NCI – Grants for Innovation and Technology Transfer

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Are you inventive? Entrepreneurial? Involved in cancer care or cure? If so, the NCI has two funding programs that may be of interest to you. They are the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. These grants support the development and commercialization of  new technologies and products for cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. For those employed by a non-profit institution, STTR is the program you’d want to investigate; SBIR requires that the PI be primarily employed in a small business.

An article in Nature Biotechnology lays out the process of applying for SBIR and STTR grants.

Blog Buzz: September 18 – September 23

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Lately on the internet…

  • NPR’s Shots blog reported that gamers solved a mystery for scientists in AIDS research, also covered by Daily Scan
  • Search Engine Land reports that “soon” Facebook will allow users to turn wall posts into tweets, and also coming in the future, Flash on Apple iOS devices
  • The Cornflower shared that USA.gov is asking for feedback to improve federal websites until September 30th. If you use resources from NLM, NIH, etc. join the discussion by making suggestions or voting!
  • Technology Review describes how a microfluidics chip designed at Princeton mimics the way pathogens repond to antibiotics. The chip shows they evolve faster than previously believed and in predictable ways. 
  • And finally, congratulations to this year’s MacArthur Fellows, an inspiring group from many fields!