Scout | PAR-24-066: NEI SBIR funding for early-stage eye disease clinical trials (U44) for small businesses

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grant PAR-24-066

NEI SBIR funding for early-stage eye disease clinical trials (U44) for small businesses

Summary

The National Eye Institute invites SBIR U44 applications from U.S. small businesses to run early-stage, greater-than-minimal-risk clinical trials for eye diseases, including screening, diagnostic, preventive, or therapeutic interventions. Projects are milestone-driven toward commercialization with close NEI oversight; trial planning must be complete at submission, and FDA IND/IDE authorization…

Purpose

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to implement investigator-initiated clinical trials related to the research mission of the NEI. This program provides …

Funding Source

Agency: National Institutes of Health

Sub-agency: National Eye Institute

Phase: Phase II

Awards & funding

Award Ceiling: $2M

Eligibility

SBCs majority-owned and controlled (>50%) by U.S. individuals or by other qualifying business concerns owned/controlled by U.S. individuals

SBCs majority-owned (>50%) by multiple Venture Capital Operating Companies (VCOCs), hedge funds, or private equity firms (SBIR-only), provided no single such firm owns >50% unless that firm itself qualifies as a small business concern owned/controlled by U.S. individuals

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

Eligible joint ventures that qualify as SBCs (each party must meet SBIR ownership criteria; joint ventures must have <50% participation by foreign business entities)

Only United States small business concerns (SBCs) are eligible to apply to this NEI SBIR U44 NOFO. Key SBIR SBC criteria at time of award: (1) organized for profit with a place of business in the U.S.; operates primarily in the U.S. or makes a significant contribution to the U.S. economy; (2) le…

Dates

Opportunity Released: December 1, 2023

Open for Submission: December 1, 2023

Submission Deadline: January 7, 2027

Application Window Closes: January 7, 2027

Supporting links

National Institutes of Health

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