Skip Navigation

Your Environment. Your Health.

Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Grants (SBIR/STTR, R41, R42, R43, R44)

Program Lead

Daniel Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
Daniel T. Shaughnessy, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator

Tel 919-541-2506
Fax 919-541-0146
shaughn1@niehs.nih.gov

Sensor Technology for the 21st Century Website

Are you a sensor technology developer seeking SBIR/STTR funding? On March 1. SBIR.gov posted a new microsite, Sensor Technology for the 21st Century to help startups and small businesses interested in sensor technologies find relevant SBIR/STTR topics by providing a central web location for sensor-related funding topics across the federal government.

Connect With Us

Register for the SBIR-NIEHS LISTSERV to receive program updates and announcements.

Follow us on Twitter
Twitter Icon @NIEHS

Can't find what you are looking for?  email us!

NIEHS Top 10 Resources for SBIR/STTR Applicants(125KB)

Webinar Recordings

NIEHS Superfund Research Program, EPA, USDA, and NSF Hosted Webinar
SBIR/STTR Funding Opportunties for Environmental Technologies
Webinar Slides and Resources

Program Description

NIEHS SBIR/STTR grants and contracts help small businesses develop innovative applications to translate and communicate environmental health research to improve public health. The SBIR/STTR program uses a combination of research, technology transfer, and communication strategies to aid the mission of NIEHS. Research and training areas include:

  • Exposure assessment tools
  • Bio-monitoring technologies
  • Assays and model systems for screening compounds for toxicity
  • Educational materials to support understanding of environmental health science
  • Superfund Research Program - Detection and remediation technologies for contaminated sites
  • NIEHS Worker Training Program - Advanced Training Technology (ATT) products for the health and safety training of hazardous materials (HAZMAT) workers, emergency responders, and skilled support personnel

For more details about NIEHS funding topics see pages 91 and 205 of the SBIR/STTR NIH, CDC, FDA, and ACF Program Descriptions and Research Topics document.

Who We Fund - is a database of Environmental Health Science Research Funded by NIEHS. Search GRANT NUMBER "R43" or "R44" for SBIR grants,and "R41" or "R42" for STTR grants.

Grant applications are accepted in response to the NIH Omnibus solicitation using the SF 424 application guide and SF 424 Form Set process (SBIR PA-17-302 and STTR PA-17-303)and has standard application receipt dates.

Annual SBIR/STTR Application Receipt Dates*

  • September 5, 2017
  • January 5, 2018

This FOA is being issued with limited due dates to accommodate the transition from FORMS-D to FORMS-E application packages. This FOA will be reissued for additional due date(s) on or after January 25, 2018.*

 

New Funding Opportunities

Organotypic Culture Models developed from Experimental Animals for Chemical Toxicity Screening (R43/R44) - RFA-ES-17-008

Key Due Dates
Letter of intent: December 12, 2017
Application: January 12, 2018, by 5:00 p.m. local time of applicant organization

Novel Assays for Screening the Effects of Chemical Toxicants on Cell Differentiation (SBIR R44) - RFA-ES-17-007

Key Due Dates
Letter of intent: September 4, 2017
Application: October 4, 2017

Ph IIB Cooperative Agreement Award for "Validation and Commercialization of Approaches to Reduce Animal Use in Toxicology Testing"

Key Due Dates
Letter of intent: Oct 13, 2017
Application: Nov 13, 2017

General SBIR/STTR Information

Contacts

The contact for the Superfund SBIR program is:
Heather F. Henry, Ph.D.
Heather Henry, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Superfund Research Program

Tel 919-541-5330
henryh@niehs.nih.gov
The contact for the Worker Training SBIR program is:
Kathy Ahlmark
Kathy A. Ahlmark
Program Analyst

Tel 919-541-7825
ahlmark@niehs.nih.gov