It also applies to those individuals engaged currently as the principal investigator on an active SBIR project. Documentation is required for every application that is submitted, even one that is a revision of a previously submitted application. In cases where the applicant small business concern fails to provide adequate documentation regarding organizational eligibility OR the principal investigator fails to establish evidence of primary employment with the applicant organization, the application will be returned without review. The PHS will not support any market research under its SBIR program. Neither will it support studies of the literature that will lead to a new or expanded statement of work.
Literature searches where the commercial product is a database are acceptable.
It includes various types of research, such as the size of potential market and potential sales volume, the identification of consumers most apt to purchase the products, and the advertising media most likely to stimulate their purchases.