Grants for Focused Technology Research and Development in the US

Deadline: 05-May-2022

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering grants under “Focused Technology Research and Development” to support projects that focus solely on the development of technologies with the potential to enable the acquisition of basic biomedical knowledge.

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports projects relevant to the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) mission or those of other NIH Institutes or Centers (ICs) participating in the FOA that focus solely on the development of technologies with the potential to enable acquisition of biomedical knowledge.

Projects should be justified in terms of technical innovation and the utility of such technical innovation for impacting future biomedical research.

Funding Information

Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards: The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications.

Award Budget: Application budgets are not limited but must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project. Applications proposing projects that have early feasibility data but significant risk due to their early stage of development may request reduced budgets or a reduced duration in their applications. Applications proposing projects that are well supported by feasibility studies and are ready to develop into fully functional prototypes might require higher budgets for up to a four-year duration (five years for Early-Stage- Investigators).

Award Project Period: The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years, although investigators supported by NIGMS who are not ESIs will generally receive no more than four years of support in a project period. The grant may be renewed only one time.

Eligibility Criteria

Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federal Government
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations