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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Cardiovascular Diseases Research

Federal program · program number 93.837 (the federal Assistance Listing number)

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Typical award
Grants: $1 to $30,000,000; $582,909. SBIR Phase I - $332,305; Phase II - up to $822,021; STTR Phase I - $247,844; Phase II - $268,497.
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What it pays for

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) provides global leadership for a research, training, and education program to promote the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, and blood diseases and enhance the health of all individuals so that they can live longer and more fulfilling lives. To foster heart and vascular research in the basic, translational, clinical and population sciences, and to foster training to build talented young investigators in these areas, funded through competitive research training grants. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program: To stimulate technological innovation; use small business to meet Federal research and development needs; foster and encourage participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by socially and economically disadvantaged persons; and increase private-sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development funding. Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program: To stimulate technological innovation; foster technology transfer through cooperative R&D between small businesses and research institutions, and increase private sector commercialization of innovations derived from federal R&D.

Who can apply

Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes; excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Public nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals), Individual/Family, Small business (less than 500 employees), Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals) . Any nonprofit organization engaged in biomedical research and institutions or companies organized for profit may apply for almost any kind of grant. Only domestic, non-profit, private or public institutions may apply for NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants. An individual may apply for an NRSA or, in some cases, for a research grant if adequate facilities to perform the research are available. SBIR grants can be awarded only to United States small business concerns (entities that are independently owned and operated for profit or owned by another small business that itself is independently owned and operated for profit, or owned by multiple venture capital operating companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, or any combination of these and have no more than 500 employees including affiliates). Primary employment (more than one-half time) of the principal investigator must be with the small business at the time of award and during the conduct of the proposed project. In both Phase I and Phase II, the...

How applications are judged

The major elements in evaluating proposals include assessments of: (1) the scientific merit and general significance of the proposed study and its objectives; (2) the technical adequacy of the experimental design and approach; (3) the competency of the proposed investigator or group to successfully pursue the project; (4) the adequacy of the available and proposed facilities and resources; (5) the necessity of the budget components requested in relation to the proposed project; and (6) the relevance and importance to announced program objectives. The following criteria will be used in considering the scientific and technical merit of SBIR/STTR Phase I grant applications: (1) the soundness and technical merit of the proposed approach; (2) the importance of the problem the proposed research will address; (3) the qualifications of the proposed principal investigator, supporting staff, and consultants; (4) the technological innovation of the proposed research; (5) the potential of the proposed research for commercial application; (6) the appropriateness of the budget requested; (7) the adequacy and suitability of the facilities and research environment; and (8) the adequacy of plans to include both genders and minorities and their subgroups as appropriate for the scientific goals of the research. Plans for the recruitment and retention of subjects will be evaluated; and (9) where applicable, the adequacy of assurances detailing the proposed means for (a) safeguarding human or...

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Who in Tennessee has won this program

12 awards to Tennessee groups since 1977. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$24.7M2014
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson County$15.5M2014
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$12.3M2016
University of TennesseeMemphis, Shelby County$11.3M1977
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$8.1M2022
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$7.1M2019
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$6.1M2009
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$5.9M2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$5.8M2021
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$5.8M2018
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$5.7M2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson County$5.5M2002

Source: USAspending.gov.

Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization

This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. 18 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyTrustees of Boston University$4.6M2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyRegents of the University of Michigan$3.4M2025
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyVanderbilt University Medical Center$1.3M2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyPurdue University$1.2M2024
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyRegents of the University of California, San Francisco, the$1M2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyYale Univ$938K2023
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$810K2025
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of Pittsburgh - of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education$764K2026
St Jude Children's Research Hospital IncMemphis, Shelby CountyIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai$763K2024
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyThe Children's Hospital of Philadelphia$757K2026
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, Davidson CountyUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$698K2023
Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Davidson CountyNorthwestern University$677K2023

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

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