National Institutes of Health

Description

This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports Phase I (R43) and Fast Track (R44) Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant proposals from small businesses concerns (SBCs) to develop novel, physiologically-relevant in vitro screening systems (e.g., engineered 3-dimensional or organotypic models) using cells derived from animal species typically utilized for toxicological testing, which will replicate biological interactions and toxicological responses observed in animal tissues or organs, will produce assay data suitable for comparisons between in vitro and in vivo animal toxicology studies, and may ultimately provide alternative methods to reduce the use of animals in toxicity testing. These systems will provide the improved understanding of biological processes and mechanisms of toxicity, and produce relevant data for alternative chemical exposure assessment methods to reduce animal testing.

Who can apply

• Small businesses

Contact

NIH OER Webmaster<br/>FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV<br/>
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