Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

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:

• Stimulate U.S. technological innovation,
• Use small businesses to meet federal research and development needs,
• Increase private-sector commercialization of innovations derived from federal R&D, and
• Foster and encourage participation by socially disadvantaged businesses.

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

• American-owned (at least 51%) and independently operated
• For-profit
• Principal researcher employed by business during project
• Company size limited to 500 or fewer employees

 

 

THREE PHASES OF SBIR:

 

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

• Phase I awards projects up to $100,000 for approximately 6 months to support exploration of the technical merit or feasibility of an idea or technology.
• Phase II awards projects that expand Phase I results up to $750,000 a year for as many as 2 years.  During this time, the R&D work is performed and the developer evaluates commercialization potential.

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:

• Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER)
• Coordinating Office for Global Health (COGH)
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD)
• National Center on Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP)
• National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP)
• National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD)
• National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID)
• National Center for Zoonotic, Vector-Borne, and Enteric Diseases (NCZVED)
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• National Center for Environmental Health/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (NCEH-ATSDR)
• National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC)

 

SBIR GRANT AND CONTRACT RECEIPT DATES:

• Grant Applications (Phase I or Phase II): SBIR Omnibus Grant Solicitation (NIH, CDC, FDA)

• Release: January
• Receipt Dates: April 5, August 5, and December 1

• Contract Proposals (NIH, CDC):

• Release: August
• Receipt Dates: First Friday of  November

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