Notice of Change to Award Budget for PHS 2020-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grant Applications
Notice NOT-OD-21-039 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 15, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Advancing Environmental Health Sciences (R41 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-ES-21-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Phase I (R43) SBIR grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) to develop promising methodologies using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) approaches to advance environmental health research and decisions. When developed and validated, these methodologies or approaches will further advance the accuracy of toxicity prediction, help in prioritizing chemicals for more relevant or targeted testing, identify and/or fill data or knowledge gaps in toxicity assessment...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 10, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Advancing Environmental Health Sciences (R43 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-ES-21-002 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Phase I (R43) SBIR grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) to develop promising methodologies using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) approaches to advance environmental health research and decisions. When further developed and validated, these methodologies or approaches should improve the accuracy of toxicity prediction, help in prioritizing chemicals for more relevant or targeted testing, identify and/or fill data or knowledge gaps in toxicity assessme...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 10, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Administration for Community Living Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase I
Funding for research and/or development that improves the abilities of individuals with disabilities to perform activities of their choice in the community, with an emphasis on community living and participation, health and function, and employment. The program places particular emphasis on helping women, socially/economically disadvantaged individuals, and applicants from underrepresented or rural areas compete in the Small Business Innovation Research program. Geographic coverage: Nationwide -- Administration for Community Living, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural H...
Source: Funding opportunities via the Rural Health Information Hub - December 4, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: funding

Small Business Transition Grant For Early Career Scientists (R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-CA-21-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support early-career academic scientists interested in transitioning to entrepreneurship while also supporting the transfer of technology from academic laboratories into small businesses. Both small businesses and universities are drivers of technological innovation in the United States (U.S.), often working together to advance innovative ideas into products that can benefit the U.S. population. While most NIH funding supports basic research in university laboratories, the NIH a...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 25, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) Needs Assessment Program for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Awardees
Notice NOT-OD-21-023 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 13, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Service-Ready Tools for Identification, Prevention, and Treatment of Individuals at Risk for Suicide (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity RFA-MH-21-112 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This SBIR Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to support small businesses to develop and test service-ready, commercially viable tools and technologies for suicide prevention, including technologies that can be used to advance training, quality monitoring, a?nd quality improvement efforts and ultimately improve the availability of evidence-based suicide prevention services. Specifically, this initiative encourages research on the effectiveness-implementation continuum aimed at (1) developing and testing the effectiveness of opt...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 13, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Regional Technology Transfer Accelerator Hubs for IDeA States (STTR) (UT2 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-GM-21-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits applications to strengthen the regional technology transfer accelerator hubs for Institutional Development Award (IDeA) states. Accelerator hubs funded by the awards under this FOA are expected to develop, refine, and implement comprehensive programs for fostering biomedical entrepreneurship which will promote technology transfer, small business finance and management, and other business skills needed to move basic discoveries and technologies out of the lab into commercial products that im...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 30, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Institutions to Submit FCOI Policy Electronically in eRA Commons, Effective November 12, 2020
NIH requires institutions to maintain an up-to-date, written, and enforced policy to identify and manage Investigator Financial Conflicts of Interest (FCOI) and to post the policy on their publicly accessible website. Starting November 12, 2020, NIH recipients will be required to submit their publicly assessible FCOI policy to NIH via the eRA Commons Institution Profile (IPF) Module. This new feature will apply to all NIH applicants and/or recipients, with the exception of Phase I Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) applicants and/or recipients. (See NIH GPS Section 4.1.10...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 23, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories eRA eRA Commons FCOI financial conflict of interest Source Type: funding

Late-Stage Translation of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Results in Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases from Academic/Non-profit Lab to Marketplace (SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-21-030 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that translate technology innovations from academic and other non-profit research sectors to the marketplace to advance the development of diagnostic and prevention tools or treatments for musculoskeletal, rheumatic or skin diseases. It supports pre-clinical research and development, such as moving products towards regulatory approval for clinical testing or making the new lab technologies more pra...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 8, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIEHS SBIR Phase IIB Validation of Sensors for Improved Environmental Exposure Assessment (R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-ES-20-016 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports Phase IIB (R44) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant applications from small businesses concerns (SBCs) to conduct validation studies and accelerate the commercialization of promising environmental health science-related sensor technologies developed in previous Phase II grants or contracts funded by NIH or other federal agencies. The goal of this program is to demonstrate sensor data quality, tool reliability, and usability in real-world conditions in order to transition to more...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 8, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

New Annotated Form Sets: FORMS-F Series
As you prepare your NIH grant application, keep these annotated form sets handy for key tips on filling out each section. These documents are a great visual resource for understanding many of the business rule checks we will run against your submitted application. Of course, you MUST follow the instructions in your funding opportunity announcement and application guide, but these documents are helpful for those times when you just need a quick reference. Example of an annotated form Check out the annotated forms sets using FORMS-F (for use with grant application due dates on/after May 25, 2020): Annotated Form Se...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 27, 2020 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources annotated form sets application forms Source Type: funding

Notice of Expiration of NOT-EB-20-006 "Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Small Business Research and Development of Biomedical Technologies for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)"
Notice NOT-EB-20-014 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 24, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIH Helps Small Businesses Change the World
Did you know that the NIH’s small business programs (SBIR and STTR) invest over 1 billion dollars into life science and healthcare companies each year? The newly-created Small business Education and Entrepreneurial Development (SEED) office provides grantees with many of the valuable entrepreneurship and commercialization services we have discussed in previous blogs to help them thrive. As our small business program has grown, we have seen early ideas transform into improved patient access to technologies. To celebrate these successes, the NIH has launched a new interactive mapping tool thatfeatures many of the amazi...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 13, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike SBIR small business Source Type: funding

Notice of Change to Key Dates for PAR-18-628 "NeuroNEXT Small Business Innovation in Clinical Trials (U44 Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-NS-20-090 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 11, 2020 Category: Research Source Type: funding