# Presentation: 449095

## Second Annual 

**NIH SBIR/STTR Conference**
***Health Benefits from Entrepreneurial Innovative Research***

**July 11-12, 2000**
**Natcher Conference Center**
**Bethesda, MD**

## OPPORTUNIHTIES

**OPPORTU****NIH****TIE****S**

**Jo Anne Goodnight**
**SBIR/STTR Program Coordinator**
**National Institutes of Health**
**6701 Rockledge Drive       Room 6186 - MSC 7910**
**     ****Bethesda, MD  20892        Phone:  301-435-2688         **
** ****Email:  jg128w@nih.gov**

## CONFERENCE GOALS

**  ****We really ARE here to help you**
**  ****Understand NIH SBIR/STTR Program and Funding Opportunities**
**  ****Understand NIH application, review and award process better**
**  ****More confident about submitting a competitive application**
**  ****Take advantage of the networking opportunities**
**  ****Enjoy yourself!**

## SMALL  BUSINESS  INNOVATION 

**SMALL  BUSINESS  INNOVATION **
**RESEARCH (SBIR) PROGRAM**
** **
**SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY **
**TRANSFER (STTR) PROGRAM**
***“******The best way to predict the future...***
***is to create it.”***

## SBIR:  Set-aside Program for Small Business
Concerns to engage in Federal R&D--
 innovative ideas with commercial potential.

STTR: Set-aside Program to facilitate
cooperative R&D between Small Business
Concerns and U.S. Research Institutions--
innovative ideas with commercial potential.

**Concerns to engage in Federal R&D--**
** *****innovative ideas with commercial potential.***
**STTR:**** Set-aside Program to facilitate**
**cooperative R&D between Small Business**
**Concerns and U.S. Research Institutions--**
***innovative ideas with commercial potential.***

**Extramural Programs **
_**Reserved**_** for Small Business**

## “Never, ever, think outside the box.”

***“******Never, ever, think outside the box.”***

## WHY SBIR????

**Congress designated 4 major goals**
**Stimulate technological innovation**
**Use small business to meet federal R&D needs**
**Foster and encourage participation by minority and disadvantaged persons in technological innovation**
**Increase private-sector commercialization innovations derived from federal R&D**

- Small Business Innovation Development Act of 1982

## 1992 REAUTHORIZATION of SBIR PROGRAM

**Expand and improve SBIR Program**
**Emphasize goal of increasing private sector commercialization**
**Increase small business participation in Federal R&D**
**Improve dissemination of information on SBIR Program**

- PURPOSES OF P.L. 102-564, SIGNED 10/28/92

## SBIR PROGRAM

**Program re-authorized through FY 2000**
**10 agencies with R&D budgets greater than $100 Million participate**
_**Amounts to be **__**Set-aside**__** of R&D Budget:**_
**    ****	****FY 1987-92:****	****	****       1.25%**
**    ****	****FY 1993-94:****	****	****        1.5 %**
**    ****	****FY 1995-96:  ****	****	****        2.0 %**
**    ****	****FY 1997 and Beyond:    ****2.5 %**

## SBIR/STTR:  Historical Relationships

**1982**

**1997**

## SBIR/STTR:  Historical Relationships

**1982**

**1998**

## SBIR/STTR:  Historical Relationships

**2000**

**1982**

## Research Institution Partnership Opportunities

-  Own small firms (assign *someone else* PI)
-  Principal Investigator
-       (with official permission from University)
-  Senior Personnel on SBIR/STTR
-  Consultants on SBIR/STTR
-  Subcontract on SBIR/STTR
-  University facilities can provide analytical
-       and other service support

## DOD	SBIR/STTR

NASA	SBIR/STTR
DOE	SBIR/STTR
NSF	SBIR/STTR
USDA	SBIR
DOC	SBIR
EPA	SBIR
DOT	SBIR
ED		SBIR

- NASA	SBIR/STTR
- DOE	SBIR/STTR
- NSF	SBIR/STTR
- USDA	SBIR
- DOC	SBIR
- EPA	SBIR
- DOT	SBIR
- ED		SBIR

- SBIR/STTR Participating Agencies

**  ****HHS****	****SBIR/STTR**

**TOTAL ~ ****	****$1.2 B  FY 2000**

## We’re all just a little bit different ...

**We’re all just a little bit different ...**

## Agency SBIR/STTR Differences

**R&D Topic Areas**
**Dollar Amount of Award  (Phase I and II)**
**Receipt Dates / Number and Timing of Solicitations**
**Proposal Review Process**
**Proposal Success Rates**
**Type of Award (Contract or Grant)**
**Many other details:**
**  ****Profit or fee allowed**
**  ****Phase I to Phase II gap funding**
**  ****Payment types and schedule**

