New Technologies for Liver Disease SBIR (R43/R44)

Post Date

February 11th 2009

Application Due Date

January 7th 2012

Funding Opportunity Number

PA-09-095

CFDA Number(s)

93.113
93.273
93.279
93.286
93.393
93.394
93.395
93.847

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Environment
Food and Nutrition
Health

Eligibility Categories

Small Businesses

Funding

• Award Range:

  $None - $None

Grant Description

Purpose. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to develop resources, research tools, instrumentations, biomarkers, devices, drugs or new and innovative approaches to diagnosis, monitoring, management, treatment and prevention of liver diseases.Areas of interest include development of reliable and practical means of diagnosis of liver diseases; biomarkers for disease activity and stage; noninvasive tests for inflammation, fibrosis and fat in the liver; and drugs, complementary and alternative modalities, biologics or molecular reagents for the therapy or prevention of liver diseases.The goal of this announcement is to enlist members of the small business research community in advancing means of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of liver disease and facilitate the goals outlined in the trans-NIH Action Plan for Liver Disease Research. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the SBIR (R43/R44) grant mechanisms for Phase I, Phase II, and Fast-Track applications and runs in parallel with a FOA of identical scientific scope, PAR-09-094, which encourages applications under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) (R41/R42) grant mechanisms. Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Awards issued under this FOA are contingent upon the availability of funds and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  National Institutes of Health

• Agency Contact:

  NIH OER Webmaster
  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

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• Agency Email Address:

  FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

• More Information:

  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-09-095.html