Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative - SBIR (R43/R44)

The summary for the Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative - SBIR (R43/R44) grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the National Institutes of Health, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Bioengineering Nanotechnology Initiative - SBIR (R43/R44): - This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), issued as an initiative of the trans-NIH Bioengineering Consortium (BECON) on behalf of the participating Institutes and Centers, invites Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications for projects for developing and applying nanotechnology to biomedicine. Nanotechnology is defined as the creation of functional materials, devices and systems through control of matter at the scale of 1 to 100 nanometers, and the exploitation of novel properties and phenomena at the same scale. Nanotechnology is emerging as a field critical for enabling essential breakthroughs that may have tremendous potential for affecting biomedicine. Moreover, nanotechnologies developed in the next several years may well form the foundation of significant commercial platforms that shift the paradigms of clinical applications. - Because the nature and scope of the proposed research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers, quality, duration, and costs of the applications received. - This funding opportunity will use the SBIR (R43/R44) grant mechanisms. - This funding opportunity will be run in parallel with a program announcement of identical scientific scope (PA-06-008) that will utilize the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant mechanism. - Only United States SBCs are eligible to submit SBIR applications. A SBC is one that, on the date of award for both Phase I and Phase II funding agreements, meets ALL of the criteria as described in Section III.I.A. - Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH programs. On an SBIR application, the Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) must have his/her primary employment (more than 50%) with the SBC at the time of award and for the duration of the project. - Applicant SBCs may submit more than one application, provided each application is scientifically distinct. - See Section IV.1 for application materials. The application instructions for this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) are located at the following links: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/SF424_RR_Guide_SBIR_STTR.doc (MS Word) and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/SF424_RR_Guide_SBIR_STTR.pdf (PDF). Applicants are encouraged to return to these links for the most current version of these instructions. - For general information on SF424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission, see the following Web sites: - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm - http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt. - Telecommunications for the hearing impaired is available at: TTY 301-451-0088.