NIH SBIR/STTR — Women's Health Track

Amount

Up to ~$2M

Phase I ~$300K; non-dilutive

Deadline

Rolling

Odds

Not published

Effort

Ongoing — check week

Can you get this?

✓Must be a small business (SBIR) or small business with research partner (STTR)

✓Research must focus on women's health

✓No active funding opportunity currently open

Your real odds

NIH SBIR/STTR is highly competitive, and as of July 2026 there is no active funding opportunity open.

The programs were reauthorized on April 13, 2026, and NIH currently lists no active Notices of Funding Opportunity, with the next standard receipt date set for September 5, 2026.

What it takes

Monitor Grants.gov for the next NOFO postingOngoing — check weekly until the opportunity opens

Prepare Phase I application (technical narrative, commercialization plan, budget)6–10 weeks of prep

Submit by the standard receipt dateSeptember 5, 2026 is the next forecasted date

Worth knowing

NIH hosted a webinar series in 2024 and 2025 that connected over 1,100 participants from the women's health and small business communities, and reviewing those archived materials is a concrete way to understand what NIH is prioritizing before you write a word of your application.

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