## SBIR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CHECKPOINTS

**   ****Organized ****for- profit**** U.S. business **
**   ****At least ****51% U.S.-owned**** and **
**       ****independently operated **
**   ****Small Business ****located in the U.S.**** **
**   ****P.I.’s ****primary employment**** ****with small**
**      ****business during project **
**   ****500 or fewer employees**** **_**	**_

**SBIR PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY CHECKPOINTS**

## STTR PROGRAM

**     ****FORMAL COOPERATIVE R&D EFFORT**** **
**  ****Minimum 40% by small business**
**  ****Minimum 30% by research institution**
**     ****U.S. RESEARCH INSTITUTION**
**  ****College or University;  other non-profit research**
**          ****organization;  federal R&D center**** **
**     ****PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR FROM SMALL**
**        ****BUSINESS and/or RESEARCH INSTITUTION**
**     ****AWARD MADE TO SMALL BUSINESS**

**STTR PROGRAM**

## SBIR/STTR: 3-Phase Program

_**PHASE I**_
**Feasibility study **
**(*****no preliminary data needed*****)**
**$100K and 6 months (SBIR) or 12 months(STTR)**
**    **
_**PHASE II**_
**Full R/R&D**
**2-Year Award and $750K (SBIR) or $500K (STTR)**** **
_**PHASE III**_
**Commercialization Stage**
**Without SBIR Support**

## Some important facts to remember 

** ****Eligibility is determined at **_**time of award**_
** **_**No**_** ****appendices allowed in Phase I**
** ****The PI is **_**not**_** required to have a Ph.D.**
** ****The PI **_**is**_** required to have expertise to oversee               **
**	**** ****project scientifically and technically**
** ****Applications **_**may be**_** submitted to **_**different**__** **_
_**	**_** **_**agencies**_** for similar work**
** ****Awards may **_**not**_** be accepted from different **
**	**** ****agencies **_**for duplicative projects**_

## National Institutes of Health

**Mission:**
***Improve human health through biomedical and behavioral research, ***
***research training and communications. ***

## SBCs can use SBIR/STTR help NIH meet its mission

**Conduct innovative R/R&D that results in product, process, or service that will... **
** ****Improve patient health**
**   ****(prevention, detection, diagnosis and treatment **
**     ****of disease or disability)**
** ****Speed process of discovery**
** ****Reduce cost of medical care**
** ****Improve research tools/ reduce cost of research**
** ****Help in training of research investigators**
** ****Increase health knowledge base**

## SBIRs vs. STTRs

**NIH UNIQUE FEATURES**
- 					_**SBIR**_ 		   _**STTR**__**	**_
**% Set-Aside of  NIH Budget**	2.5% 		   0.15%
**FY00 NIH SBIR/STTR Budget**	**$352.1. M ****	****   $21 Million**
**Award Guidelines ****	****Phase I**    	$100K/6mos  $100K/12 mos.		      	**Phase II**    	$750K/2 yrs   $500K/2 yrs
**Subcontracts**	**Phase I**	 <33% 	    <60%
- 			**Phase II**	 <50% 	    <60%
**Academic Component**		 Not Required   >30%
**Business Employment of PI**	 **>50% w/ SBC**   **SBC or RI**

## SBIR AND STTR PROGRAMSCRITICAL DIFFERENCES

**SBIR:  2/3 project by small business - Phase I**
**	****	****      ****1/2 project by small business - Phase II**
**	****	****      ****     **
**STTR:  40% work by small business ****and**
**                ****30% work by research institution**
**SBIR:   PI’s primary employment ****must**** be with **
**                ****small business concern**
**STTR:  PI can be from research institution ****or**
**                ****small business concern**

