Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aim to foster the advancement and accelerate the growth of early-career scientists transitioning to entrepreneurship by simultaneously supporting their entrepreneurial development and the conduct of research and development under their direction.
This NOFO supports small business concerns (SBCs) in employing and developing researchers as entrepreneurial Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs). In addition to supporting research and development efforts at the SBC, a major component of this NOFO is entrepreneurial training, mentoring, and career development of the PD/PI. Optimal PDs/PIs for this award are scientists and professionals with research, technology development, and/or healthcare delivery skills and experience, but limited entrepreneurial and independent (non-mentored) research leadership experience. PDs/PIs are expected to grow their entrepreneurial skillset while working in a small business to develop promising technologies and products that align with NIH’s or CDC’s missions to improve health and save lives.
Posted 4/26/2024. Expires 4/6/2027. Due date 9/5/2025, 1/5/2026, 4/5/2026, 9/5/2026, 1/5/2027 and 4/5/2027.