Opportunity Information: Apply for PA 18 517
The Innovation Corps (I-Corps) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a discretionary NIH grant opportunity (FOA number PA 18 517) designed to strengthen a national innovation ecosystem by helping biomedical research turn into real-world technologies, products, and services. Rather than funding brand-new standalone research projects, this FOA supports commercialization-focused education and customer discovery activities that help teams move promising innovations out of the lab and toward the marketplace. The underlying goal is practical translation: helping small business awardees sharpen how they define the problem, validate the market need, understand users and buyers, and make smarter business decisions about product development and go-to-market strategy.
A central feature of this program is that it is offered as an administrative supplement for companies that already hold active NIH or CDC SBIR or STTR Phase I awards. In other words, eligibility is tightly tied to being a currently funded Phase I small business grantee under NIH/CDC SBIR or STTR. Through the supplement mechanism, participating NIH and CDC Institutes and Centers provide additional support so that selected teams can participate in the structured I-Corps training model. The focus is on accelerating commercialization progress for technologies that are already under development with SBIR/STTR funding, not on expanding the scientific aims into clinical testing. Consistent with the title, clinical trials are not allowed under this opportunity.
The program is organized around a three-person project team model. While the FOA text in the summary does not list the exact required roles, I-Corps programs typically expect a small, committed team that combines technical leadership with commercialization responsibility so the group can engage in intensive instruction, mentoring, and real customer and stakeholder discovery. The intent is hands-on learning: teams are pushed to test assumptions about who the customer is, what the real unmet need looks like, what evidence buyers require, what regulatory or reimbursement constraints may shape adoption, and what competitive alternatives already exist. The mentoring and curriculum are meant to speed up the learning cycle so teams can avoid spending time and money building something that the market will not adopt.
Expected outcomes emphasize measurable improvements in commercialization readiness. NIH anticipates that participating teams will produce significantly refined commercialization plans and, importantly, make well-informed pivots when their customer discovery or market feedback contradicts their initial strategy. In practice, that can mean changing the target customer segment, adjusting the product concept, rethinking the value proposition, shifting the intended use case, or revising the pathway to adoption (for example, changing the regulatory approach, distribution model, or partnering strategy). The program is explicitly designed to help teams make these decisions earlier, with better evidence, and with guidance from experienced instructors and mentors.
From an applicant and eligibility standpoint, this FOA is aimed at small businesses and is tied to existing NIH/CDC SBIR/STTR Phase I awards. Foreign participation is restricted: non-U.S. entities (foreign institutions) are not eligible to apply, non-U.S. components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply, and foreign components (as defined by the NIH Grants Policy Statement) are not allowed. Because the award is an administrative supplement, prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact NIH or CDC scientific/research staff in advance to confirm fit, expectations, and institute/center-specific participation details before submitting an application.
In the source details, the agency is the National Institutes of Health, the opportunity category is discretionary, and the funding instrument type is a grant. The original closing date listed is 2018-03-05, and the eligible applicant type is small businesses. Multiple CFDA program numbers are associated with this FOA, reflecting that the supplement can be supported across a wide range of NIH/CDC funding lines connected to SBIR/STTR and related health research areas. For the final determination on exact eligibility conditions, required application components, budget limits (award ceiling is not specified in the provided excerpt), and any institute-specific requirements, applicants are directed to the full funding opportunity announcement.Apply for PA 18 517
- The National Institutes of Health in the education, environment, food and nutrition, health, income security and social services sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Innovation Corps (I-Corps) at NIH Program for NIH and CDC Translational Research (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.084, 93.113, 93.121, 93.172, 93.173, 93.233, 93.242, 93.262, 93.273, 93.279, 93.350, 93.394, 93.395, 93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.840, 93.847, 93.853, 93.855, 93.859, 93.865, 93.866.
- This funding opportunity was created on 2017-12-19.
- Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-03-05. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Eligible applicants include: Small businesses.
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| NIH Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings (Parent R13 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Apply for PA 18 648 Funding Number: PA 18 648 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Administrative Supplement for Research on Sex/Gender Influences (Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Optional) Apply for PA 18 658 Funding Number: PA 18 658 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
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| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Fellowship for Students at Institutions with NIH-Funded Institutional Predoctoral Dual-Degree Training Programs (Parent F30) Apply for PA 18 668 Funding Number: PA 18 668 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) Apply for PA 18 671 Funding Number: PA 18 671 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
| Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) Apply for PA 18 670 Funding Number: PA 18 670 Agency: National Institutes of Health Category: Education, Environment, Food and Nutrition, Health, Income Security and Social Services Funding Amount: Case Dependent |
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