The Demand Signal: SBIR

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Forecast to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Small Business Transition Grant For Early Career Scientists (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Department of Health and Human Services · National Institutes of Health · Topic · FOR-CA-25-087

posted 16 June 2025 · closed 30 October 2025

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Summary

The National Cancer Institute, together with the National Human Genome Research Institute and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, plans to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity for a Small Business Transition Grant (R41/R42) aimed at early‑career scientists moving toward entrepreneurship. The notice seeks to provide entrepreneurial mentoring and product development support to help transfer academic technologies into small businesses, but gives no further technical detail.

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