U.S. DOT SBIR’s FY20 Phase I Solicitation is Now Open
This solicitation will close at 5:00 pm ET on March 9, 2020. For more information about the solicitation and how to submit an offer, please visit our website. A pre-offer webinar for small businesses interested in applying to the U.S. DOT SBIR FY 2020 solicitation will be held on Tuesday, February 11th at 1:00 pm ET. Register here. FY20 Research Topics Full descriptions of the research topics are included in Section VIII of the Solicitation. The proposed topic list shared during the pre-solicitation has been amended for the U.S. DOT FY20 Phase I Solicitation as follows: · Topic FA1, Nondestructive Evaluation (NDE) of Critical Nickel Turbine Engine Parts, has been withdrawn. No offers will be accepted on this topic. · Topic FH2, Innovative Layered Composite Metal Deck System, has been updated with clarifications. · Topic FR2, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Aided Machine Vision for Grade Crossing Safety, has been updated with clarifications. The FY20 topics are: Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) · 20-FH1: Physical Intervention System for Wrong-way Driving on Ramps · 20-FH2: Innovative Layered Composite Metal Deck System · 20-FH3: Real-time Monitoring and Modeling of Scour Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) · 20-FR1: Autonomous Track Inspection Technology · 20-FR2: AI-Aided Machine Vision for Grade Crossing Safety · 20-FR3: Platform Edge Proximity Detection to Prevent Inadvertent Passenger Car Door Opening · 20-FR4: Crushed Aggregate Gradation Evaluation System National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · 20-NH1: In-Vehicle Occupant Detection System Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) · 20-PH1: Development and Validation of Inline Inspection (ILI) Technologies for Circumferential Anomalies and Bending Stresses · 20-PH2: Internal Repair of Steel Transmission Pipelines · 20-PH3: Geohazard Identification and Quantification for Pipeline Risk Models · 20-PH4: Scaling up of Composite Metal Foam Manufacturing for HazMat Packaging |