NINDS Neuroscience Funding Announcements

Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Brain and Behavioral Research (SBIR [R43/R44])

Funding Contact(s): Stephanie Fertig, MBA
Funding Categories: Translational Research

Brief Description:
The NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research is a framework to enhance cooperative activities among the NIH Office of the Director and 15 NIH Institutes and Centers that support research on the nervous system. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is released in affiliation with the Neuroscience Blueprint, with Institutes and Centers participating independently, and with participation by Institutes and Centers that are not part of the Blueprint. This FOA encourages the translation of technologies for brain or behavioral research from academic and other non-small business research sectors to the marketplace. Encouraged from Small Business Concerns (SBCs) are Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications that propose to further develop, make more robust, and make more user-friendly such technologies in preparation for commercial dissemination. It is expected that this activity will require partnerships and close collaboration between the original developers of these technologies and SBCs, which may be accomplished in any of a number of ways, including the use of multiple principle investigators.

Grant Mechanism: R43/R44
NIH Guide: PA-11-134
Release Date: 2011-02-25
Expiration Date: 2014-01-08