Nursing Research - SBIR-STTR
Department Of Health And Human Services, National Institutes Of Health
Nurses understand that improving health and well-being means addressing people’s needs in multiple settings, contexts, and over the life course. NINR-supported science uses nursing’s holistic patient and community-focused perspective and wide reach across clinical and community settings to improve individual and population health by addressing the conditions where people live, learn, work, and play: those factors that are at the root of the health challenges that we see. NINR has a longstanding
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Helps small businesses develop innovative health products and technologies. Provides funding and support to bring these solutions to market.
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What Is This Program?
What Benefits Are Offered?
Technical and financial support for early-stage small businesses to develop and commercialize innovative products, technologies, and services in nursing research that solve pressing health challenges and improve health outcomes.
Who Is Eligible?
Business Size: small
Industries: health, biomedical research, nursing research
Other Criteria: early-stage companies, innovative companies, developing products/technologies/services that improve health, seeking private sector commercialization of innovations derived from federally supported R&D, proposing research aligned with NINR's strategic plan research framework, demonstrating cross-disciplinary and multi-sectoral collaboration, US companies
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📋What Are the Application Steps & Timeline?
- 📝Steps to Apply
- Identify eligibility and research areas
- Prepare application materials
- Submit application through the designated portal
- Await review and funding decision
- 🌐Application Portal
- https://www.ninr.nih.gov/funding/small-business-funding
- 📤Submission Method
- online
- 🔄Intake Type
- rolling
📄What Documents Are Required?
- ✅Required Documents
- SF-424 (Application for Federal Assistance)
- SF-424A (Budget Information - Non-Construction)
- SF-424B (Assurances)
- Project Narrative
- Budget Narrative
- indirect cost rate agreement
- IRB approval letter
- 📐Format Requirements
- PDF only, max 10MB
- ✉️Supporting Letters
- Letters of support from mentors or sponsors are required.
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💰What Expenses Are Eligible?
- 🧾Eligible Expenses
- costs associated with clinical trial research
- training in clinical research
- development of clinical trial protocols
- analyzing trial endpoints
- implementing quality control standards
- 🚫Ineligible Expenses
- independent leadership of clinical trials
- costs not related to clinical trial research
- 💳Payment Model
- mixed
- ⏪Retroactive Expenses Eligible
- No
🤝Is Matching Funding Required?
📊What Are the Reporting Requirements?
- 🗓️Reporting Frequency
- annual
- 📑Reporting Requirements
- SF-425 Federal Financial Report
- performance progress report
- 🔍Audit Requirements
- OMB Uniform Guidance Single Audit if the recipient expends $750,000 or more in federal awards.
- 📢Branding Requirements
- Acknowledgment of federal funding is required.
- 🗄️Record Retention Period
- 3 years post-final-report
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FAQFrequently Asked Questions
This program is available to small businesses in health, biomedical research, nursing research industries across the US.
This program offers funding up to $6,321,233 (minimum $5,673,636).
This program accepts applications on a rolling basis.
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