NIBIB Small Grant Program
Funds interdisciplinary technology projects for early biomedical engineering ideas at smaller budget scale.
The NIBIB Small Grant Program (R03) supports investigator-initiated research at the interdisciplinary interface between the biomedical and the mathematical, physical, or engineering sciences. NIBIB uses the NIH parent R03 mechanism — most recently catalogued under PA-20-200 (NIH Small Research Grant Program, R03 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) — to fund early-stage technology development projects with…
Interdisciplinary research at the interface of biomedical and mathematical, physical, or engineering sciences. Focus on discovering and developing new technologies with clinical translation potential. Substantial technological effort required.
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