PHS/NIH/CDC Opens 2007-1 SBIR Contracts Solicitation (8/8/06) - The NIH has issued the Public Health Services' (PHS) 2007-1 SBIR Contracts Solicitation which opened August 8, 2006 and closes on November 6, 2006. The PHS/NIH/CDC "contracts" solicitation is a separate and independent offering from NIH and is not connected to their currently open 2006-2 Omnibus SBIR/STTR Grants solicitation.

There are important differences between the NIH Grants and NIH Contracts solicitations. The topics are different and are much more focused and specific in the Contracts solicitation, and is for SBIR only. The NIH Grants solicitation is for both SBIR and STTR, the topics are broad based and small businesses are invited to submit a proposal in any area within the mission of the awarding components. However, in the NIH Contracts solicitation, proposals are only accepted if they respond specifically to a research topic.

The Grants solicitation includes offerings from all 23 Institutes/Centers (ICs) within NIH and stays open all year with 3 receipt dates. Not all centers participate in the Contracts solicitation and there is only 1 receipt date. About 95% of NIH SBIR awards are made through the Grant (assistance) mechanism, and about 5% of NIH SBIR awards are made through the Contract (procurement) mechanism.

You can download the solicitation from the NIH web site in Word format at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/SBIRContract/PHS2007-1.doc or in PDF format at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/SBIRContract/PHS2007-1.pdf.

The NIH SBIR web site is located at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/sbir.htm and the NIH Solicitation notice is posted on FedBizOpps at http://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/NHLBI/PHS2007%2D1/SynopsisP.html.

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