{"id":33169,"date":"2025-03-17T08:15:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/?p=33169"},"modified":"2025-03-17T08:25:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T15:25:44","slug":"nih-seed-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicine.wsu.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/17\/nih-seed-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"NIH Seed Funding Available for Life Science Research and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Funding is available to life science entrepreneurs for early-stage research and development through the <a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/small-business-funding\/find-funding\/sbir-sttr-funding-opportunities\">National Institutes of Health Seed Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applications for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)&nbsp;grants are due April 7. Applications are accepted three times a year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grants are a unique opportunity for researchers to partner with small business to translate research into tools to improve health. Learn more through the below information provided by the NIH Office of Extramural Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Already registered? Great!&nbsp;Avoid errors in eRA Commons&nbsp;by ensuring there are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/small-business-funding\/how-to-apply\/before-you-apply\/register-company#eRACommons\">two separate accounts for the PI and company<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Experiencing systems issues&nbsp;with ASSIST, Grants.gov, Workspace, System for Award Management (SAM), or NIH\u2019s eRA Commons?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/how-to-apply-application-guide\/due-dates-and-submission-policies\/dealing-with-system-issues.htm\">Learn what to do<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Apply&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Explore&nbsp;the application process&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/small-business-funding\/how-to-apply\">in this interactive infographic<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow&nbsp;application instructions&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/small-business-funding\/find-funding\/sbir-sttr-funding-opportunities\">in the funding opportunity<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the correct&nbsp;annotated form set&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/policy-and-compliance\/changes-coming-2025\/updated-forms-I-instructions\">Forms-I<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Refer to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/how-to-apply-application-guide\/forms-h\/sbir-sttr-forms-h.pdf\">SBIR &amp; STTR Application Guide<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/small-business-funding\/how-to-apply\/applying\/prepare-your-application#Samples\">Review sample applications<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/small-business-funding\/small-business-program-basics\/foreign-disclosure-and-risk-management\">foreign disclosure requirements<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">After You Apply<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Use eRA Commons to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/small-business-funding\/how-to-apply\/applying\/follow-application-status-in-era-commons\">follow your application status<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Refer to our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/seed.nih.gov\/faqs\">FAQs<\/a>&nbsp;or contact us at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:SEEDinfo@NIH.gov\">SEEDinfo@NIH.gov<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interested researchers may contact WSU College of Medicine Interim Vice Dean for Research Sterling McPherson at <a href=\"mailto:sterling.mcpherson@wsu.edu\">sterling.mcpherson@wsu.edu<\/a> to discuss the application process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The small business grants are a unique opportunity to translate research into tools to improve health. 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