# Presentation: 530148

## Finding/Identifying Funding Opportunities

**Kay Etzler**
**7****th**** Annual NIH SBIR/STTR Conference**
**July 29, 2005**

##  Our Ideas ...

** ****SBIR/STTR Omnibus Grant Solicitation**
**    ****(NIH, CDC, and FDA)**** *****Release: January******	******April 1, Aug 1, Dec 1 receipt dates***
** ****SBIR Contract Solicitation (NIH, CDC)**
**    *****Release: August******	******	******Early November receipt date***
** ****NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts**
***     ******Release: Weekly******	******	******Various r******eceipt dates***

***http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm***

##  Your Ideas ... 

**  ****Research projects related to the NIH **
**   ****mission**
** “****Other” areas of research within the **
**    ****mission of an awarding component**

** ****Your Ideas ... **

**Investigator-initiated R&D**

## 1. SBIR/STTR Omnibus Grant Solicitation

**Part II: **_***Suggested***__** **_**Topics**

**Submission: April 1, Aug 1, Dec 1**

**Part I: *****Submission Instructions  & Forms***

***http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm***

**NIH (24 ICs) – SBIR & STTR**
**FDA – SBIR only**
**CDC – SBIR only**

## SBIR/STTR Omnibus Grant Solicitation

**Part II**

**Search:  **_***Biosensors***_

- NIA – sensory & memory dysfunctions
- NIAMS – detect physiological parameters associated with muscular activity
- NIBIB – biosensor technology including design, fabrication, etc.
- NIEHS – field ready instruments to measure chemicals
- NHLBI – cellular for measuring calorie consumption
- ...etc.

- Keyword search
- Ctrl/F

## CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects)

**http://crisp.cit.nih.gov**

**   ****http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/**

## Search:  Biosensors

**39 hits**

**9 different ICs**

## What does this tell you?

- Ideas of possible ICs to target
- Fit with IC suggested topic?
- Does it fit an IC’s mission?
- Investigator-initiated?
- Potential collaborators/partners

**NEXT STEP?**  *Get on the phone!*

## 2. SBIR Contract Solicitation

***Narrowly-focused Topics***

**Receipt Date:  Early November**

***Submission Instructions  & Forms***

***http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm***

***NIH & CDC – Various ICs***

***SBIR Only***

- Closed

## Contract Topic -- NIDA

- 	NIDA seeks the development and application of a data warehouse solution that accommodates the Institute’s needs for a comprehensive, flexible, and adaptable solution for the storage, indexing, and annotation of various high-throughput microarrays for genome-wide transcriptional profiling and polymorphism analysis. The solution sought will serve as a key component in support of pharmacogenomics analysis in investigational drug research. The requirements gathering will focus on needs for geographically dispersed researchers to load data remotely, specify experiments through user-friendly client interfaces, and preserve well-annotated experiments in an unsummarized raw data format that maintains data points obtainable from those microarrays. The warehouse should allow for the export of analyses in a number of common data formats, such as .csv and .txt, to facilitate further study of the data in third-party software tools. NIDA will consider deployed installations as well as application service provider solutions operated at contractor locations.

## Grant Topic -- NINDS

- Development of rapid, high throughput microarrays for accurate assessment of gene expression profiles of hematopoietic stem cells.

## Grant vs. Contract

_***Grant***_
- Topics are broad
- Topics are suggestions
- Contact program and/or grants management staff for advice/ guidance

_***Contract***_
- Topics are narrowly focused
- Responsive to a topic as written
- Contact contracting officer only

*Flexible*

*Rigid*

## 3. NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts Targeted PAs & RFAs

***RFA-06-005*****: Innovative Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer**
***PA-04-156******:*****  Bioengineering Approaches to Energy Balance and Obesity**
***PAR-03-119*****:  Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology**
***PA-04-161*****:  Manufacturing Processes of Medical, Dental,  & Biological Technologies **
***...*** **etc.**

**http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir_announcements.htm**

## PAR-03-119: Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology 

***Unique Features:***
- Special receipt dates  (Oct ’04, Feb ’05, Oct ’05, Feb ’06)
- Trans-NIH opportunity
- Flexible budget and project durations
- Phase I:  2 yrs, $100K _*direct*_ costs each year
- Phase II: 3 yrs, no official budget limit
- Parallel Announcement (PAR-03-106)

***Objective****:*  To support research and development of tools and approaches for computing on data

## RFA-ES-05-003: SBIR/STTR E-learning for HAZMAT and Emergency Response

***Unique Features:***
- Special single receipt date  (August 18, 2005)
- Letter of Intent Receipt Date:  (July 22, 2005)
- Flexible budget and project durations
- Ph I -- 1 yr, $100K total costs
- Ph II – 2 yrs, $200K total costs/yr
- $786,000 committed FY 2006

***Objective****:*  Further development of Advanced Technology Training Products for health & safety training of those dealing with hazardous materials

## PA-04-047: NCI COMPETING CONTINUATION SBIR/STTR PHASE II GRANTS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT 

***Unique Features:***
- Continuation of Phase II award (NCI or other NIH cancer-related project)
- Flexible budget and project durations
- 3 yrs, $1M total costs/yr
*SBIR only* -- May exceed 50% subcontracting rule (must be well justified)

***Objective****: *To continue the process of developing products for commercialization that ultimately require Federal regulatory approval

## One-Stop Shopping

**http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm**

## Other government agencies

**http://www.sbirworld.com**

## RESOURCES

**A GOOD STARTING POINT**

-  NIH Small Business Funding Site
-     **http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm**
-  Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP)
-       **http://crisp.cit.nih.gov**
-  Contacts at NIH
-      **http://grants.nih.gov/grants/contacts.htm **
** **National SBIR/STTR Resource Center
-      **http://www.sbirworld.com **

## RESOURCES

**http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm**
**http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir_policy.htm**
**http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/**
**http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/EXTRA/EXTDOCS/gntapp.htm**
**http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/Tutorial.html**

**  ****Grant Application Preparation**

**RESOURCES**
**HOW TO WRITE A GRANT APPLICATION**

## Stay Informed...

**Listserves**

-  _***NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts***_** (weekly notification)**
**http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm**
** **_***NIH SBIR/STTR Notification***_
**http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/listserv.htm**

## Kathleen Shino

**Acting NIH SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator**
**Phone: 301-435-2689**
**Fax: 301-480-0146**
**Email: shinok@mail.nih.gov**
***Kay Etzler***
**SBIR/STTR Program**
**Phone:  301-435-2713**
**Fax: 301-480-0146         **
** ****Email:  etzlerk@od.nih.gov**