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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

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CDC’S SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) program functions to promote Research and Development (R&D) from small businesses, where innovation and innovators thrive, in order to effectively support the health promotion and disease prevention needs and goals of CDC.  Today, CDC’s SBIR program is under the stewardship of the Office of Public Health Research (OPHR), which is committed to funding millions of dollars in competitively awarded projects of scientific excellence and technological innovation with the potential for commercialization and thereby profit.

All Federal agencies with an annual extramural R&D budget over $100 million are required by the Small Business Innovation Research Act to administer SBIR programs using an annual set-aside of 2.5% for small companies to conduct innovative research or research and development that has potential for commercialization and public benefit. In FY07, CDC’s SBIR funding was $8.5 million dollars.

 

SBIR’S OBJECTIVES:
The SBIR Program was established by Congress in 1982 to provide increased opportunities for small businesses to participate in R&D, to increase employment, and to improve U.S. competitiveness. The program's specific objectives are to:

QUALIFYING FOR SBIR:
In order for a company to qualify for the SBIR Program, the following criteria must be met:

 

 

THREE PHASES OF SBIR:

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Funding is awarded competitively and is available for only Phases I and II of the SBIR program:

Phase III is the period during which Phase II innovation moves from the laboratory into the marketplace. No SBIR funds support Phase III. The small business must find funding in the private sector or other non-SBIR federal agency funding.

 

SBIR topics should align with CDC’s mission of improving human health through prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease or disability in addressing the
“Discovery to Development” gap

 

CDC PARTICIPATING NATIONAL CENTERS, INSTITUTES, OFFICES (CO/NCs):

The CDC supports SBIR research using both grants (assistance) and contracts (procurement) mechanism. Each year the following CO/NCs within CDC set aside a portion of their R&D funds for SBIR awards to small businesses:

 

SBIR GRANT AND CONTRACT RECEIPT DATES:

Please direct all inquires to: Denise Burton, Ph.D. at DBurton2@cdc.gov (404-639-4641) or Susan C. Clark, MPH, CHES at sclark@cdc.gov (404-639-4795).

 

For more information concerning the SBIR, please visit the following website:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm

 

PA07-280: PHS 2007-02 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44])

 

Individual funded projects include:

PI Name

Institution

Title

CO/NC
LEGEND

Phase

Abstract

Leonid Bukshpun, PhD

Physical Optics Corporation

Polymer Web Sensing System

OH

I

Project Abstract

Kevin P. Chugh, PhD

Tactus Technologies, Inc.

A PC Based Virtual Reality Simulation for Forklift Safety Training, Phase II

OH

II

Project Abstract

Glenn Deming, MS

Aspen Systems, Inc.

Personal Cooling System Control Algorithm Development and System Optimization

OH

I

Project Abstract

Peter A. Dreher, PhD, MBA, MS

Livvon, LLC.

Validation of Injury Reduction by Bumper Airbags for Heavy Truck Collisions

CE

II

Project Abstract

Diana Dull Akers, PhD, MA

Sociometrics Corporation

Know the Risks: Alcohol and Older Adults

DP

I

Project Abstract

John D. Faull, PhD, MS

Eltron Research, Inc.

Low-Cost Personal Monitor for Organophosphate Pesticide Exposure

OH

I

Project Abstract

Theodore D. Langley, PhD, MA

Bowles-Langley Technology, Inc.

Measuring Human Fatigue with the BLT Prototype

OH

II

Project Abstract

Steven Andrew Lis, PhD

Lightline Technologies, Inc.

Fiberoptic Personal Exposure Monitor for Diisocyanates

OH

I

Project Abstract

Troy W. Livingston, EET

Livingston Products, Inc.

Development of EMT backboard transport system

OH

I

Project Abstract

John D. Martino

Applied Combustion Technology, Inc.

Feasibility of eliminating propeller injury through adaptation of military pump j

CE

I

Project Abstract

Leanne Marie Mauriello, PhD, MA

Pro-Change Behavior Systems, Inc.

Promoting Health During Pregnancy: A Multiple Behavior Expert System Intervention

DP

I

Project Abstract

Lisa A. McElaney, MFA

Vida Health Communications, Inc.

Workplace Violence Training for Nurses

OH

I

Project Abstract

Dmitri Routkevitch, PhD, MS

Synkera Technologies, Inc.

Advanced Personal Gas Detectors for Mining Applications

OH

I

Project Abstract

Hans Gregory Schantz, PhD, BS

Q-Track Corporation

Improving Safety For Miners By Providing A Wireless Real Time Locating System

OH

I

Project Abstract

Marcia J. Scherer, PhD, MPH

Institute/Matching Person & Technology

Matching Assistive Technology and CHild (MATCH)

DD

I

Project Abstract

Sara Seifert, MPH

Minnesota Health Solutions Corporations

Easy-To-Use Electric Lower Anchor Tether Winch for Child Car Seats

CE

I

Project Abstract

Girish Srinivas, PhD, MBA, MS

TDA Research, Inc.

Cooling Suit for First Responders

OH

I

Project Abstract

Barbara E. Stuckey, MMH

Mattson, Inc.

Dinners-to-Go, A Meal Assembly Service for Low-Income Working Mothers

DP

I

Project Abstract

Xiaoqing Sun, PhD, MS

AAC International

A Laser-Based Device for Work Site Stability Asessment

OH

II

Project Abstract

Joseph A. Trimboli, PhD

Physical Optics Corporation

Formaldehyde Sensor for Environmental and Industrial Monitoring

OH

I

Project Abstract

 

 

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