At a glance
This program funds development and validation of transformative technologies and platforms for heart, lung, blood, and sleep research, with an emphasis on tools that can improve early detection, diagnosis, treatment, model systems, biomarker discovery, drug development, and related methods. It is for new or resubmission grant applications from eligible U.S. and foreign organizations, including nonprofits, universities, governments, small businesses, and other listed entity types, but non-domestic foreign organizations are not eligible to apply. The awards are grants, with up to 12 new awards planned across fiscal years 2026 to 2028, and each application may request up to $350,000 in direct costs per year for a maximum project period of two years. No cost sharing is required, and clinical trials are not allowed.
What it funds
Official description from grants.gov
The goal of the NHLBI Catalyze Program is to provide a comprehensive suite of support and services to facilitate the transition of basic science discoveries into viable diagnostic and therapeutic candidates that have been cleared for human testing, and to develop translational researchers fluent in product development and entrepreneurship. This specific Catalyze Enabling Technologies and Transformative Platforms initiative will support needed to rigorously validate transformative, multi-use platforms or technologies that can enable. Well-suited applications must offer the potential to significantly accelerate and/or transform the areas of early detection and screening, model development, clinical diagnosis, treatment, control, behavior, prevention or epidemiology. Proposed platforms and technologies may have widespread applicability but must be able to improve the outlook for HLBS-related diseases and disorders.
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