## Major Changes for FY 2000

**  ****Single SBIR/STTR Solicitation**
**  ****Coincident Grant Receipt Dates**
***April 1, August 1, December 1***
**  ****Special Announcements : **
***   ******NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts***
**  ****Review Criteria**** **

- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
**SBIR/STTR PROGRAM**

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

## National Institutes of Health

***National Institutes of Health***

**Office of the Director**

**National Institute**
**on Alcohol Abuse**
**and Alcoholism**

**National Institute**
**of Arthritis and**
**Musculoskeletal**
**and Skin Diseases**

**National Cancer**
**Institute**

**National Institute**
**of Diabetes and**
**Digestive and**
**Kidney Diseases**

**National Institute**
**of Dental and**
**Craniofacial**
**Research**

**National Institute**
**on Drug Abuse**

**National Institute**
**of Environmental**
** ****Health Sciences**

**National Institute**
**on Aging**

**National Institute**
**of Child Health**
**and Human**
**Development**

**National Institute on**
**Deafness and Other**
**Communication**
**Disorders**

**National Eye**
**Institute**

**National Human**
**Genome Research**
**Institute**

**National Heart,**
**Lung, and Blood**
**Institute**

**National Institute**
**of Mental Health**

**National Institute**
**of Neurological**
**Disorders and**
**Stroke**

**National Institute**
**of General**
**Medical Sciences**

**National Institute**
**of Nursing Research**

**National Library**
**of Medicine**

**Center for **
**Information**
**Technology**

**Center for **
**Scientific Review**

**National Center**
**for Complementary**
**and Alternative**
**Medicine**

**National Institute**
**of Allergy and**
**Infectious Diseases**

**Fogarty**
**International**
**Center**

**National Center**
**for Research**
**Resources**

** **
**Clinical Center**

## Who Speaks for NIH?

**Who Speaks for NIH?**

## WHAT RESEARCH AREAS ARE OF INTEREST TO NIH?

**  ****Topics listed for each awarding component in SBIR/STTR Solicitation**
**  ****Innovative investigator-initiated research projects that relate to the mission of the awarding component **

## Cutting-Edge Technologies

**Cutting-Edge Technologies**

**  ****Nanotechnologies**
**  ****Bioinformatics**
**  ****Proteomics  **
**  ****Caged molecules**
**  ****Genetically engineered proteins**
**  ****Combinatorial approaches**
**  ****Biosilicon devices**
**  ****Biocompatible biomaterials**
**  ****Acousto-optics and opto-electronics**
**  ****Imaging technologies**

## Program’s success is dependent upon...

**  ****Flexibility**

** ****Communication**

## Flexibility

** ****Award Mechanisms**
_**	**__**Grants **__**	**_**(95%)   ****Assistance mechanism**
_**	**__**Contracts **__**	**_**(5%)     ****Procurement mechanism**
** ****Receipt dates**
_**	**__**SBIR/STTR Grant Applications**_** ****	****April 1**
**	****Ph I or Ph II accepted on *****any***** ****	****	****August 1****	**
**	****of 3 receipt dates**** ****	****	****	****	****December 1**
_**	**__**Contract Proposals**__**	**_**First week of November **

- NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
**SBIR/STTR PROGRAM**
**Flexibility**

## Flexibility (cont.)

**SBIR/STTR PROGRAM**
**Flexibility (cont.)**

** ****Topics****	***** ******	******	******Not intended to be***
***	******	******	******	******exhaustive (grants)***
** ****Award amount ****	*****Guidelines:  Be realistic***
**and duration**
** ****Submissions****	*****3  (original + 2 revisions)***

##   NIH Program Director 

**SBIR/STTR PROGRAM**
**Communication**

**  ****NIH Program Director **
**	****G****uidance and Advice**
**	****R****eview Issues: Dos and Don’ts **
**	****A****nswer your questions **
**	****N****ew/ emerging scientific interests**
**	****T****alk about funding alternatives**** **

## Communication (cont.)

**SBIR/STTR PROGRAM**
**Communication (cont.)**

** ****Program and Grants Management **
** ****Post-award advice/guidance**
***     ... ******supplemental funding***
***     ... ******financial tracking systems***
** ****Success stories**
***     ... ******Phase III products***

