Current Funding Opportunities

POCTRN Solicitation 2022 
New Funding Opportunities From Our Four Centers

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Past Funding Opportunities

RADx Tech II: Fast-Track Program to Advance U.S. COVID-19 Testing Capabilities

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) is announcing today that its Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN) is soliciting proposals to further advance SARS-CoV-2 testing technologies in order to fill specific unmet national needs. Unmet needs include but are not limited to point-of-care/over-the-counter tests with lab performance, tests for multiple pathogens, and tests adaptable to emerging variants.

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NIH Blueprint MedTech Pilot Award to Accelerate Early-Stage Neurotechnologies

The NIH has established a 1-year pilot program to support early translation of medical device interventions for diseases of the central and peripheral nervous systems.

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POCTRN 2021 Call for Proposals

• Microfluidics/Lab-on-a-Chip Point-of-Care Technologies
  Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies
• Development of Point-Of-Care Testing for HIV and Co-Morbidities for Use in Low and Middle Income Countries
  The Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS at Northwestern
• Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders: Funding Opportunity  
  Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders

Fast-Track Program for COVID-19 Test Development and Distribution

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NIBIB Announces three COVID-19 Notices of Special Interest

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, NIBIB has released multiple Notices of Special Interest. This includes: administrative supplements and emergency competitive revisions funding for current grantees; SBIR/STTR opportunities; and investigator-initiated research opportunities. Current grantees and new applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. The goal is to support proposals that accelerate research, translation, and commercialization of technologies relevant to COVID-19. Researchers can read NIBIB Director Bruce Tromberg’s message on how bioengineers can help thwart the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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NIH Announces $1 Million Prize Competition to Target Global Disease Diagnostics

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POCTRN 2020 Call for Proposals

• Development of Point-Of-Care Testing for HIV and Co-Morbidities for Use in Low and Middle Income Countries
  The Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS at Northwestern (C-THAN)

• Improvements to Rapid Simple Point-of-Care Tests (POCT) For Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)
  The Johns Hopkins Center for Point-of-Care Technologies Research for Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• Microsystems-based Point-of-Care Technologies for Rural and/or Low-Resource Settings 
  Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies
• Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders: Funding Opportunity 
  Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders

POCTRN 2019 Call for Proposals

• Development of Point-of-Care (POC) Testing for HIV and co-morbidities for use in low- and middle-income countries 
  The Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS at Northwestern (C-THAN)
• Microsystems-based Point-of-Care Testing for Acute, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine 
  Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies (ACME-POCT)
• 2019 Award Competition: Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders - Pilot Funding Opportunity 
  The Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders (CAPCaT) 
• Strategic Improvements to Rapid Simple Point-of-Care Tests for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)   
  The Johns Hopkins Center for Point-of-Care Technologies Research for Sexually Transmitted Diseases