2019 Contract Solicitation Funding Opportunity Now Available

National Institutes of Health invites small businesses to apply for funding through the 2019 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to support small businesses interested in developing innovative health technologies.

The deadline for submitting proposals is Oct. 22, 2018, 5:00 p.m. ET.

NCATS’ contract funding topics for 2019 include:

• Synthetic Technologies for Advancement of Research and Therapeutics (START)
• Universal Medium/Blood Mimetic for Use in Integrated Organs-on-Chips
• Non-PDMS Biocompatible Alternatives for Organs-on-Chips

Important Dates:

• 16, 2018: Contract Funding Webinar (Register today!)
• 31, 2018: Q&A Deadline
• 22, 2018: Solicitation Deadline

View the solicitation for more information about contract eligibility, topics, award amounts, submission information and timelines. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the contract solicitation carefully and must use the electronic Contract Proposal Submission (eCPS) website to submit their proposal. No other method of proposal submission is permitted.

For questions on NCATS SBIR contract topics, please contact NCATS Contracting Officer Jeffrey Schmidt at jeffrey.schmidt@nih.gov.