NIH Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs
Supports first-time founder entrepreneurs in the United States with healthcare prototypes from early ideas.
The NIH Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs is a career-development funding program administered through NIH's Office of Extramural Research SEED office and delivered via participating Institutes and Centers (ICs). It supports Phase I and Fast-Track SBIR and STTR awards specifically designed for first-time principal investigators who possess research, technology development, or h…
Phase I and Fast-Track SBIR/STTR awards for first-time principal investigators transitioning into biomedical entrepreneurship, across NIH Institutes and Centers that elect to participate.
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