Learn more about NCI's Provocative Questions InitiativeSBIR Phase II Bridge Award
- About the NCI SBIR Phase II Bridge Award
- Eligibility Requirements
- Current SBIR Phase II Bridge Awardees
- Sign Up to Receive More Information about SBIR Funding Opportunities
The receipt date for the FY2012 Bridge Award Funding Opportunity has passed. Please click here to view past funding opportunities.
About the NCI SBIR Phase II Bridge Award:
Hear more about the Phase II Bridge Award from NCI SBIR Program Director & Team Leader, Dr. Andy Kurtz:
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program has developed an innovative funding opportunity called the SBIR Phase II Bridge Award, which is designed to support the next stage of development for previously funded NIH-wide SBIR Phase II projects in the areas of cancer therapeutics, imaging technologies, interventional devices, diagnostics and prognostics. The purpose of this award is to address the funding gap known as the "Valley of Death" between the end of the SBIR Phase II award and the subsequent round of financing needed to advance a product or service toward commercialization. To achieve this goal, the Bridge Award funding opportunity is specifically designed to incentivize partnerships between NIH's SBIR Phase II awardees and third-party investors and/or strategic partners.
Budgets up to $1 million in total costs per year and project periods up to three years (a total of $3 million over three years) may be requested from the NCI. Development efforts may include preclinical R&D, which is needed for regulatory filings (e.g., IND or IDE) and/or clinical trials. NCI intends to commit $10M for up to 10 new awards in FY2012.
Eligibility Requirements
An SBIR Phase IIB Bridge Award application must represent a continuation of the R&D efforts performed under a previously funded NIH SBIR Phase II award. Applications may be predicated on a previously funded SBIR Phase II grant or contract award.*
*NOTE: Applicants who intend to submit a Phase II Bridge Award application that is predicated on an SBIR Phase II contract MUST contact the SBIR Development Center prior to submission, so that the NCI can properly arrange for such applications to be accepted.
Current SBIR Phase II Bridge Awardees:
To learn about all current Bridge Awardees and the cancer technologies they are developing, click here to read NCI SBIR Bridge Award success stories.
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Click here to view the SBIR Phase II Bridge Award Postcard.
