NIH Application Assistance Program for Small Businesses Now Accepting Applications

Is your small business interested in submitting a Phase 1 application for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs? The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has a great resource for your small business! The NIH Applicant Assistance Program (AAP) is a 10-week coaching program designed to help small businesses file their application for the SBIR/STTR programs. Throughout this program your business will receive a needs assessment/mentoring, assistance with required registrations, application preparation support, and an application review. NIA is one of eight NIH institutes participating in this program.

The best part of this program is that it is free! The APP is designed to help increase the number of successful applications from underrepresented small businesses, especially women-owned and socially and economically disadvantaged companies.

To be eligible for the APP, your business must have never received a small business grant from NIH or received an award prior to 2010. The application opens April 25, 2022 and closes May 23, 2022 at 5pm.

For more information on participating NIH institutes, detailed information on the program outline, and the key dates, please click here. If you are interested in viewing examples of successful applications, you can view those here.

Small businesses are also able to license or collaborate on innovative new technologies from the NIA intramural research program at any time. To explore these in more detail, please click here.