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NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards

NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards

Supports small businesses advancing NHLBI discoveries toward regulatory clearance milestones.

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The NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Awards program provides late-stage, non-dilutive R&D funding to US small businesses seeking to advance heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorder technologies toward regulatory clearance and commercialization. The governing FOA is RFA-HL-26-014, a reissue of RFA-HL-23-009, which was released November 18, 2024. The FOA was marked expired per NOT-OD-26-006 with an updated…

Late-stage development of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorder technologies toward regulatory clearance; limited to small businesses continuing prior NHLBI-funded SBIR or STTR Phase II work.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Annual
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.—
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.—
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.36 months
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.$52.5M

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Last verified: 24 Jul 2026Source: grants.nih.gov