub, Q&A hub, or ProSAMS has newer instructions than this summary.
Official sources to verifyNASA 2026 information hub →NASA 2026 Appendix A & B Q&A hub →NASA SBIR/STTR Phase I →
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