Colleagues,
Exciting news...
...
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is encouraging Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications to develop and translate medical technologies aimed at reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes...
... Appropriate technologies should be effective, affordable,
culturally acceptable, and deliverable to those who need them. Responsive grant applications must involve a formal collaboration with a healthcare provider or other healthcare organization serving a health disparity population...
... budgets up to
$200,000 total costs per year and time periods up to 2 years ($400,000) for Phase I may be requested...
... Budgets up to $400,000 total costs per year and up to 3
years ($1.2 million) may be requested for Phase II...
... This appears, to me, to be $1.6 million. Almost double the typical SBIR of $850,000...
... The estimated amount of funds
available will support of 7-12 projects awarded as a result of this announcement ...
... A non-inclusive list of technologies that might achieve the objectives of this initiative include:
- Telehealth technologies for remote diagnosis and monitoring
- Sensors for point-of-care diagnosis
- Devices for in-home monitoring
- Mobile, portable diagnostic and therapeutic systems
- Devices which integrate diagnosis and treatment
- Diagnostics or treatments that do not require special training
- Devices that can operate in low-resource environments
- Non-invasive technologies for diagnosis and treatment
- Integrated, automated system to assess or monitor a specific condition
Release Date: March 19, 2010
Opening
Date: April 20, 2010
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): April 20, 2010
Application Due Date(s): May 20, 2010 Read on at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-10-002.htmlENJOY!
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