Notice of Funding Opportunity Purpose
National Institutes of Health
Description
Eligible U.S. small businesses are invited to apply for SBIR grants to create products, processes, or services that improve the health of minority populations and reduce health disparities.
This NOFO invites eligible U.S. small business concerns to submit SBIR grant applications to develop products, processes, or services aimed at improving minority health and reducing health disparities.
Source
Grant ID
RFA-MD-24-006
Agency
National Institutes of Health
Subcategory/Subagency
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Key Dates
Application Window Closes
December 9, 2026
Opportunity Released
March 8, 2024
Open for Submission
March 8, 2024
Submission Deadline
December 9, 2026
Eligibility
The following categories of applicants are invited to apply:
- United States Small Business Concerns (SBCs) – organized for profit, with a place of business in the U.S., operating primarily in the U.S. or making a significant contribution to the U.S. economy; with no more than 500 employees including affiliates
- Joint ventures that qualify as U.S. SBCs – JV must be in an allowable legal form and include less than 50% participation by foreign business entities; each JV party must meet SBA ownership requirements for SBIR/SBCs and comply with 13 CFR §121.705(b) where applicable
- U.S. SBCs majority-owned and controlled (>50%) by U.S. citizens or permanent resident aliens, or by other qualifying U.S. small business concerns
- U.S. SBCs majority-owned by an Indian tribe, Alaska Native Corporation (ANC), or Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO), or a wholly owned business entity of such tribe/ANC/NHO
- U.S. SBCs majority-owned by multiple venture capital operating companies (VCOCs), hedge funds, or private equity firms (SBIR-only); no single VCOC/hedge fund/private equity firm may own >50% unless that single firm itself qualifies as a U.S. SBC owned/controlled by U.S. individuals
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