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grant RFA-HL-26-015

NHLBI SBIR Phase IIB funding to commercialize heart, lung, blood, and sleep technologies (requires third-party investment)

NIH/NHLBI offers SBIR Phase IIB Small Market Awards to help small businesses with completed SBIR/STTR Phase II projects advance heart, lung, blood, and sleep technologies toward commercialization. Funding supports validation, regulatory, and clinical work for products needing FDA clearance or approval, and applicants must secure third-party investor funds equal to at least one-third of the NHL…

Since its inception in 1982, the NIH SBIR program has provided the small business community with seed funding to support the development of a broad array of commercial products to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent disease. It provides an important funding mechanism for bringing new interventi…

Funding Source

Agency: National Institutes of Health
Sub-agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Awards & funding

Total Funding: $21M
Award Ceiling: $3.5M

Eligibility

Joint ventures of small businesses that meet SBIR ownership/control requirements (with <50% participation by foreign business entities in the joint venture)
U.S. SBCs majority-owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds, or private equity firms (SBIR-only allowance; no single firm may own >50% unless it itself qualifies as an SBC majority-owned by U.S. individuals)

Only United States Small Business Concerns (SBCs) are eligible to apply. Key SBIR SBC requirements include: (1) Organized for profit with a place of business in the United States; operates primarily in the U.S. or makes a significant contribution to the U.S. economy (e.g., taxes, use of U.S. pro…

Dates

Opportunity Released: November 18, 2024
Open for Submission: November 18, 2024
Submission Deadline: February 26, 2027
Application Window Closes: February 26, 2027

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