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The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
(NHLBI) reminds all Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD(s)/PI(s)) of
SBIR/STTR awards that funds are available for administrative supplements to
recruit and support high school, undergraduate,
post-baccalaureate/post-master’s degree holders, and post-doctoral candidates
that increase diversity in the research workforce.
PA-16-288
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Admin
Supp)
PA-16-289
Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral
Research Careers (Admin Supp)
These administrative supplements are designed to provide support for research
experiences for individuals from the identified groups throughout the continuum
from high school to the faculty level. In all cases, the proposed research
experience must be an integral part of the approved, ongoing research of the
parent award, and it must have the potential to contribute significantly to the
research career development of the candidate. Supplement requests are considered
on a rolling basis and must be submitted at
least 3 months prior to the
start date of the diversity candidate. So, if you are considering taking on a
summer intern to start in May, you must submit your
request no later than January 31.
More information about the NHLBI guidelines for the supplements may be viewed HERE
Please contact Jennifer Shieh (jennifer.shieh@nih.gov) if you are interested
in applying for this supplemental funding and contributing to a more diverse
research workforce.
If you decide not to
participate, let us know why and help design something that works by responding
to the Request for Information (NOT-OD-17-008)
USPTO Intellectual Property Webinar Series for Small
Businesses
Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights!
Register Today HERE
For small businesses participating in the SBIR/STTR
programs, understanding Intellectual Property (IP) - Patents, Trade Secrets,
Trademarks, and Copyrights - is necessary to protect ideas, products and
product names in today's knowledge economy.
Hosted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO), these 90-minute webinars have been designed specifically to address
the most common IP issues facing small businesses funded by the SBIR/STTR
programs. They will cover all aspects of Intellectual Property protection, as
well as help you understand your IP Data Rights under the SBIR/STTR
grant/contract. Space is limited to 200 people per webinar! Register
early!
Webinars will be offered at 1 P.M. Eastern on the
following days:
Monday, November 7
Overview: U.S. Intellectual Property Rights and the SBIR-STTR Stakeholders
Henry Wixon (Chief Counsel for NIST)
Tuesday, November 8
Basics US Patent Practice for the SBIR-STTR Stakeholders
Office on Innovation Development, USPTO
Wednesday, November 9
Trademarks in the US
Scott Baldwin (Trademark, USPTO)
Thursday, November 10
Copyright (Domestic and International)
Susan Anthony (Director (Acting), Global Intellectual Property Academy,
USPTO
Monday, November 14
The International Trademark Portfolio
Susan Anthony (Director (Acting), Global Intellectual Property Academy,
USPTO
Tuesday, November 15
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and Hague Strategies for Filing Abroad
International Patent Legal Administration, USPTO
Wednesday, November 16
Intermediate/Advanced US Patent Practice for the SBIR/STTR Stakeholders
Oleg Asanbayev (Patent Examiner, USPTO)
Last Receipt Date!
SBIR: RFA-HL-15-027
This program will support the technical development and validation of novel in vitro human cell-based tools for predicting the responses of individual patients to cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-directed therapies for cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease. NHLBI anticipates that outcomes of successful STTR projects will help attract strategic partners or investors to support ultimate commercialization of a personalized medicine platform that could accelerate translation of CFTR-directed therapy in patients with CF lung disease.
View a recording of the 09/23/15 webinar HERE
Submit your request for slides through the SmallBiz Inquiry form.
Questions? Contact:
Nancy Macgarvey, MD, nancy.macgarvey@nih.gov
Program Director, Division of Lung Diseases
Please visit our website for a full list of Targeted Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)
Nominate a candidate today! HERE
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is seeking
nominations for its annual Tibbetts Award.
The Tibbetts Awards are presented to those small businesses,
organizations, and individuals judged to exemplify the best in the SBIR or STTR
programs. The award is named for Roland Tibbetts, acknowledged as the father of
the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, and is presented to
companies, supporting organizations, and individuals which have leveraged the
SBIR/STTR investment, or helped others do so, in a way that has generated
measurable impacts.
Nomination Information:
- Please submit formal
nominations to: SBIR/STTR Firm Nomination.
