NOT-NS-19-014: HEAL Initiative: Notice of Interest in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Applications Directed at Enhanced Pain Management and Improved Treatments for Opioid Misuse and Addiction

HEAL Initiative: Notice of Interest in Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Applications Directed at Enhanced Pain Management and Improved Treatments for Opioid Misuse and Addiction

Notice Number: NOT-NS-19-014

Key Dates
Release Date: December 10, 2018

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Issued by
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Eye Institute (NEI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Library of Medicine (NLM)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to rescind NOT-NS-18-076 and to inform potential SBIR and STTR applicants about areas of special interest related to the NIH Helping End Addiction Long-term (HEAL) Initiative , an effort to speed scientific solutions to stem the national opioid public health crisis.

The NIH Institutes and Centers listed in this notice are interested in receiving applications directed at improving pain treatment, including the development of new non-addictive medications and devices and objective pain measurement. In addition, NIH is interested in new screening tools and models focused specifically on pain and development of pain therapies.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) is specifically interested in receiving applications to develop new approaches for the prevention and treatment of opioid misuse, overdose and addiction that will help people with opioid use disorder (OUD) achieve and maintain a meaningful and sustained recovery.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Stephanie Fertig, MBA
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Telephone:301-496-1779
Email: [email protected]

Elena Koustova, PhD, MBA
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Telephone: 301-496-8768
Email: [email protected]