NIH Applicant Assistance Program Accepting Applications April - May
The NIH Applicant Assistance Program (AAP) is designed to assist small businesses that have never received NIH SBIR/STTR funding in preparing and submitting a Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) application.
The goal of this program is to increase participation in the SBIR program by socially/economically disadvantaged small businesses, women-owned small businesses, and small businesses located in under-represented states.
The AAP application portal will open on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, and information about the AAP is available on the NIH AAP website. For more information about the AAP, be sure to attend the AAP Informational Webinar and AAP Q&A Office Hour.
All applications must be submitted no later than Monday, May 22, 2023, at 5:00 PM ET.
Participating NIH Institutes and Centers:
- The National Cancer Institute (NCI SBIR)
- The National Institute on Aging (NIA SBIR)
- The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI SBIR)
- The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS SBIR)
- The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR SBIR)
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD SBIR)
- The National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS SBIR)
- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS SBIR)
- The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD SBIR)
- The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA SBIR)
