Phase 2

<p>The middle tier of SBIR funding, typically $1M-2M for a 24-month prototype build. Posts cover the compliance work that has to land before Phase 3 production deploy.</p>

Defense

The SBIR Compliance Trap: How Phase 2 Teams Lose Months

SBIR funds the technology, not the compliance infrastructure required to deploy it. Here is the SBIR compliance trap that costs Phase 2 teams six months mid-contract, and the 90-day foundation that avoids it.