Safe and Effective Instruments and Devices for Use in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units (SBIR) [R43])

Post Date

June 14th 2011

Application Due Date

September 19th 2011

Funding Opportunity Number

RFA-HD-12-192

CFDA Number(s)

93.839
93.865

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health
Income Security and Social Services

Number of Awards

4

Eligibility Categories

Small Businesses

Other Eligible Applicants include the following: Only United States small business concerns (SBCs) are eligible to submit applications for this opportunity. A small business concern is one that, at the time of award of Phase I and Phase II, meets all of the following criteria: 1. Is organized for profit, with a place of business located in the United States, which operates primarily within the United States or which makes a significant contribution to the United States economy through payment of taxes or use of American products, materials or labor; 2. Is in the legal form of an individual proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, association, trust or cooperative, except that where the form is a joint venture, there can be no more than 49 percent participation by foreign business entities in the joint venture; 3. Is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States, or it must be a for-profit business concern that is at least 51 percent owned and controlled by another for-profit business concern that is at least 51% owned and controlled by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States, except in the case of a joint venture, where each entity to the venture must be 51 percent owned and controlled by one or more individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in, the United States; and; 4. Has, including its affiliates, not more than 500 employees. SBCs must also meet the other regulatory requirements found in 13 C.F.R. Part 121. Business concerns, other than investment companies licensed, or state development companies qualifying under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. 661, et seq., are affiliates of one another when either directly or indirectly, (a) one concern controls or has the power to control the other; or (b) a third-party/parties controls or has the power to control both. Business concerns include, but are not limited to, any individual (sole proprietorship) partnership, corporation, joint venture, association, or cooperative. The SF424 (R and R) SBIR/STTR Application Guide should be referenced for detailed eligibility information.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $1000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $250000

Grant Description

The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invite Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) to propose research to develop new devices and instruments, and/or improve existing devices and instruments, to monitor and treat newborn infants and small children safely and efficaciously.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  National Institutes of Health

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