03 September

NCATS Online Course in Translational Science

Enhance your translational science skills this fall with a seven-week online course. MEDI 501: Principles of Preclinical Translational Science (link is external). This class is open to the public and is being offered by NCATS’ Education Branch in partnership with the Foundation …

24 January

The University of Louisville ExCITE (Expediting Commercialization, Innovation, Translation, and Entrepreneurship) REACH Hub

The University of Louisville ExCITE (Expediting Commercialization, Innovation, Translation, and Entrepreneurship) program supports faculty, staff, and students who want to take the ground-breaking, healthcare-related work they do in their labs to the marketplace. UofL ExCITE does this by: Developing infrastructure …

22 January

I-Corps Bio-Entrepreneurship Workshop

A 3-day I-Corps Bio-Entrepreneurship Workshop, including BIO International Convention exhibition access. Work on teams with industry mentors to learn about biotechnology commercialization, grow your professional network, and explore entrepreneurial opportunities that build on basic research.

08 December

NIH Small Business SEED

SEED supports the NIH innovator community in their efforts to validate the potential health impacts of promising scientific discoveries and advance them into healthcare products that improve patient care and enhance health. Developing products across the biomedical spectrum requires NIH’s …

08 December

SBIR/STTR Programs

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs are highly competitive programs that encourage domestic small businesses to engage in Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) with the potential for commercialization. Through a competitive awards-based program, …

19 November

BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting

BBC Entrepreneurial Training and Consulting offer a variety of services for the aspiring entrepreneur, with many of these services tailored to SBIR/STTR and other grant applications. Their services include: – Research Grant Assistance – SBIR/STTR Training – Post-Award Grants / …

10 November

NIH SBIR/STTR Applicant Assistance Program

Open to current and future entrepreneurs developing innovative technology ideas in the healthcare space, the NIH Applicant Assistance Program (AAP) is aimed at helping small businesses apply for Phase I SBIR/STTR funding. Selected small businesses can participate in the program …

28 October

“Navigating FDA” Online Webinar

Hosted by Dr. Eugene Krentsel, Chief Scientific Officer of XLerateHealth, this webinar will be split into two sections: 1. Drug (and Biologic) Development Requirements – Dr. Sasiela, NIH The basics of drug development are well known in many labs – …

02 October

Native American Research Centers for Health

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences in conjunction with multiple NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) have partnered with Indian Health Service (IHS) to support the Native American Research Centers for Health (NARCH). The NARCH program supports opportunities for …

02 October

B-BIC: Translating Discoveries Into Products

Boston Biomedical Innovation Center (B-BIC) is a life sciences accelerator funded by the National Institutes of Health and our member institutions to increase the return on investment in research. We speed the translation of research technologies into products for doctors …

01 October

NIH Common Fund Programs

NIH Common Fund programs can provide a strategic and nimble approach to address key roadblocks in biomedical research that impede basic scientific discovery and its translation into improved human health. All NIH Institutes and Centers are involved with the NIH …

01 October

NCATS CTSA Program Funding Information

The CTSA Program provides critical resources and support needed to strengthen the entire spectrum of our nation’s clinical and translational research enterprise. CTSA Program hubs provide core resources, essential mentoring and training, and opportunities to develop innovative approaches and technologies …

01 October

NCATS CTSA Training and Career Development

Providing the resources to train, cultivate and sustain future leaders of the biomedical research workforce is a key CTSA Program goal. The program enables a coordinated, national effort to help ensure that our nation will have a pipeline of trained …

01 October

NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program

Under NCATS’ leadership, the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program supports a national network of medical research institutions — called hubs ― that work together to improve the translational research process to get more treatments to more patients more …

04 September

NIH Applicant Assistance Program

The National Center for Advancing Translational Science (NCATS) is participating in the NIH Applicant Assistance Program (AAP), a free, 10-week program that helps small businesses apply for Phase I SBIR or STTR funding. AAP provides participants with services such as …

26 August

Minority Business Development Agency

Minority-owned firms seeking to penetrate new markets — domestic & global — and growing in size and scale, can access business experts at a MBDA Business Center. Whether it’s securing capital, competing for a contract, identifying a strategic partner or …

13 August

NIH Small Business Success Stories

The NIH SEED office has created a new website that highlights the products and services small businesses have developed with NIH support. The website works as a new interactive mapping tool to highlight the amazing stories of success that have …

11 August

Department of Health and Human Services: RFA-OD-20-016

The NIH calls your attention to a recently published Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Radical (RADx-rad) funding opportunity announcement (FOA), RFA-OD-20-016: “RADx-rad Multimodal COVID-19 surveillance methods for high risk clustered populations (R01 Clinical Trial Optional).” Specific areas of interest from each …

11 August

Department of Health and Human Services: RFA-OD-20-015

The NIH calls your attention to a recently published Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics Radical (RADx-rad) funding opportunity announcement (FOA), RFA-OD-20-015: “RADx-rad Wastewater Detection of SARS-COV-2 (COVID-19) (U01 – Clinical Trials Not Allowed).” Specific areas of interest from each of the …

29 July

NIGMS – National Institute of General Medical Sciences

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports basic research that increases understanding of biological processes and lays the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.​ Funding opportunities for community college, undergraduate, master’s, and post-baccalaureate students; doctoral …

21 July

Omnibus Solicitation Links for SBIR/STTR Programs

These Omnibus Solicitations for SBIR/STTR programs were released July 17, 2020. See below their links: • PHS 2020-2 Omnibus Solicitation of the NIH, CDC and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research Grant Applications (Parent SBIR [R43/R44] Clinical Trial Not Allowed) …

16 July

NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for COVID-19 Research

The NIH-wide COVID-19 Strategic Plan provides a framework for accelerating the development of therapeutic interventions, vaccines, and diagnostics. NIH will implement five cross-cutting strategies: 1. Invest in NIH and NIH-funded researchers to increase fundamental and foundational knowledge of SARS-CoV-2 and …