At a glance
This program funds projects that translate technologies, methods, assays, devices, or systems for diagnosis, imaging, treatment, monitoring, and related research, with a required academic-industry partnership. Applications must include at least one academic and one industrial organization, and foreign organizations and foreign components of U.S. organizations are eligible to apply. The budget is limited to $499,000 in direct costs per year, the project period can be up to 5 years, and the number of awards depends on NIH appropriations and the number of meritorious applications. Cost sharing is not required, and clinical trials are not allowed.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) intends to stimulate efforts to translate scientific discoveries and engineering developments into methods or tools that address problems in basic research to understand disease, or in applied research to assess risk, detect, prevent, diagnose, treat, and/or manage disease. The rationale is to deliver new capabilities to meet evolving requirements for technologies and methods relevant to the advance of research and delivery of care in pre-clinical, clinical and non-clinical settings, domestic or foreign, for conditions and diseases within the missions of participating institutes.
Who can apply
- City or township governments
- County governments
- For-profit organizations other than small businesses
- Independent school districts
- Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized)
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status (other than higher education)
- Others
- Private institutions of higher education
- Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
- Public housing authorities / Indian housing authorities
- Small businesses
- Special district governments
- State governments