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/RESIRG/RESSEPS.htm time: 15:33:39 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">Respiratory Sciences Small Business Activities [SBIR/STTR] Special Emphasis Panel [RES (10)]</span> (RESIRG)

Specific areas covered by the RES Small Business SEP:

The Respiratory Sciences Small Business Activities Special Emphasis Panel [RES Small Business SEP] will review SBIR and STTR applications on diagnostics, devices and therapies focused on the entire pulmonary system and related organs and processes and using approaches ranging from basic research through clinical studies. This would include studies on the chest wall, upper and lower airways, parenchyma, pleural surfaces, and cells affected by and operative in these processes, including neural and endocrine control processes. Investigators may employ a range of approaches that include genetics, genomics and proteomics, molecular, cell, and computational biology, biochemistry, biophysics and bioengineering, imaging, analyses of model organisms, and human studies.

The RES Small Business SEP has the following shared interests outside the RES IRG:

With the Biology of Development and Aging [BDA] IRG: Applications focused on stem cells or gene transfer therapies related to the respiratory system and its disorders are relevant to the RES Small Business SEP. Similarly, applications that focus on stem cells in early developmental contexts would be assigned to the BDA IRG. Applications that use human embryonic stem cells might also be clustered in the BDA IRG, even if studying respiratory system-specific issues.
With the Bioengineering Sciences and Technologies [BST] IRG: (1) Studies that use the respiratory system as a platform for gene or drug delivery for non-pulmonary diseases may be assigned to the BST IRG. Application of gene or drug delivery technologies when it is specific for inherited and acquired lung disorders may be more appropriate for the RES Small Business SEP. Development of novel gene and drug delivery technologies may also be assigned to the BST IRG. (2) Applications that focus on fundamental aspects of bioengineering and technology development would be assigned to the BST IRG, especially in early stages before practical uses are proven. Such topics might include imaging, mathematical modeling, device development, or biomaterials and biointerfaces. Where tissue integration or application of specific biological or medical devices to the respiratory system is primary foci, assignment to the RES Small Business SEP may be appropriate.
With the Risk, Prevention, and Health Behavior [RPHB] IRG and the Health of the Population [HOP] IRG: Studies of behavior modification, including health education or training, directed toward the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases, including psychological aspects, could be assigned to the RPHB IRG or to the HOP IRG, depending upon the level of analysis and the nature of the intervention. Applications focused on respiratory diseases, disorders, or functional consequences of behaviors related to the respiratory system could be assigned to the RES Small Business SEP. Health education or training directed to the respiratory system health care provider, not the patient, should also be assigned to the RES Small Business SEP.
With the Oncological Sciences [ONC] IRG: Studies of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of lung cancer would be assigned to the ONC IRG. Applications focusing on dysplasia and hyperplasia derived from environmental or occupational lung exposure should be considered by the RES Small Business SEP.
With the Surgical Sciences, Biomedical Imaging, and Bioengineering [SBIB] IRG:(1) Applications for which the emphasis is on the design or development of medical imaging systems, their components, or software would be referred to the SBIB IRG; where the emphasis is on obtaining structural, functional, or behavioral information the application would be referred to the RES Small Business SEP. (2) Applications having a bioengineering or device development focus could be referred to the SBIB IRG or to the RES Small Business SEP depending on the focus of the application. In general, if the device relates to multiple organs, the application would be referred to the SBIB IRG. Proposals on bioengineering related specifically to devices for respiratory system diseases and their use in respiratory system injury and repair are appropriate for the RES Small Business SEP.