- Nominations (in PowerPoint
format) are due November 14, 2016 at 11:59 PM EDT
- Self-Nominations are
permissible
Anyone can nominate a business, supporting
organization and/or individual for a Tibbetts Award – including
self-nominations. A full set of nomination guidelines can be found HERE or
on the Nomination Form.
All Tibbetts Award winners will be selected by the SBA based
on the recommendations of a panel of judges. Award notifications will be sent
to the winners via e-mail the week of December 2nd, 2016 (date
subject to change).
18th Annual HHS SBIR/STTR Conference
November 15 – 17, Orlando, Florida
Register HERE
This conference is relevant to a diverse audience, including
biomedical entrepreneurs; grants and contracts administrators; and industry
partners and investors.
Top 3 Reasons to Attend:
1. Meet one-on-one with HHS SBIR/STTR program
managers
Over 100 federal staff, including representatives from the
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Small Business Administration (SBA),
Administration for Community Living (ACL), and HHS Office of the Inspector
General (OIG) will be holding one-on-one meetings and giving presentations. You
will have the chance to get one-on-one feedback about your technology proposal!
2. Hear from successful HHS SBIR/STTR
awardees
Gain first-hand knowledge from experienced and successful
applicants, potential funding partners and companies during interactive
workshops and sessions. These sessions include a diverse group of successful
awardees, including women-owned small businesses and socially and economically
disadvantaged small businesses.
3. Learn how to develop a competitive application
Many sessions focus on how to develop and submit your
SBIR/STTR application. Topics include:
- How to
submit your SBIR/STTR grant proposal electronically via ASSIST
- FDA
regulatory requirements for drugs and devices
- Important
considerations to protect your intellectual property
- Top 10
Dos and Don’ts for SBIR/STTR proposal development
- Understanding
indirect costs and financial accounting systems
- What
you need to know about human subjects and animal research
- The
differences between SBIR grants and contracts
For a full listing view, the agenda
November 29 - Dec 1, Austin, Texas
Register HERE
The 2016 SBIR/STTR Innovation Summit, being held November 29
through December 1st, 2016, in Austin, TX, is a regional opportunity for small
innovative firms, researchers, innovators, and technologist.
The event, which showcases innovators, and facilitates
connections with Energy, Cyber, Medical, Materials, and Systems technology investors,
is co-located with the Defense Energy Innovation Summit & Showcase, and
will feature national and state based innovation leaders and stakeholders,
including representatives from all 11 SBIR Agencies.
The SBIR/STTR programs annually provides $2.5 billion in
non-dilutive research and development funding to thousands of American based
entrepreneurs, and the Austin Innovation Summit provides an opportunity for you
to identify linkages to this funding pipeline, and meet one-on-one with funding
decision makers.
Additional conference highlights include:
- One-on-One
Meetings with Agency Decision Makers
- Optional
pre-conference SBIR Proposal and Accounting Workshops
- Sessions
featuring Investment Leaders, DoD Primes, and Agency Leadership
- Regional
Innovation Ecosystem Leaders, including those running Innovation Clusters,
Incubators, Accelerators, University Tech Transfer. and other technology
based startup organizations.
Review the complete conference
agenda and register today at Defense Innovation.
Join NHLBI for a December double-header
Tuesday December 13, 2 pm ET
Taking Care of Business: Managing SBIR/STTR Grants
Register HERE
Hear from NHLBI grants management staff experts about how to
speed up getting an NIH award; when you need to get approval from NIH &
when you don't; and common myths and misconceptions about the SBIR/STTR
grants process.
Andre Walker, BS
Grants Management Specialist, NHLBI
Jennifer Shieh, PhD
Small Business Coordinator, NHLBI
Friday December 16, 1 pm ET
Adopting New Technologies: A System’s Perspective
Register HERE
Panelists from MedStar Health, a $5B not-for-profit regional
healthcare system, will discuss the process by which a large system evaluates
new technologies and ultimately adopts them as part of their clinical arsenal,
to provide innovators with some insight into the barriers and hurdles they
should anticipate when creating their commercialization plans.
