A Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) Initiative for Image-Guided Cancer Interventions

Program Announcements:
PA-06-032: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-032.html (SBIR) and PA-06-031: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-031.html (STTR) (expiration date 11/2/2006)

Contact:
Keyvan Farahani, Ph.D. 301-451-2651, farahank@mail.nih.gov

This program is designed to stimulate a systems approach for integration and clinical testing of image-guided intervention technologies for the treatment of cancer. Through this initiative, CIP is fostering partnerships between small businesses that develop the component technologies and major imaging companies that provide the imaging platforms. These partnerships will be valuable both for developing new products and for evaluating their use in patients. Joint ventures are likely to help small companies leverage their expertise and pool their resources.

This is a reissue of PA-04-063 ( http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-063.html), which was previously released in February 2004 and now is divided into separate announcements for SBIR and STTR funding mechanisms. Applications for this initiative may be submitted for support as Phase I, Phase II, or Fast Track grants.