Small Business Funding Opportunities

Comparative Medicine

NCRR's Division of Comparative Medicine seeks to increase small business participation in federally supported research and development as well as the private-sector commercialization of technology developed with federal support. It does this through the federal government's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.

Funding Areas

NCRR helps meet the needs of biomedical researchers for high-quality, disease-free animals and specialized animal research facilities. Of particular interest to scientists are a variety of sources for genetic analysis services, biological materials such as cultures and reagents, and on-line information about model organisms. Other areas include:

• Screening and control of selected laboratory animal diseases
• Technologies for rapidly phenotyping large number of mutant animals and the analysis of regulation of gene expression in model organisms
• Technologies for preservation or management of laboratory animals
• Methods for identification or production of new mammalian or non-mammalian animal models
• Improvement of culture and culture conditions
• Development of computational technologies for fast access to preclinical animal model data

Additional high priority needs are for the development of innovative methods and tools to control and prevent herpes virus B in nonhuman primates and the development of effective means of accessing and using disease models-related data.

Contact Information

For further information about NCRR support for small business opportunities related to comparative medicine, contact:

Michael C. Chang, Ph.D.
SBIR/STTR Program Officer
Division of Comparative Medicine
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
One Democracy Plaza, Room 942
6701 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 4874
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4874 (20817 for express mail)
Telephone: 301-435-0744
Fax: 301-480-3819
E-mail: ChangMic@mail.nih.gov