## NIH SMALL BUSINESS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WEBSITE

## http://grants.nih.gov/grants/

**funding/sbir.htm**

-   **SBIR and STTR Solicitation and Forms/Instructions**
**  ****SBIR/STTR Policy Information**
**  ****Invention Reporting Requirements **
**  ****Information For New Grantees **
**  ****SBIR and STTR Award Data (Including Abstracts)**
**  ****Special Announcements (PAs and RFAs)**
**  ****Other Small Business Sites of Interest**
**  ****Financial Questionnaire: Evaluation of Financial **
**      ****Management System**
**  ****SBIR/STTR Conferences**
**  ****SBIR/STTR Success Stories**
**  ****Review of Small Business Research Applications**

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

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

## NIH Guide

**NIH Guide**
**Program Announcements (PAs)**
**Requests for Applications (RFAs)**

## Slide 40

## Slide 41

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

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

## The NIH SBIR/STTR Application Process: A closer look .....

## NIH SBIR/STTR APPLICATION PROCEDURES

** ****Up to $100,000 Total Costs**
** ****Omit Detailed Budget Form Pg. 3 **
** ****Include Narrative Justification:**
** ****Personnel**
** ****Fixed Fee**
** ****Consultant Costs**
** ****Contractual Costs**

## NIH SBIR/STTR APPLICATION PROCEDURES (cont.)

** ****Above $100,000 Total Costs**
**  ****Include Budget Details **
**  ****Narrative Justifications**
**  ****Same as Current Practice:  **
**       ****All Forms required**

## Applications Submitted to NIHCenter for Scientific Review

**Approximately  40,000 grant applications are submitted to NIH each year, of which 25-30% are funded**
**Competing grant applications are received for three review cycles per year**

## NIH Grant Applications Submitted to Center for Scientific Review

**One ****Central**** Receipt Point**
**One Address**
***   ******Regardless***** of the awarding component(s) that might fund the application**

## SBIR/STTR Grant Applications are submitted to the NIH Center for Scientific Review....

**SBIR/STTR Grant Applications ****are submitted to the ****NIH Center for Scientific Review....**

- Open envelopes ; Read your cover letter
- Assign applications to study sections
- Assign applications to potential funding components
- Capture administrative data for NIH information management system

## Cover Letter:  A Valuable Tool

**Cover Letter:  A Valuable Tool**

**Suggest potential awarding component(s)**
**Discuss areas of expertise appropriate for the application’s review**
**Indicate individual(s) or organization(s) that would be in conflict**

## Slide 50

## Dual Review System for Grant Applications

**Dual Review System for Grant Applications**

-   **Second Level of Review**
**Council**
** ****Assesses quality of  SRG review of grant applications**
** ****Makes recommendation to Institute Staff on funding**
** ****Evaluates program priorities and relevance**
** ****Advises on policy**

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHSBIR “FAST-TRACK” 

**Standard application, review, award process**

**Fast-Track review option**

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHSBIR “FAST-TRACK” PARALLEL REVIEW OPTION

**  ****Funding gap eliminated or reduced**
**  ****Requirements**
**  ****Clear, measurable milestones in Phase I**
** ****Product Development Plan **
**     ****(Ph II Appendix)**

## NIH SBIR Review Criteria

**NIH SBIR Review Criteria**

**Scientific and Technical Merit based on....**
**Significance**
** ****Commercial Potential?**
** ****Anticipated commercial and societal benefits?**
** ****Advancement of scientific knowledge?**
**Approach**** **
**Innovation**
**Investigators**
**Environment**

## NIH SBIR Review Criteria

**NIH SBIR Review Criteria**

**Other factors considered....**
**Safeguards for animal and human subjects**
**Appropriateness of the budget**
**Justify costs that deviate from the guidelines!**

## NIH SBIR Review Criteria (cont.)

**NIH SBIR Review Criteria (cont.)**

**Phase II: Standard review criteria **_***and***_** degree to which Phase I feasibility was  demonstrated**
**Fast Track (Phase I/Phase II)**
**Specification of clear, measurable goals to be achieved prior to initiating Phase II**
**Concise Product Development Plan **
**Extent to which applicant was able to obtain letters of interest, additional funding commitments and/or resources from non-SBIR/STTR funding sources that would enhance the likelihood for commercialization**

