The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The grant program seeks to encourage Small Business Concerns (SBCs) to develop clinical diagnostics that reduce health disparities. It aims at addressing issues in existing diagnostics or the development of alternative diagnostics that do not adequately incorporate diverse patient groups, thereby perpetuating health inequity. Applicants are expected to identify specific diagnostic or diagnostics-related disparity issues and propose solutions to mitigate these concerns, with a clear goal of improving health outcomes across diverse populations.