The NLM Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program nurtures innovation in biomedical informatics—a multidisciplinary field that combines biomedical research with data science, informatics, and information technology. The program aims to encourage small businesses to develop novel technologies, tools, and platforms that can enhance health care delivery, biomedical research, data management, and health information dissemination. Scientific areas of research interest include Data Science, Bioinformatics, Translational Bioinformatics, Clinical Informatics, Public Health Informatics, and Personal Health Informatics. Research addressing the needs of populations that experience health disparities that are intersectional with these scientific areas are also of interest.
Current Funding Opportunities
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NLM support the following small business grant programs:
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Small Business Innovative Research supports early-stage proof-of-concept (R42) or advanced product development (R42) cooperative R&D projects between small business concerns requiring partnerships with a research institution, limited in time and amount, to establish the technical merit and feasibility of ideas.
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Small Business Technology Transfer supports early-stage proof-of-concept (R41) or advanced product development (R42) cooperative R&D projects between small business concerns and research institutions, limited in time and amount, to establish the technical merit and feasibility of ideas.
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How do I learn more about what Small Business and R&D Grants NLM is funding and has funded in the past?
- Active NLM Small Business and R&D Grants are listed on NIH RePORTER.
- Previously funded NLM Small Business and R&D Grants are listed on NIH RePORTER dating back to 1985.
May I contact someone at NLM to discuss potential funding with for my scientific research?
- Contact the NLM program officer who best matches the scientific area of your research.
How can I learn more about NLM funding decisions?
- Visit the NLM Grants Funding Plan to learn more about the NLM Funding Strategy.