This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) announces the
renewal of the NIH Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (REACH)
program, established to facilitate and accelerate the translation of academic
biomedical discoveries into products that improve patient care and public
health. Through this program, NIH will provide the qualifying institutions with
the funds to seed the creation of academic entrepreneurship Hubs. Hubs will be
responsible for providing innovators with both the initial investment and
resources to support the proof-of-concept work and the mentorship in product
development and commercialization needed to develop high priority technologies
within the NIH's mission. Funded Hubs are intended to work as a consortium to
enable: (1) the infrastructure for identifying the most promising technologies,
(2) funding for product definition studies (e.g. feasibility studies, prototype
development, proof-of-concept studies) provided to individual researchers, (3)
access to resources and expertise in areas required for early stage technology
development (including scientific, regulatory, reimbursement, business, legal,
and project management), and (4) skills development and hands-on experience in
entrepreneurship. Establishing public-private partnerships and providing
additional non-federal funds will be critical for success. This is a Notice of
Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for a Limited Competition that will invite
applications from eligible organizations to apply. Please see Section III.
Eligibility for additional information. In accordance with NIH standard
peer-review processes, the application(s) will be peer-reviewed, and only
meritorious application(s) will be considered for funding.

Eligibility: The primary applicant organization must be a
university or other research institution that participates in the NIH STTR
program. Participation means that a university or other research institution
has been a formal partner to a small business on an STTR award.

Awards: The participating Institutes and Centers intend to
commit an estimated total of $20,000,000 to fund up to 5 awards, over 4 years
at $5 million per year.



The maximum budget for a Hub is $1,000,000 total costs per year.



The maximum project period is 4 years.