Small Business Transition Grant for New Entrepreneurs (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Required)

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering a grant opportunity to support small business concerns in employing and developing researchers as entrepreneurial Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs). This grant aims to facilitate the career development and transition of investigators new to entrepreneurship with an interest in small business by simultaneously supporting their entrepreneurial development and the conduct of research and development under their direction. Key aspects of this opportunity include: • Support for small business concerns in employing and developing researchers as PDs/PIs • Entrepreneurial training, mentoring, and career development of the PD/PI • Research and development efforts at small business concerns • Alignment with NIH's mission to improve health and save lives • Optimal PDs/PIs are scientists and professionals with strong research, technology development, and/or healthcare delivery skills and experience, but limited entrepreneurial and independent research project leadership experience