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How do small business grants (SBIR and STTR) advance the mission of the NEI?
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<p>The NEI conducts and supports research to understand visual function and eye diseases. Through SBIR and STTR grants, small businesses are able to perform research and development projects that convert basic knowledge into commercial products to help solve problems of eye disease or visual dysfunction.</p>
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<p>The program is essentially structured in three phases:</p>
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<p><strong>Phase I </strong>— an initial feasibility project to test proof of concept for a new idea, its commercial potential, and to determine the performance quality of the small business .</p>
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<p><strong>Phase III</strong> — the commercialization phase (conducted with non-SBIR/STTR funds), in which the small business moves the prototype into the marketplace, or attracts private investors to provide capital for conducting clinical trials.</p>
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<p>The SBIR and STTR programs differ in two major ways. First, in the SBIR program, the small business can be the sole institution involved in the R&D project, although some of the R&D work can be sub-contracted to other institutions. In contrast, the STTR program requires that the small business have a formal partnership with a university or other non-profit research institution. Second, under the SBIR program, the Principal Investigator must have his/her primary employment with the small business at the time of award and for the duration of the project period. Under the STTR program, the Principal Investigator may have his/her primary employment with either the small business or the “partnering” research institution. Also, the STTR program allows some additional budget flexibility, relative to SBIR.</p>
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<p>Approximately $24 million annually. Since both Phase I grants (with smaller budgets) and Phase II grants (with larger budgets) are funded from the same “pot of money”, the actual number of funded grants varies significantly. The numbers range from 60 -80 grants.</p>
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<p>To be eligible for the SBIR/STTR program, the company must be an organized for-profit U.S. business, which is at least 51% U.S.-owned by individuals and independently operated, and with 500 or fewer employees.</p>
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<p>The proposals are reviewed via External Peer Review, which is carried out by the NIH Center for Scientific Review.</p>
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<p>For Phase I awardees, the <a href="http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/nap.htm">Niche Assessment Program</a> provides analyses that assess potential applications for a company's technology. The results of such an analysis may include: needs and concerns of end-users; competing technologies and competing products; market size and potential market share; barriers to market entry; status of market and industry trends; the price customers are likely to pay; and more.</p>
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