NIH/CDC/FDA SBIR & STTR Parent Grants
Funds US small businesses developing health, biomedical and diagnostic innovations toward clinical translation through NIH, CDC and FDA SBIR/STTR awards.
Eligible small businesses submit SBIR or STTR applications via Grants.gov and NIH's eRA Commons ahead of one of three standard due dates that recur every year. NIH also runs a separate Commercialization Readiness Pilot programme to help existing SBIR/STTR awardees move their technology closer to market.
This umbrella covers the parent SBIR and STTR funding opportunities run across NIH, CDC and FDA for early-stage R&D in medical and health innovation, spanning diagnostics, therapeutics and public health technology. A clinical trial is optional under several of the parent calls rather than mandatory.
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