Non-HHS SBIR funding for LifeSci/MedTech Companies

While HHS/NIH is a key source of SBIR funding for LifeSci/MedTech companies, it is not the only source. I came to appreciate this while perusing the company profiles of Texas-based SBIR award recipients on www.sbir.gov (see my previous post). I discovered that 25 of the 85 Texas-based companies that were awarded HHS-sponsored SBIR grants between 2008 and 2012 (approx. 29%) obtained additional SBIR awards from other federal agencies as well. These companies are listed below.

Take-home message: LifeSci/MedTech companies seeking to apply for SBIR funding should look at solicitations from non-HHS agencies as well.

- Isamu Hartman, PhD

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