NHLBI Funding & Resource Opportunities

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Tomorrow - April 5 Due Date

The next NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Omnibus funding opportunity deadline is only weeks away on April 5, 2017. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) welcomes all investigator-initiated projects within our mission through these funding opportunities:  

Learn about the NHLBI Mission

Additional Funding Opportunities Expiring 

  • Exp. April 6, 2017: Phase II Awardees - Commercialization Readiness Pilot (CRP) Program: Technical Assistance ( PAR-16-026, Notice about NHLBI participation NOT-HL-15-283
  • Exp. Jan. 8, 2018: New Technologies for Viral Hepatitis (SBIR PA-15-077 STTR  PA-15-076

View all NHLBI Targeted Funding Opportunities on our website.

Get Ready

 Contact us at NHLBI_SBIR@mail.nih.gov for advice and assistance.


REMINDER: New Appendix Policy for Applications Submitted After 25 Jan 2017

Please note that NIH has published changes to the NIH’s Grant Appendix Policy, effective January 25, 2017 (NOT-OD-16-129).  The updated appendix policy eliminates most items that investigators previously included in the application appendix.  Elimination of most Appendix materials is intended to rectify inequities in the peer review process that can arise from submission of inappropriate or excessive Appendix materials by some applicants and consideration of Appendix materials in peer review by some, but not all reviewers. Applications will be withdrawn and not reviewed if they are submitted with inappropriate appendix materials.  This policy is relevant for all funding mechanisms, including SBIR and STTR applications.

For more information read the full Notice NOT-OD-17-035 and view the Frequently Asked Questions Document at FAQs.


June 19 Receipt Date - NHLBI Phase IIB Funding

Seek NHLBI guidance while writing your Bridge and Small Market Applications

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) SBIR Phase IIB Bridge and Small Market Awards programs aim to de-risk your technology and encourage partnerships between small businesses and investors and strategic partners. 

Letters of Intent due May 19, 2017. Applications due June 19, 2017.

For more information, please read the full Notice:


Attention Regenerative Medicine Awardees!!!

As a current NHLBI small business awardee, you may be eligible to apply for a competing revision to your award. A planned FOA, known as the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project (RMIP), is expected to publish in April/May and will support revision projects that propose solutions to widely recognized issues in the development of safe and effective regenerative medicine therapies. Application receipt dates are expected in May/June 2017, and awards are anticipated in FY 2017. 

To learn more about this opportunity, please read NOT-HL-17-497 R43/R44 (SBIR) or NOT-HL-17-499 R41/R42 (STTR). 


NIH - Reporting Preprints and Other Interim Research Products

The NIH encourages investigators to use interim research products, such as preprints, to speed the dissemination and enhance the rigor of their work. Notice NOT-OD-17-050 clarifies reporting instructions to allow investigators to cite their interim research products and claim them as products of NIH funding.

Interim Research Products are complete, public research products that are not final. 

For more information read the full Notice NOT-OD-17-050


NIH - AIMBE FREE Workshops on Validation and Qualification of New In Vitro Tools and Models for the Pre-clinical Drug Discovery Process

Thursday, May 25
Friday, May 26
8:00AM - 5:00PM ET

REGISTER HERE

The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) will be hosting a series of workshops.

The overall goal of this series is to develop guidelines for investigators developing new microphysiological platform tools for the pre-clinical, and possibly clinical, drug development process on how to validate and qualify these new technologies so that they become useful and meaningful tools.

Workshop topics:

  • Toxicological applications(Workshops 1-4)
  • Efficacy evaluation (Workshop 5)
  • An update on the current state of technology and how these systems can be applied to rare disease applications as well as regulatory considerations. (Workshop 6)

Location:
NIH Main Campus
Natcher Conference Center
Ruth Kirschstein Auditorium, Bldg 45
9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20892

For more information, please check out the event website HERE


Meet NHLBI Small Business Experts

04/11 – 04/12 - AdvaMed Innovation Summit – Washington, DC 

04/18 – 04/20 - National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer – Washington, DC

04/19 – 04/21Translational Science 2017 – Washington, DC

04/19 – 04/21 - World Orphan Drug Congress USA 2017 – Washington, DC

04/26 – 04/282017 Angel Capital Association Summit – San Francisco, CA

05/01 – 05/03World Medical Innovation Forum – Boston, MA

05/01 – 05/0310x Medical Device Conference – San Diego, CA

05/10 - 05/13The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy – Washington, DC

05/14 – 05/17National SBIR/STTR Conference – Washington, DC

05/19 – 05/24American Thoracic Society International Conference – Washington, DC