The overarching goal of the SBIR program at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is to support small businesses to develop technologies that can advance the mission of the Institute, including in basic neuroscience research relevant to mental disorders, translational and clinical research of
mental disorders, clinical diagnosis or treatment of mental disorders, and dissemination of evidence-based mental health care.
This FOA encourages SBIR grant applications to support research and development of particular priority research topics - complex technologies that require funding levels and durations beyond those reflected in the standard SBIR guidelines.