NCI SBIR Diversity Supplement

Administrative Supplements to Promote Diversity in Research and Development Small Businesses - SBIR/STTR 

Notice Number: PA-24-255

 

This administrative supplement is designed to provide support for research and entrepreneurial experiences for individuals from diverse backgrounds from undergraduate to the faculty level. Small businesses with active SBIR and STTR awards can apply for additional funding to improve the diversity of the research workforce by recruiting and supporting students, post-doctorates, and eligible investigators from groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related research or in the SBIR program. While a small business can identify a trainee candidate on their own, NCI SBIR created the Mentor And Trainee Connections HUb Program (MATCHUP) to introduce top-tier talent and NCI SBIR/STTR small businesses eligible for administrative supplements. 

This supplement opportunity is also available to support PD(s)/PI(s) of research grants who are or become disabled and need additional support to accommodate their disability in order to continue to work on the research project. The activities proposed in the supplement application must fall within the scope of the parent grant, and simultaneously advance the objectives of the parent grant and support the research training and professional development of the supplement candidate. This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is designed specifically for applicants proposing research that does not involve leading an independent clinical trial, a clinical trial feasibility study, or an ancillary study to a clinical trial. Applicants to this NOFO are permitted to propose research experience in a clinical trial led by a mentor or co-mentor.

 

Award Budget:

Application budgets are limited to no more than the amount of the current parent award and must reflect the actual needs of the candidate's research and training. Direct costs for individual administrative supplements vary from less than $5,000 to more than $100,000 depending on the career level of the candidate.

The funding mechanism being used to support this program, administrative supplements, can be used to cover cost increases that are associated with achieving certain new research objectives, as long as the research objectives are within the original scope of the peer reviewed and approved project, and is in alignment with the career development goals of the supplement candidate.