Closed · PAR-17-457 · CFDA 93.853 · Discretionary
NINDS CREATE Bio Optimization Track for Biologics (U44)
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- May 7, 2021
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
NINDS CREATE Bio Optimization Track for Biologics (U44) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Varies by applicant. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 93.853
- CFDA program
- 12,419
- other opportunities from National Institutes of Health
Archived opportunity record
NINDS CREATE Bio Optimization Track for Biolo… is closed (last close May 7, 2021). Check the agency catalog for replacement NOFOs. National Institutes of Health still indexes 12,419 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed May 7, 2021
Instrument
Cooperative Agreement
Description
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) supports SBIRs in the optimization of potential therapeutic Biotechnology Products and Biologics (e.g., peptides, proteins, oligonucleotides, gene therapies, cell therapies, and novel emerging modalities) for disorders identified under the NINDS mission. This track supports the further characterization and optimization of therapeutic agent(s) that showed promise as evidenced by relevant, rigorous, convincing in vivo studies. Therefore, at the end of this funding period, successful projects will have delivered an optimized therapeutic candidate with demonstrated bioactivity, stability, manufacturability, bioavailability, in vivo efficacy and should be eligible for entry into the CREATE Bio Development track.
Small-business / for-profit corridor · PAR-17-457
NINDS CREATE Bio Optimization Track for Biolo… prints a for-profit / small-business applicant door (Small businesses). Treat the listing as business-facing unless the full Grants.gov announcement narrows it further. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Cooperative Agreement. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). 789 other National Institutes of Health listings share this eligibility-code string (6% of 12,420).
- Code 23
- Small businesses
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
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What to do next
NINDS CREATE Bio Optimization Track for Biolo… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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