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Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development SBIR/STTR Program

Status

Closes in 85 days

Applications close 2027-01-05.

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Amount
$2,153,927

NIH-wide budget guidelines: Phase I $323,090 for 6 months to 2 years; Phase II $2,153,927 for 1 to 3 years; Commercialization Readiness Pilot up to $4,191,495 for up to 3 years. Individual Institutes and Centers can set their own budget limits and waivers allow larger awards for approved topics.

Funder

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH)

public · national

Deadline: Fixed cut-off dates — Parent SBIR/STTR grant applications are accepted three times a year; standard due dates are 5 September, 5 January and 5 April (weekend/holiday dates move to the next business day). Next: 5 January 2027. Parent NOFOs PA-27-100 (SBIR) and PA-27-102 (STTR) expire 6 April 2027.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Maternal, child, reproductive health and rehabilitation technologies. US for-profit small business, 500 or fewer employees, majority US-owned; PI primarily employed by the company for SBIR. NIH permits majority ownership by multiple venture capital, hedge fund or private equity firms under a specific certification route.

How to apply

  1. Register the company in SAM.gov, eRA Commons and Grants.gov
  2. Contact the institute's SBIR/STTR programme officer to confirm topic fit
  3. Prepare the research strategy, specific aims and budget
  4. Submit through Grants.gov / ASSIST against the NIH Omnibus SBIR or STTR funding opportunity by a standard receipt date
  5. Respond to summary statement; resubmit or proceed to award negotiation

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361) · SBIR vs STTR: what actually differs

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://seed.nih.gov/small-business-funding/find-funding/sbir-sttr-funding-opportunities

"Applications are accepted three times a year. Standard Application Due Dates are September 5, January 5, and April 5."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: seed.nih.gov

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