Small Business Grants (SBIR/STTR Programs)
Small
businesses may obtain research support through the Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program. These programs
are designed to support innovative research that has the potential for
commercialization.
In the SBIR Program, funding is usually provided for up to 6 months and
$100,000 total cost for Phase I feasibility studies, and for up to 2 years
and $750,000 for Phase II projects.
The STTR Program requires close collaboration between the small business
and a partnered research institution. The small business is to conduct
at least 40% of the research project, and the single partner institution
conducts at least 30% of the work. Funding is usually provided for up
to 1 year and $100,000 total cost for Phase I feasibility studies, and
for up to 2 years and $750,000 for Phase II projects.
EGRP is interested in supporting research on the following topics through
the SBIR
and STTR Programs. The topics are included in the Fiscal
Year 2008 Omnibus Solicitation.
- Tools for assessment of exposures and biomarkers:
- MicroRNA profiling in epidemiologic studies
- Detection of mitochondrial DNA alterations for
cancer epidemiologic studies
- Development of methods for measuring biomarkers of human
exposure or susceptibility, and of nutritional status, and methods for monitoring changes in biomarkers for use in cancer epidemiologic studies.
- Development of new or improved devices for quantitative
measurement of human exposure to environmental carcinogens for epidemiologic studies.
- Development of methods to evaluate potential cancer
clusters for epidemiologic studies.
- Tools for cancer epidemiology studies:
- Development of tools to model cancer risks from
environmental and occupational agents.
- Development of software for electronic capture of risk
factor data for cancer epidemiologic studies.
- Build consumer-friendly risk prediction models from
epidemiologic data.
- Development of software for tracking biological
specimens for cancer epidemiologic studies.
- Development of software for electronic identification,
screening, and recruitment of participants, especially minorities, into epidemiologic studies.
- Development of Web-based data collection or applicable
bioinformatics tools for cancer epidemiology.
- Development of software or methods for rapid case
ascertainment of cancers.
- Development of geographic information systems with special
visualization techniques for the simultaneous assessment of environmental exposures and health outcomes.
- Development of tools using publicly available data to
identify population-based controls for epidemiologic studies.
- Development of software for analysis of DNA methylation
biomarkers for early detection of prostate or breast cancers with use of specimens from biorepositories.
New in the 2008 Omnibus Solicitation
EGRP also will consider supporting research on topics of interest to other NCI organizational units that are relevant to epidemiological research.
Any research topic falling within the mission
of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) may be submitted under the
SBIR/STTR Programs. The topics presented in the Omnibus Solicitation
are only starting points for consideration and do not have any particular
favorable priority.
Supplements and time extensions are available for awards that are appropriately
justified to program staff.
Effective January 2007, NIH changed receipt dates for grant applications. See the NIH
Guide for Grants and Contracts, NOT-OD-07-001, for the new dates.
Program Contact
The EGRP Program Director is Jay Choudhry,
M.S., Methods and Technologies Branch.
Examples of Supported Programs
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Funding Opportunities for Small Businesses
Small Business Funding Opportunities Through the IMAT Program
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