Scout | RFA-TR-23-018: NIH STTR: Miniaturized, Automated Tissue Chip Platforms for Drug Testing (UT1/UT2, no clinical trials)

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grant RFA-TR-23-018

NIH STTR: Miniaturized, Automated Tissue Chip Platforms for Drug Testing (UT1/UT2, no clinical trials)

Summary

This NIH NCATS NOFO offers STTR Phase I, Phase II, and Fast-Track awards for U.S. small businesses to build benchtop, portable, automated tissue chip (organ-on-chip/MPS) systems with integrated sensors and control software for high-throughput, reproducible readouts. Awards use UT1/UT2 cooperative agreements, are milestone-driven, and include active NIH program guidance; clinical trials are not…

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites eligible United States small business concerns (SBCs) to submit Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I, Phase II, and Fast-Track grant applications. The funding opportunity will utilize a UT1/UT2 cooperative agreement to support small …

Funding Source

Agency: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Sub-agency: National Institutes of Health

Phase: Phase I

Phase: Phase II

Awards & funding

Award Floor: $350,000

Eligibility

For-Profit Organizations: United States Small Business Concerns (SBCs) only (organized for profit with a place of business in the U.S.)

Joint ventures that qualify as U.S. SBCs and meet STTR ownership/control criteria

U.S. SBCs majority-owned and controlled by one or more U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens

U.S. SBCs majority-owned and controlled by other business concerns that are each majority-owned and controlled by U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens

U.S. SBCs majority-owned and controlled by an Indian tribe, Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), or Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO), or a wholly owned business entity of such tribe, ANC, or NHO

Only U.S. small business concerns (SBCs) are eligible to apply for this STTR opportunity. Key requirements and restrictions:

Core SBC eligibility (must be met at time of Phase I and Phase II award):

Organized for profit, with a place of business located in the United States, …

Dates

Opportunity Released: November 21, 2023

Open for Submission: November 21, 2023

Submission Deadline: February 23, 2026

Application Window Closes: February 23, 2026

Supporting links

National Institutes of Health

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