## Streamlined Procedures of NIH Grant Application Review

**Streamlined Procedures of NIH Grant Application Review**

**Reviewers**
- Rate applications:  100-500 priority score
_**Discuss**_ at review applications identified between 100 and 300
-  “Triage”/ UNscore applications between
-      300-500.... generally
**Applicants:  ALL **
- Automatically receive essentially verbatim
-     written critiques (Summary Statements)

## Post Review: Next Steps

**Post Review: Next Steps**

- Read the summary statement
_**Re**_-read the summary Statement
- Contact your Program Director
-  Guidance and advice
-  Discuss options

## Common Problems with Applications

**Common Problems with Applications**

**Inadequately **_**defined**_** test of feasibility**
**Diffuse, superficial, or unfocused research plan**
**Lack of sufficient experimental detail**
**Questionable reasoning in experimental approach**
**Uncritical approach **
**Failure to consider potential pitfalls and alternatives**
**Lack of innovation**
**Unconvincing case for commercial potential or societal impact**
**Lack of experience with essential methodologies**
**Unfamiliar with relevant published work**
**Unrealistically large amount of work proposed**

## NIH Allows Amended Applications

**NIH Allows Amended Applications**

**Two amended applications allowed**
**Generally half of the reviewers are new**
**Request for change of reviewers must be supported**
**An opportunity to revise and improve your application**

## BECOME AN NIH CONSULTANT

**Request Consultant Information**
**                   ****Form (CIF)**
**  ****E-mail:  ****cn3@cu.nih.gov**
**  ****Fax:      ****(301) 907-9655**
**  ****Write:   ****NIH Consultant File**
**                 ****7101 Wisconsin Ave.**
**                 ****Suite 1125**
**                 ****Bethesda, MD  20814-5228**

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHSBIR/STTR REVIEW/AWARD PROCESS

**SBIR/STTR****	****        Scientific/Technical****	****Adv Council****	****        Awd**_** **_
_**Receipt Dates**__**	**_**       **_** Peer Review**__**	**__**	**__**Board Review**__**	**_**        **_**Date**_
**Apr 1, 2000****	****        June/July****	****	****	****Sept/Oct****	****        ****Nov**
**Aug 1, 2000****	****        Oct/Nov****	****	****	****Jan/Feb****	****        ****Mar**
**Dec 1, 2000****	****        Feb/March****	****	****May/June****	****        ****July**

**90-Day pre-award costs are allowable: **
***At your own risk.....***

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHSBIR/STTR FUNDING RATES for FISCAL YEAR 1999

**Success Rate (%)**

**27.2**

**45.4**

**23.1**

**27.9**

**14.3**

**34.9**

**829**

**324**

**78**

**19**

**58**

**1**

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHSBIR/STTR AWARD DATA(dollars in millions)

- 		**       ****FY 1998           FY 1999 **
- 		**Number****	**** Dollars****	****Number Dollars**

**SBIR**
**   ****Fast-Track**
**STTR**
**Totals**

**   ****1,313**
**      ****(23)**
**    ****  ****123**

**1,436**

**$ 265.6**
**   ****($ 6.2)**
**$  17. 2**

**$282.8**

**1,439**
**   ****(58)**
**  **** ****119**
** **

**1,558**

**$ 307.0**
** ****($ 10.2)**
**$   19.7**** **

**$326.7**

## NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTHSBIR/STTR FY2000 AWARD DATA (estimates)

_**Type**_**  **		_**Awards**__**	**_**            **_**Amount**_**   **

## Congratulations!The check is in the mail...

**(almost)**

## WHERE’S THE MONEY?

**WHERE’S THE MONEY**?

**WHY THE AWARD MAY BE DELAYED**
**OPRR Issues**
** ****IRB (Human Subjects) **
**             ****http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/library_human_t.htm**
** ****IACUC (Animal Involvement)**
**             ****http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oprr/library_animal_t.htm**
**EIN **(Entity Identification Number)
**Third Party Involvement**
** ****Contracts, Consortia, Consultants**

## UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS ASPECTS

**UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS ASPECTS**

** ****Roles and Responsibilities**
** ****Financial Management Systems**
** ****Post Award Administration**
** ****Reporting Requirements**

