NIBIB Biomedical Technology Resource Centers (P41) | PAR 17 083

Opportunity Information: Apply for PAR 17 083

The NIBIB Biomedical Technology Resource Centers (BTRC) opportunity (P41 mechanism), issued by the National Institutes of Health under Funding Opportunity Number PAR-17-083 (CFDA 93.286), supports the creation and operation of national resource centers focused on developing and advancing cutting-edge biomedical technologies. The core idea is that these centers do not just run a single research project; they function as shared, national-scale hubs that invent, refine, and validate technology platforms that are clearly motivated by real needs in basic science, translational research, and/or clinical practice. In other words, the technology development is meant to be demand-driven by active biomedical and clinical research challenges rather than purely technology for technology's sake.

A defining feature of a BTRC under this FOA is the combination of technology research and development with broad community service. Awardees are expected to make their technologies accessible to the wider research community, meaning outside investigators should be able to use the tools, methods, instruments, software, or workflows that the center develops. Alongside access, centers are expected to provide training so researchers can competently adopt and apply the technology, which may include hands-on instruction, workshops, courses, and ongoing technical support. Dissemination is also a required pillar: BTRCs should actively spread their technologies beyond the home institution through outreach, documentation, collaborations, and other practical mechanisms that increase uptake and impact nationally.

Eligibility is broad and includes many common U.S.-based applicant types such as state, county, city or township, and special district governments; independent school districts; public and state-controlled institutions of higher education; private institutions of higher education; federally recognized Native American tribal governments; public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities; and a wide range of nonprofit and for-profit entities (including small businesses and for-profits other than small businesses). The FOA also explicitly highlights additional eligible applicant categories that NIH wants to ensure are included in the applicant pool, such as Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs); Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs); faith-based or community-based organizations; eligible federal agencies; regional organizations; Indian/Native American tribal governments other than federally recognized entities; and U.S. territories or possessions.

At the same time, the FOA draws clear boundaries around foreign participation. Non-domestic (non-U.S.) entities and non-domestic (non-U.S.) foreign institutions are not eligible to apply as the applicant organization. Likewise, non-domestic components of U.S. organizations are not eligible to apply. However, the FOA allows foreign components as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, which generally means that, while the applicant must be a domestic eligible organization, certain well-justified elements of the work may be carried out with foreign collaboration or at foreign sites when consistent with NIH policy and when the foreign component meaningfully strengthens the project.

Administratively, this is a discretionary grant opportunity from NIH in the health funding activity category, created on 2016-12-13, with an original closing date listed as 2018-01-24. The excerpted listing does not provide an award ceiling or expected number of awards, so those details would typically be confirmed in the full FOA text or associated NIH notices. Overall, the opportunity is aimed at building sustained national technology resources that simultaneously push the state of the art and serve the broader biomedical research ecosystem through access, training, and wide dissemination.

• The National Institutes of Health in the health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "NIBIB Biomedical Technology Resource Centers (P41)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.286.
• This funding opportunity was created on 2016-12-13.
• Applicants must submit their applications by 2018-01-24. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
• Eligible applicants include: State governments, County governments, City or township governments, Special district governments, Independent school districts, Public and State controlled institutions of higher education, Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized), Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities, Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments), Nonprofits having a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Nonprofits that do not have a 501 (c) (3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education, Private institutions of higher education, For-profit organizations other than small businesses, Small businesses, Others.

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