NIA STTR Phase I
Supports small businesses partnering with universities on aging innovation at feasibility stage.
The National Institute on Aging (NIA) STTR Phase I program funds feasibility R&D by U.S. small businesses in formal cooperative research partnerships with nonprofit research institutions. The critical structural difference from the SBIR program is that STTR requires a mandatory subcontract relationship between the small business applicant and a U.S. nonprofit research institution — a university, h…
Aging biology, Alzheimer's disease, and AD/ADRD interventions pursued by small businesses in formal cooperative research partnerships with nonprofit research institutions.
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