Apply by May 15: HERE
The MedTech Innovator
program involves a four-month virtual accelerator ending in the MedTech
Innovator Showcase and Finals at AdvaMed 2016 in Minneapolis,
MN. MedTech Innovator 2016 seeks early to mid-stage startups, including
medical device, diagnostic, and digital technologies. Startups selected to join
the MedTech Innovator accelerator receive:
- Mentorship
by and access to leading investors, manufacturers, providers, payers, IP,
regulatory and reimbursement professionals, and others
- A
chance to compete in the 2016 finals for more than $250,000 in awards and
prizes
-
A
scholarship to the Innovation Showcase at AdvaMed 2016 in Minneapolis, MN
-
Complimentary
tickets to the Wilson Sonsini Medical Device Conference in San Francisco, CA
For information about
MedTech Innovator 2016, visit: http://bit.ly/MedTechInnovator2016
Sign up for 1-on-1 meetings with NHLBI program
and grants management staff HERE
Register to meet with us in
person at the TechConnect World & National Innovation Summit, and National
SBIR/STTR Conference, on May 23-25, 2016 at the Gaylord National
Convention Center in National Harbor, MD, adjacent to Washington DC. For
more information go to www.nationalsbirconference.com. Representatives from multiple NIH Institutes
and Centers will also be available for 1-on-1 meetings.
Apply by June 3: HERE
The U.S. National Institutes
of Health (NIH) is pleased to work with the U.S. Small Business Administration
(SBA) to announce a third round of the Growth Accelerator Fund competition. In
2016, winners of the contest will receive $50,000 prizes to support their
accelerator. Funding will be available to support new and existing life
science and health focused incubators with an SBIR/STTR focus. Special
consideration will be given to accelerators that support women-owned and/or
minority-owned small businesses. More information here.
For
questions, please contact SBA’s Nareg Sagherian, nareg.sagherian@sba.gov.
Visit the BIO Innovation Zone and NIH
Exhibit Booth (7149)
Meet with NIH staff at BIO
exhibit booth 7149 and check out the BIO Innovation Zone highlighting SBIR/STTR-funded companies (apply by May 16 to represent NHLBI at the Innovation Zone next year). Look for
Jennifer Shieh in the BIO 1-on-1 Partnering System to request a meeting and
attend these sessions on Tuesday June 7:
·
1 pm, Room West 3005: Changing
the Mindset: Empowering Academic Investigators to Get Out of the Lab and
Understand Commercialization Needs. Moderated by Kurt
Marek, Deputy Director, OTAC.
·
3 pm, NIH Booth 7149: We Want to
Hear From You: Feedback Session for NIH Awardees and Applicants.
·
4 pm, NIH Booth 7149: Open House
for Women and Minority Entrepreneurs (All are welcome!)
If
you’re not attending BIO but you’re in the Bay Area, we’ll also be at UC Davis
on Friday June 3 and at the free Biopharma
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Symposium at Genentech on Monday June 6.
Let
us know you’d like to meet there: NHLBI Small Biz Inquiry form
Check out the May 4 webinar: HERE
Apply for up to $3M to
support continued development of your Phase II SBIR or STTR-funded heart, lung,
blood, or sleep technology requiring approval or clearance by a Federal regulatory
agency. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Phase IIB Bridge and Small Market Award programs aim to
de-risk your technology and encourage partnerships between small businesses and
investors and strategic partners.
Letters of Intent due May
20, 2016. Applications due June 20, 2016.
Questions? Contact Jennifer
Shieh, jennifer.shieh@nih.gov
Tuesday
June 21, 2 pm EST
REGISTER: HERE
Hear from
Scientific Review Officers from the NIH Center for Scientific Review and NHLBI
Office of Scientific Review to learn about the NIH peer review process,
differences between types of funding opportunities and where they are reviewed,
how you can participate as a reviewer yourself, and more.
To view previous NHLBI
Small Biz Hangouts, visit our YouTube playlist.
Planning to submit a new or resubmission application to NIH? We have updated our application guide and supplemental instructions.
In addition to incorporating policy changes summarized in NOT-OD-16-004, the
updated (FORMS-D) application guide has been restructured and streamlined.
Updates to form instructions are listed at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/forms-d/general/g.120-significant-changes.htm. Learn more in NOT-OD-16-084.
It’s also not too early to check that you have
all your required registrations (SAM must be renewed annually) and see if the new ASSIST
electronic submission option is right for you (it makes
collaboration and submission easier).
November 15 - 17, 2016, Orlando, Florida
REGISTER: HERE
You will learn how to develop and win
SBIR/STTR awards from the Department of Health and Human Services during an
interactive three-day conference. Session topics will include: understanding
HHS SBIR/STTR funding solicitations; business/technical assistance options;
indirect costs and financial accounting systems; and human subjects and animal
research.
This conference is relevant to a diverse
audience, including biomedical entrepreneurs; principal investigators; grants
and contracts administrators; and industry partners and investors.
Representatives from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
Administration for Community Living (ACL), and Office of the Inspector General
(OIG) will give presentations and answer questions during one-on-one meetings.
5/23 - 5/25 National
SBIR/STTR Conference - National
Harbor, MD
6/1 MedTech Conference 2016 – Minneapolis, MN
6/3 Funding & Resources to Translate Innovation from Lab to Market for Health –
Davis, CA
6/6 Biopharma
Entrepreneurship & Innovation Symposium – San Francisco, CA
6/6 - 6/9 2016 BIO
International Convention – San Francisco, CA
6/21 Small Biz
Hangout: De-mystifying Small Business Review – Webinar
Register Now! 11/15 - 11/17 18th Annual HHS SBIR/STTR Conference - Orlando, FL
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