SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM

NIH GUIDE, Volume 22, Number 32, September 3, 1993



P.T. 34



Keywords:

  Technology Transfer 



National Institutes of Health



Application Receipt Date:  December 1, 1993



The purpose of this announcement is to inform the public of a new set-

aside funding opportunity that requires collaboration of small

businesses with research institutions.



Public Law 102-564, signed October 28, 1992, requires the National

Institutes of Health (NIH), Public Health Service, Department of Health

and Human Services, and certain other Federal agencies to reserve a

specified amount of their extramural research or research and

development (R&D) budgets for a Small Business Technology Transfer

(STTR) program.  The legislation is intended to:



o  stimulate and foster scientific, technical, and technological

innovation through cooperative R&D carried out between small businesses

and research institutions;



o  foster technology transfer between small businesses and research

institutions;



o  increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived

from Federal R&D; and



o  foster and encourage participation of socially and economically

disadvantaged small businesses and women-owned small businesses in

technological innovation.



The STTR program is a three-year pilot program the begins in fiscal

year (FY) 1994 and consists of the following three phases:



PHASE I:  The objective of this phase is to determine the scientific,

technical, and commercial merit and feasibility of the proposed

cooperative effort and the quality of performance of the small business

concern, prior to providing further Federal support in Phase II.



PHASE II:  The objective of this phase is to continue the research or

R&D efforts initiated in Phase I.  Funding shall be based on the

results of Phase I and the scientific and technical merit and

commercial potential of the Phase II application.



PHASE III:  The objective of this phase, where appropriate, is for the

small business concern to pursue with non-federal funds the

commercialization of the results of the research or R&D funded in

Phases I and II.



The amount and period of support for STTR awards are as follows:



PHASE I:  Awards may not exceed $100,000 for direct costs, indirect

costs, and negotiated fixed fee for a period normally not to exceed one

year.



PHASE II:  Awards may not exceed $500,000 for direct costs, indirect

costs, and negotiated fixed fee for a period normally not to exceed two

years.  A Phase I award must have been issued in order to apply for a

Phase II award.  (ONLY Phase I awards will be issued in FY 1994.)



It is anticipated that approximately 40 STTR grants will be awarded by

the NIH in FY 1994 from funds set aside for this purpose.



The applicant organization must be the small business.  As required by

the legislation, at least 40 percent of the project is to be performed

by the small business and at least 30 percent of the project is to be

performed by the research institution.



INQUIRIES



Eligibility requirements, definitions, application procedures, review

considerations, application forms and instructions, and other pertinent

information are contained in the "Omnibus Solicitation of the National

Institutes of Health for Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

Grant Applications," available from:



Massachusetts Technological Laboratory, Inc.

13687 Baltimore Avenue

Laurel, MD  20707

Telephone:  (301) 206-9385

FAX:  (301) 206-9722



The OMNIBUS SOLICITATION is for the single application receipt date of

December 1, 1993, for grant awards to be made in FY 1994.  Contact

points for inquiries regarding each NIH awarding component's program

interests concerning the STTR program are contained in the OMNIBUS

SOLICITATION.



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