Neil J. Weissman, MD
President, MedStar Health Research Institute
Denise C. Noll, RN, CPHM, CMCN
Director, Institutional Contracting & Clinical Ops Support
MedStar Health Managed Care Operations
Ron Waksman, MD
Associate Director, Division of Cardiology
MedStar Heart Institute
Eric Padmore, MHSA
Scientific Program Analyst, NHLBI
If you haven’t participated in or watched one of our NHLBI
Small Biz Hangouts yet, you may be missing out. These webinars are
designed to help you understand aspects of product and company development that
you didn’t learn in school. Posted videos include:
Demystifying Small Business Review
Finding the Right Regulatory Consultant
Patent Litigation, Part 1 and Part 2
Check out the full YouTube playlist.
We are always interested in hearing what you would like to learn about or looking for presenters willing to share their knowledge, so contact us and be part of the NHLBI Small Biz Hangouts.
The NIH is seeking public input on a proposed new supplement
to facilitate participation of women and socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals in small businesses through the Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)
programs. One of the goals of the SBIR/STTR programs is to foster and
encourage participation by socially and economically disadvantaged and
women-owned small businesses. Despite SBIR/STTR awardees being eligible
to apply for a diversity
supplement under
the existing supplement program (see above), there are very low rates of
participation. The NIH has issued a Request for Information NOT-OD-17-008 to better understand the barriers that prevent SBIR/STTR
awardees from participating in the existing diversity supplement program and to
inform its consideration to develop a new diversity supplement program specific
to the SBIR/STTR mechanisms.
Notice number: NOT-OD-17-008
Responses:
If you would like to learn more about the RFI,
check the supplement notice (NOT-OD-17-008) or send your inquiries to
John Sheridan (john.sheridan@nih.gov).
Due by December 16, 2016, 11:59:59 PM EST
Wondering how to
prepare for the regulatory pathway your product will follow in the US?
There is a resource that
provides free access to public domain information about FDA and its regulated
technologies, IRAI. For hints
on how to use tools like this website effectively, watch our NHLBI Small Biz
Hangout “Developing a Target Product Profile”.
The objective of IRAI Digital Repository is to provide an
improved platform and search engine for anyone doing serious research on
FDA–regulated products. The IRAI repository initiated under a contract with the
Food and Drug Administration has the objective of implementing a new system for
cataloging FDA materials in an easily accessible and searchable format for
research and training at academic universities and for all other stakeholders
for research and training in FDA’s policies and procedures. IRAI is a
full-fledged information system, not just a website, with a well-organized
table of contents that is browsable like a textbook. IRAI will provide access
to primary information resources and training materials of the Food and Drug
Administration and other agencies that concurrently regulate aspects of the
same products (e.g. USDA, FTC, CPSC, etc.).
APPLY today through
The Niche Assessment Program provides market insight and
data that can be used to help small businesses strategically position their
technology in the marketplace. The results of this program can help small
businesses develop their commercialization plans for their Phase II
application, and be exposed to potential partners.
Technology Niche Analyses® (TNA®) are provided by Foresight,
for one hundred and fifty (150), HHS SBIR/STTR Phase I awardees. These
analyses assess potential applications for a technology and then for one viable
application, it provides an assessment of the:
- Needs
and concerns of end-users
- Competing
technologies and competing products
- Competitive
advantage of the SBIR/STTR-developed technology
- Market
size and potential market share (may include national and/or global
markets)
- Barriers to market entry (may include but is not
limited to pricing, competition,government
regulations, manufacturing challenges, capital requirements, etc.)
- Market
drivers
- Status
of market and industry trends
- Potential
customers, licensees, investors, or other commercialization partners
- The
price customers are likely to pay
Each participant receives an in-depth report of Foresight's
findings. Oftentimes the small businesses can use this information in their
commercialization plans which are part of their Phase II applications.
All active HHS (NIH, CDC, FDA) SBIR/STTR Phase I awardees
and Phase I Fast-Track awardees (by grant or contract) are eligible to apply.
Registration is on a first come, first serve basis!
For more information, please visit: Niche Assessment Program
Notice: NOT-OD-16-144
11/1 - NHLBI
Innovation Conference – New York City, NY
11/1 - 11/3 - SSTi
2016 Annual Conference – Columbus, OH
11/2 - 11/3 - Life
Sciences Summit – New York City, NY
11/13 - 11/15 - Partnering
for Cures – New York City, NY
11/15 - 11/17 - 18th Annual HHS SBIR/STTR Conference - Orlando, FL
11/29
– 12/1 – National SBIR/STTR
Innovation Summit – Austin, TX
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