NIH-CSR <script type="text/javascript"> var wmNotice = "UNT Web Archive - External links, forms, and search boxes may not function within this collection. Url: http://cms.csr.nih.gov/PeerReviewMeetings/CSRIRGDescription/BBBPIRG/BBBPSEPs.htm time: 15:03:18 Sep 20, 2008"; var wmHideNotice = "hide"; var contextRoot = "https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/js/disclaim.js"></script> <span id="Postingname3_PostingDisplayName">Biobehavioral and Behavioral Processes Small Business Activities Special Emphasis Panels [BBBP Small Business SEPs]</span> (BBBPIRG)

SBIR/STTR applications reviewed by the BBBP IRG cover a broad spectrum of research on all aspects of biobehavioral and behavioral processes in normal and disordered populations.

Small Business: Science Education, Reading, Speech and Deafness [BBBP (10)] reviews applications on: science education for the non-professional; educational technology; speech [including augmentative and alternative communication devices and automated translation devices], deafness, language and reading; childhood psychopathology, developmental disabilities [mental retardation, autism, learning disabilities, ADHD], and parenting as related to childhood psychopathology/disabilities, deafness and language/reading disorders.

Small Business: Psychopathology and Adult Disorders [BBBP (11)] reviews applications on: adult psychopathology [schizophrenia, depression, anxiety disorders], disorders of aging [Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease]; sleep; neuropsychology; cognitive aging and memory; driving simulation; co-morbid substance abuse; management of emotion in adults [e.g., anger and stress]; and automated analyses of animal behavior related to psychopathology, substance abuse and/or mental disorders.

BBBP Small Business Activities have the following shared interests outside the IRG:

With the Risk, Prevention and Health Behavior [RPHB] IRG: While RPHB reviews small business applications with respect to substance abuse prevention, BBBP (10) is more appropriate when substance abuse subject matter is used to teach underlying principles of neuroscience, biology and related disciplines and BBBP (11) is more appropriate when the focus is on intervention rather than prevention.
With the Musculoskeletal, Oral and Skin Sciences [MOSS] IRG: The MOSS IRG reviews studies on musculoskeletal rehabilitation medicine and assistive technologies and devices. These include gait analysis and human emotion, monitoring of external body movements and temperature, orthotics, prosthetic development and devices for motor function, wheelchairs and mobility aids, and exercise equipment. If the focus of the rehabilitation strategy is to improve the physical well being of the individual, or if the emphasis is on the rehabilitation of muscle and/or orthopaedic function (e.g., in stroke, Parkinson's disease), the application may be reviewed in MOSS. However, if the focus of the study is on altering the behavior of the individual, the application is more appropriate for BBBP (11).
With the Integrative, Functional and Cognitive Neuroscience [IFCN] IRG: While IFCN reviews small business applications on the neuroscience of sensory and cognitive systems other than vision, as well as tools for use in functional neuroscience research, applications dealing with interventions for sensory or cognitive impairments would be reviewed by BBBP (10) or (11).
With the Brain Disorders and Clinical Neuroscience [BDCN] IRG: The BDCN IRG reviews a wide range of small business applications that have, as their main focus, neural disorders and/or injury of the nervous system; however, applications dealing with behavioral interventions are more appropriate for BBBP (10) or (11).