Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Team Training Pilot Program for NIH Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Grantees (Admin Supp)

Post Date

June 18th 2014

Application Due Date

August 7th 2014

Funding Opportunity Number

PAR-14-261

CFDA Number(s)

93.233
93.350
93.393
93.394
93.395
93.396
93.399
93.837
93.838
93.839
93.853

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Education
Health

Number of Awards

24

Eligibility Categories

Small Businesses

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: This announcement is for supplements to existing projects. To be eligible, the parent award must be active and the training proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the competitive segment. The proposed supplement must be to provide for an increase in costs due to unforeseen circumstances. All additional costs must be within the scope of the peer reviewed and approved project. IMPORTANT: The research proposed by the NIH grantee in the supplement application must be within the original scope of the NIH-supported grant project. Foreign Institutions Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply. Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $600000

• Award Range:

  $None - $25000

Grant Description

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), through its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, seeks to develop and nurture a national innovation ecosystem that builds upon biomedical research to develop technologies, products and services that benefit society.Toward meeting this objective, the NIH is collaborating with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to help accelerate the commercialization of early stage biomedical technologies by leveraging the NSF's established I-Corps team training program, which is focused on educating researchers and technologists on how to translate technologies from the lab into the marketplace.Under this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), participating NIH Institutes and Centers will provide administrative supplement awards to a pilot cohort of currently-funded SBIR and STTR Phase I grantees to support entrepreneurial training under the I-Corps Team Training Pilot Program at the NIH.The program is designed to provide three-member project teams with access to instruction and mentoring in order to accelerate the translation of technologies currently being developed with NIH SBIR and STTR funding.It is anticipated that outcomes for the I-Corps teams participating in this program will include significantly refined commercialization plans and well-informed pivots in their overall commercialization strategies.Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact NIH Scientific/Research staff for more information about this pilot program before applying.

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/PAR-14-261.html