Development and Translation of Medical Technologies to Reduce Health Disparities (SBIR) (R43/R44)

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to develop and translate medical technologies aimed at reducing disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes.

Appropriate

medical 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 one or more health disparity populations during Phase I and Phase II.

Related Programs

Discovery and Applied Research for Technological Innovations to Improve Human Health

Department of Health and Human Services


Minority Health and Health Disparities Research

Department of Health and Human Services


Agency: Department of Health and Human Services

Office: National Institutes of Health

Estimated Funding: $2,000,000


Who's Eligible





Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-15-001.html

Additional Information of Eligibility:
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 must be less than 50 percent participation by foreign business entities in the joint venture; 3.

(i) SBIR and STTR.

Be a concern which is more than 50% directly owned and controlled by one or more individuals (who are citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States), other business concerns (each of which is more than 50% directly owned and controlled by individuals who are citizens or permanent resident aliens of the United States), or any combination of these; OR (ii) SBIR-only.

Be a concern which is more than 50% owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, or any combination of these.

No single venture capital operating company, hedge fund, or private equity firm may own more than 50% of the concern; OR (iii) SBIR and STTR.

Be a joint venture in which each entity to the joint venture must meet the requirements set forth in paragraph 3 (i) or 3 (ii) of this section.

A joint venture that includes one or more concerns that meet the requirements of paragraph (ii) of this section must comply with § 121.705(b) concerning registration and proposal requirements.

4.

Has, including its affiliates, not more than 500 employees.

Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-EB-15-001.html

Contact:
NIH OER WebmasterFBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

Agency Email Description:
If you have any problems linking to this funding announcement, please contact the NIH OER Webmaster

Agency Email:
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV

Date Posted:
2014-10-24

Application Due Date:
2015-09-07

Archive Date:
2015-10-08


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