PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
To improve screening and early detection strategies
and to develop accurate diagnostic techniques and methods for
predicting the course of disease in cancer patients. Screening and
Early Detection research includes development of strategies to decrease
cancer mortality by finding tumors early when they are more amenable to
treatment. Diagnosis research focuses on methods to determine the
presence of a specific type of cancer and to predict its course and
response to therapy. These methods include diagnostic imaging and
direct analyses of tumor specimens. Support is also provided for
establishing and maintaining resources of human tissue to facilitate
research. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program: To expand
and improve the SBIR program; to increase private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and
development; to increase small business participation in Federal
research and development; and to foster and encourage participation of
socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns and
women-owned small business concerns in technological innovation. Small
Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program: To stimulate and foster
scientific and technological innovation through cooperative research
and development carried out between small business concerns and
research institutions; to foster technology transfer between small
business concerns and research institutions; to increase private sector
commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and
development; and to foster and encourage participation of socially and
economically disadvantaged small business concerns and women-owned
small business concerns in technological innovation.
ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- General Research and Evaluation;
2. HEALTH;
- Health Research - General;
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Public nonprofit institution/organization;
- Individual/Family;
- Private non-profit institution/organization;
WHO CAN APPLY:
- State (includes District of Columbia, public institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
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