Award: $100000[edit Award]

Goes to: small businesses in any biomedical or behavioral research area [edit What it goes to]

Description[edit]

Objectives. The SBIR Program includes the following objectives: using small businesses to stimulate technological innovation, strengthening the role of small business in meeting Federal R/R&D needs, increasing private sector commercialization of innovations developed through Federal SBIR R&D, increasing small business participation in Federal R/R&D, and fostering and encouraging participation by socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned business concerns in the SBIR program. The STTR and SBIR programs are similar in that both programs seek to increase the participation of small businesses in Federal R&D and to increase private sector commercialization of technology developed through Federal R&D. The unique feature of the STTR program is the requirement for the small business concern applicant organization to formally collaborate with a research institution in Phase I and Phase II.

Eligibility[edit]

Eligible Institutions/Organizations . Only United States SBCs are eligible to submit SBIR applications. A SBC is one that, on the date of award for both Phase I and Phase II funding agreements, meets ALL of the criteria as described in the current SBIR or STTR parent funding opportunity announcement available from the previously mentioned NIH Small Business Funding Opportunities website.

Eligible Project Directors/Principal Investigators. Individuals with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research are invited to work with their SBC to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for SBIR support. On an SBIR application, the PD/PI must have his/her primary employment (more than 50%) with the SBC at the time of award and for the duration of the project. On an STTR application, the PD/PI may be employed with the SBC or the participating non-profit research institution as long as he/she has a formal appointment with or commitment to the applicant SBC, which is characterized by an official relationship between the small business concern and that individual.

Judging Criteria[edit]

In what areas is NIH interested? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) welcomes SBIR and STTR applications from small businesses in any biomedical or behavioral research area that falls within our mission, which is to improve human health. Areas of interest are described in the funding opportunity announcements and solicitations available at the NIH Small Business Funding Opportunities website (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm). Applicants are encouraged to subscribe to the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts and to visit the websites of our Institutes and Centers to learn of emerging interests and areas of high priority.

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