NIH Entrepreneurship News: Biomedical Innovators Conference, Anticipated Publication of PHS 2023-2 Omnibus Solicitations, BioLaunchPad Hybrid Event

We anticipate publishing the PHS 2023-2 omnibus solicitations of the NIH, CDC, and FDA for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications in the summer of 2023. The expected first application due date will be September 5, 2023. Refer to the notice (NOT-OD-23-124) for more information. 

Read this story to learn how an NCATS SBIR grantee developed and commercialized a new natural language processing system.

The NIMHD HDPreApp program is a free program that provides participants with technical support for improving the scientific merit and commercialization components of their application, with the goal of improving application scores to increase the chance for funding. Applications are accepted until June 2, 2023.

America's SEED Fund Week is a free and virtual opportunity for small businesses to learn about non-dilutive funding available through America’s Seed Fund, which awards $4 billion annually to small businesses for R&D. Hear from SEED leaders at the Agency Open House and the Is America's SEED Fund for Me? panel.

For more than 50 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has celebrated National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s entrepreneurs and small business owners. NSBW is co-hosted by SCORE, mentors, America's small businesses, and a resource partner of SBA.

For the second year, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) has launched the 2023 NIA Start-Up Challenge and Accelerator. Learn more and apply by Thursday, April 20.

Join NIH on Monday, May 8, and Tuesday, May 9,  from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET  for a free hybrid event that brings together technology developers, medical device experts, small business innovators, researchers, and academic, industry, and community-based partners to address technological gaps in reducing maternal mortality and morbidity.

Interested in Department of Energy SBIR/STTR-funded companies? Register for these free pitch sessions to explore the technology.

The e-C3i course is designed to provide medical device innovators with an educational foundation of business frameworks and tools to assess the opportunity to translate an idea from the lab (concept) to the market (clinic). Learn more and apply by Friday, April 14, 2023.