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Notice Number: NOT-CA-20-043
Key Dates
Release Date: April 9, 2020
First Available Due Date: April 14, 2020
Expiration Date: June 26, 2020
Issued by
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Purpose
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is issuing this Notice of Special Interest (NOSI) to highlight the urgent need for the development of prophylactic, therapeutic and diagnostic for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). To accelerate the development of promising technologies, the NCI encourages applications from small businesses with NCI-funded active SBIR/STTR awards for technologies that have a strong potential to be adapted/repurposed for use as a prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic tool for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).
Background
The COVID-19 pandemic is an urgent health emergency (as defined by the CDC and WHO). Innovative technologies to diagnose the virus and/or infection rapidly at the point of care setting, vaccines and other technologies to prevent and protect from infections, and therapeutics to treat the disease and manage symptoms are urgently needed.
The SBIR/STTR programs fund and support small businesses developing innovative technologies to improve health and well-being. There is an opportunity to adapt and retool a number of these innovative technologies that SBIR/STTR-funded small businesses are already developing to diagnose, prevent, and treat novel coronavirus and COVID-19. Through this NOSI, NCI encourages small businesses with NCI-funded active SBIR/STTR awards with promising technologies to submit applications to PA-18-935, Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement Clinical Trial Optional).
Research Objectives & National Cancer Institute Areas of Interest
The NCI Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs encourage applications from small businesses with NCI-funded active NCI SBIR/STTR awards that have a strong potential to be adapted/repurposed for use as a prophylactic, therapeutic or diagnostic tool for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) in cancer patients, cancer survivors, and in the general population. A compelling rationale should be presented and linked to an appropriate research plan to generate data in support of the new proposed use. Areas of interest include but not limited to:
Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the NCI Program Director of the parent award to discuss potential applications and whether urgent competitive revision applications or administrative supplement requests are more appropriate for the proposed research.
Application and Submission Information
Applications in response to this NOSI must be submitted using the following target funding opportunity announcement or its subsequent reissued equivalent.
Applications that involve a change in scope must apply through PA-18-935 Urgent Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Urgent Supplement - Clinical Trial Optional).
To be eligible for a supplement through this NOSI, the parent award on which the revision application is based must:
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and in the target funding opportunity announcement (PA-18-935) must be followed, with the following additions:
Award Project Period: The project period will generally be limited to 1 year.
Award Budget: The NCI SBIR program will consider awards of up to $250,000 in total cost for phase I (R43), and $1,000,000 in total cost for phase II (R44). The NCI STTR program will consider awards of up to $250,000 for phase I (R41) and $500,000 for phase II (R42).
Application Deadlines: Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis from April 14, 2020, through June 25, 2020, by 5:00 PM local time of the applicant organization. This NOSI expires on June 26, 2020. An application submitted in response to this NOSI that is received on June 26, 2020, or later will be withdrawn.
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and the funding opportunity announcement used for submission must be followed, with the following additions:
Urgent competitive revision applications through this NOSI to PA-18-935 must use the application form package with the Competition ID of NOT-CA-20-043-FORMS-E." This FOA will be reissued with a NOT-CA-20-043-FORMS-F package on May 25, 2020. Submissions to PA-18-935 must be completed by June 25, 2020 (see NOT-OD-20-026 for details). Submissions to the reissued FOA will be accepted on or after May 25, 2020, through the expiration date of this Notice.
Investigators planning to submit an application in response to this NOSI are strongly encouraged to contact and discuss their proposed research/aims with Program Directors of the parent award before writing and submitting their competitive revision and/or administrative supplement applications to allow for the determination of appropriateness and interest of the institute in any related proposed research.
Inquiries
Ashim Subedee, PhD.
Program Director, NCI, NIH
Telephone: 240-276-7601
Email: ashim.subedee@nih.gov
Please direct financial/budgetary inquiries to:
Crystal Wolfrey
Chief Grants Management Officer, NCI, NIH
Email: wolfreyc@mail.nih.gov
Please direct scientific/programmatic inquiries to:
The NCI Program Director who has stewardship of the parent award for which you would like to submit a competitive revision application.