Scout | RFA-DA-25-048: NIDA SBIR/STTR funding for small businesses developing tech to address social needs impacting substance use disorders

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grant RFA-DA-25-048

NIDA SBIR/STTR funding for small businesses developing tech to address social needs impacting substance use disorders

Summary

NIDA’s SBIR/STTR NOFO invites small businesses to develop and commercialize technologies that address health-related social needs affecting substance use disorders, excluding alcohol use disorder. Accepted application types include Phase I, Fast-Track, and Phase II. Solutions can include digital tools, telehealth, devices, or service models that improve access, reduce cost and time, and measur…

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to support applications from small business concerns (SBC) to develop technologies for commercialization to address health-related social needs that impact substance use disorders (SUD), excluding alcohol use disorder.

In 2021, t…

Funding Source

Agency: National Institutes of Health

Sub-agency: National Institute on Drug Abuse

Awards & funding

Total Funding: $2M

Award Ceiling: $2M

Award Floor: $306,872

Award Amount: $295,924

Eligibility

United States Small Business Concerns (SBCs) — for‑profit entities with a place of business in the U.S., operating primarily in the U.S. or contributing significantly to the U.S. economy

Joint ventures of qualifying SBCs — each venturing entity must independently meet SBIR ownership/control eligibility; JVs with entities majority‑owned by multiple VCOCs/HFs/PEs must meet 13 CFR 121.705(b) requirements

SBCs majority‑owned and controlled (>50%) by U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens (including via other qualifying SBCs)

SBCs owned by Indian Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations (ANCs), or Native Hawaiian Organizations (NHOs), or their wholly‑owned business entities

SBIR‑only: SBCs more than 50% owned by multiple venture capital operating companies (VCOCs), hedge funds, or private equity firms (with no single VCOC/HF/PE owning >50% unless itself a qualifying SBC)

Only United States small business concerns (SBCs) are eligible applicants for this NOFO. Key SBIR eligibility requirements include: (1) Organized for profit in an allowable legal form (sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, corporation, joint venture, association, trust, or cooperative). (2) Pla…

Dates

Opportunity Released: September 28, 2023

Open for Submission: September 28, 2023

Submission Deadline: March 13, 2026

Application Window Closes: March 13, 2026

Supporting links

National Institutes of Health

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