## SBIR/STTR TIPS CHECKLIST

**   ****Get to know your ****agency Program Manager**
**    ****Understand ****agency’s mission & needs**
**    ****Read solicitation and ****follow instructions**
**    ****Do not depend ****solely**** on SBIR funding **
**    ****Don’t go it ****alone**
**    ****Have an ****outcome**
**    ****Be ****PERSISTENT**** **_**	**_

## Top 10 Reasons to Seek 

**SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunities**

**1.****  Over ****$1.2 Billion**** ****available**
**2.****  ****Seed money**** to fund high risk**
**     ****projects**
**3.****  ****Job**** creation**
**4.****  Promote and foster ****partnerships**
**    ****with collaborators (e.g., academia)**

## Top 10 Reasons to Seek SBIR/STTR 

**Funding Opportunities (cont.)**

**5.**** Intellectual property rights normally**
**    ****retained by small business**
**6.****  NOT A LOAN**** - no repayment**
**7.****  Large corporations look to small companies for initial development of ****embryonic technology**

## Top 10 Reasons to Seek SBIR/STTR 

**     ****visibility**
**9.****  Potential leveraging tool**** to attract**
**     ****venture capital/other sources of $$$**
**10.****  Small business concerns**
**       ****increasingly recognized as **
**       ****unique national resource**** of**
**       ****technological innovation!**

**Top 10 Reasons to Seek SBIR/STTR **
**Funding Opportunities (cont.)**

## When opportunity doesn’t knock...

**Build doorways.**

## NIH Program Activities and Areas of Research

**NCI****-- cancer cause, prevention, detection, diagnosis, treatment and control**

**NHLBI****-- diseases of heart, blood vessels, lungs, blood, and transfusion medicine**

**NINDS****-- diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disorders of the nervous system, neuromuscular apparatus, and special senses of touch/pain**

**NIDDK****-- diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseases; digestive diseases and nutrition; kidney, urologic and hematologic diseases**

**NIAID****-- understand, treat and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases**

**NIDCR****-- understand, treat and prevent infectious and inherited craniofacial-oral-dental diseases and disorders**

## NIH Program Activities and Areas of Research

**(cont.)**

**NICHD****-- fertility, pregnancy, growth, development, and medical rehabilitation **

**NEI****-- blinding eye diseases, visual disorders, mechanisms of visual function, preservation of sight, requirements of the blind**

**NIEHS****-- identification, assessment, and mechanism of action of environmental agents that are potentially harmful to human health**

**NIA****-- biomedical, social, and behavioral aspects of aging process; prevention of age-related diseases and disabilities; promotion of better QOL for older Americans**

**NIGMS****-- basic biomedical research not targeted to diseases or disorders; recombinant DNA technology**

## NIH Program Activities and Areas of Research  (cont.)

**NIDCD****-- normal mechanisms diseases, and disorders of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language **

**NIMH****-- understanding, treating, preventing behavioral and mental disorders (including HIV prevention, neuro-AIDS research)**

**NIDA****-- treatment of drug addiction; behavioral strategies for treatment medication; training in drug abuse treatment techniques; drug abuse treatment **

**NIAAA****-- treatment and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems**

**NIAMS****-- arthritis/rheumatic diseases, connective tissue diseases, musculoskeletal and skin disorders**

**NINR****-- understand effects of acute and chronic illness, improving QOL, approaches to promote health and prevent disease, improving clinical environments**

## NIH Program Activities and Areas of Research   (cont.)

**NIHGRI****-- efforts toward achieving the goals of the Human Genome Project  **
***(Science vol. 262, pp.43-46; Oct. 1, 1993)***

**NCRR****-- R&D in instrumentation and specialized technologies for biomedical research; R&D in comparative medicine; discovery-oriented software for science education**

**NCCAM****-- complementary and alternative treatment, diagnostic, and prevention modalities, disciplines and systems: education and public information; patient management; botanical products; research-related issues (e.g., models, methods)  **

**NLM****-- innovative methods, systems, and services for managing health knowledge and information **

## For more information.....

**   ****Contact ****individual agency**** websites**

**   ****Cross-agency website:**
**        ****http://www.zyn.com/sbir**

** ****Conferences / workshops**
** ****Topic search engine for *****all *****agency**
**    ****solicitations**