The SBIR and STTR programs seek to increase the participation of small businesses in Federal R&D and to increase private sector commercialization of technology developed through Federal R&D.

The Behavioral and Social Research Division of the NIA is interested in SBIR/STTR applications that develop: (1) social, behavioral, environmental and or/technical interventions on the individual, institutional, family, community or national level intended to maintain older adult independence or functioning, increase well-being and prevent disease and/or disability; (2) tools to improve financial decision making among older people; (3) practical applications using innovative technologies (e.g. hand-held, internet, telemedicine GPS, robotics, social networking and communications technologies) to support and improve quality of life, well-being, and the ability of older adults to live independently and safely at home; (4) interventions or programs for issues impacting caregivers of the elderly and older individuals needing long-term care; (5) new sampling and data collection methodologies for use in large population-based household surveys and behavioral interventions; (6) survey/archiving/database support; (7) forecasting through the development of mathematical, economic, demographic and epidemiological models.

For additional information, please visit NIA's page on Small Business Innovation Research [2],  the SBIR and STTR Omnibus Solicitation [3] (PDF, 1.7M) and the Grants.Gov SBIR information page [4].

Program Contact:
Farheen Akbar, M.P.H [5]
Partha Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. [6]