You’ve created the technology.

Now it’s time to get to business with I-Corps.

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The I-Corps program provides funding, mentoring, and networking opportunities to help commercialize your promising biomedical technology. During this 8.5-week, hands-on program, you’ll learn how to focus your business plan and get the tools to bring your treatment to the patients who need it most.

Program benefits include:

• Funding up to $55,000 to cover program costs
• Training from biotech sector experts
• Expanding your professional network
• Building the confidence and skills to create a comprehensive business model
• Gaining years of entrepreneurial skills in only weeks.

Click here for program eligibility requirements.

APPLY NOW for I-Corps at NIH through PAR-22-073. Applications must be received by Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 5:00 p.m. your local time.

View slides from the 2019 I-Corps at NIH Information Session

View sample application cover sheet and sample application excerpt.

For information on how to apply to I-Corps, visit our application information page. And for more information on eligibility, timeline, activities, and funding, visit our FAQ page.

If you have any questions about the program, please contact the agency contact at your awarding NIH/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) institute, or send us an email. See below for the list of participating ICs and the scientific/research contacts: 

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
  • Reema Railkar (reema.railkar@nih.gov)
• National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
  • Xibin Wang (wangx1@mail.nih.gov)
• National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
  • Lili M. Portilla (lili.portilla@nih.gov)
• National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
  • Emrin Horgusluoglu (emrin.horgusluoglu-moloch@nih.gov)
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
  • Stephanie M. Davis (NHLBI_SBIR@mail.nih.gov)
• National Institute of Mental Health 
  • Paige Anderson (paige.anderson@nih.gov)
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
  • Sai Majji (sai.majji@nih.gov)
• National Eye Institute (NEI)
  • Paek Lee (paek.lee@nih.gov)
• National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
  • Kristopher Bough (kristopher.bough@nih.gov)
• Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC/NCEZID)
  • Christine Morrison (cjm3@cdc.gov)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC/NIOSH)
  • Steve Dearwent (sed7@cdc.gov)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
  • Natalia Kruchinin (kruchininn@mail.nih.gov)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) (NIDDK)
  • Daniel Gossett (daniel.gossett@nih.gov)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
  • Elena Koustova (koustovae@nida.nih.gov)
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
  • Rick Berzon (rick.berzon@nih.gov)
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
  • Nathaniel Stinson, Jr. (stinsonn@mail.nih.gov)
• National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
  • Michael H. Sayre (sayrem@mail.nih.gov)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
  • Saroj Regmi (saroj.regmi@nih.gov)
• Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP)
  • Miguel Contreras (contre1@mail.nih.gov)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  • Daniel Shaughnessy (shaughn1@niehs.nih.gov)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • Megan Ryan (mryan1@nih.gov)
• National Human Genomic Research Institute (NHGRI)
  • Hedi Sofia (heidi.sofia@nih.gov)
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
  • Roger L. Miller (millerr@nidcd.nih.gov)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
  • Orlando Lopez (orlando.lopez@nih.gov)
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
  • Dmitriy Krepkiy (krepkiyd@mail.nih.gov)