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New NIH Funding
By Lisa Kurek, Managing Partner
NIH has received new funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which are being made available to fund both new and existing projects. However, there is no shortage of details to read to determine if one of these mechanisms is appropriate for you. Web links to general information as well as several specific mechanisms are provided below. Please note: there is a critical need to deploy these funds quickly so time frames are short. Furthermore, registrations taking up to 4 weeks to process may be required.
So please don’t wait! If you think you may want to apply, start now! To quote Benjamin Franklin, “You may delay, but time will not.”
GENERAL INFORMATION
NIH and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
http://www.nih.gov/recovery/index.htm
NIH Grant Funding Opportunities Supported by the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/
NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY
NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/
This new program, RFA-OD-09-003, will support research on Challenge Topics which address specific scientific and health research challenges in biomedical and behavioral research that will benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds.
ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ACTIVE GRANTS
NIH Recover Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications
NOT-OD-09-058
“.. to support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol of approved and funded projects.”
NIH Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements
NOT-OD-09-056
“... for the purpose accelerating the tempo of scientific research on active grants.”
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SBIR – Temporary Reprieve
But Still Not Safe!
The House and the Senate have reached a compromise to extend the SBIR Program from March 20, 2009 to July 31, 2009! Thank you to everyone who took time to support this critical small business program. However, the current action is only an extension of the continuing resolution. Reauthorization is still necessary to keep the SBIR program in place for the long term. Please help insure the reauthorization happens!!
If you haven’t already done so, please take a minute to:
If you have already contacted them, please send one more message. Thank them for helping to pass the CR and reaffirm the importance of this program so they support the long term SBIR reauthorization.
For more information about this critical issue, visit the SBIR Gateway at http://www.zyn.com/sbir.
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The Department of Defense (DoD)
SBIR Program
By Andy Jakimcius, Principal Consultant
With nearly half of the some $2.5 billion dollar budget available to small businesses through the SBIR program from the federal government, the DoD is truly the proverbial “800 pound gorilla” in the SBIR world. Like to other participating federal agencies (e.g. Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation, etc.) the DoD is looking to fund innovative technologies that have commercial merit. Perhaps more importantly, though, the DoD is looking for solutions to very specific problems as described in their SBIR solicitation topics. What’s great for small businesses is that if you are a DoD SBIR awardee, the DoD may end up being one of your customers!
Keep in mind, too, that the DoD funds a wide variety of applications through their SBIR program (as an aside, folks at the DoD prefer to use the term “SIBBER”, rather than sounding out the letters “S-B-I-R”). The Army, Navy, Air Force, and other DoD components don’t just fund weapons system, aircraft, and other battlefield technologies—here are a few broad topic areas they have funded in recent SBIR cycles:
- Alternative fuels/energy
- Medical devices
- Automotive technologies
- Computer-based education (i.e. “e-learning”)
- Robotics
- Materials technologies
Currently, the DoD has three SBIR funding cycles per fiscal year, with literally hundreds of topics addressed. The next SBIR solicitation is scheduled to be released on April 20th. As you formulate your R&D funding strategy, keep the DoD SBIR program in mind!
To learn more about the DoD’s SBIR program, visit: http://www.acq.osd.mil/osbp/sbir/
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SBIR/STTR 101
April 14 – Ypsilanti, MI
May 7 – Grand Rapids, MI
SBIR/STTR Proposal Preparation Workshops
April 3, DoD Focus – Troy, MI
April 23, DoD Focus – Detroit, MI
April 28-29, NIH Focus – Ann Arbor, MI
Government Accounting and Grants Management
April 24 – Detroit, MI
Electronic Submission to NIH and Overview of NIH RC1
March 27 - Ann Arbor, MI
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