NIEHS SBIR Phase II
Supports United States. small businesses scaling environmental health technologies toward full development.
The NIEHS SBIR Phase II award, made under the R44 mechanism, provides approximately $2,000,000 over two years for full research and development and early commercialization of environmental health technologies. Phase II is the development and scale-up stage of the NIH SBIR pathway; applicants must have successfully completed a Phase I SBIR award before applying, as direct-to-Phase-II applications a…
Continued development and commercialization of technologies addressing environmental health challenges; follows Phase I feasibility.
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