Closed · RFA-AR-20-003 · CFDA 93.846 · Discretionary
Small Business Innovation Research on Rare Musculoskeletal, Rheumatic and Skin Diseases (SBIR) (R43 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Federal grant opportunity posted by National Institutes of Health, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- up to $250K
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- July 10, 2019
- Close date
- -
- Expected awards
The verdict
Small Business Innovation Research on Rare Musculoskeletal, Rheumatic and Skin Diseases (SBIR) (R43 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed) is a closed discretionary listing from National Institutes of Health that offered Up to $250,000. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 12,419 other opportunities from National Institutes of Health.
- up to $250K
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 93.846
- CFDA program
- 12,419
- other opportunities from National Institutes of Health
Archived opportunity record
Small Business Innovation Research on Rare Mu… is closed (last close July 10, 2019). 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
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Closed July 10, 2019
Instrument
Grant
Description
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) solicits Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose preclinical studies to advance the development of biomarkers or treatments for rare musculoskeletal, rheumatic or skin diseases. Rare diseases have a prevalence of fewer than 200,000 affected individuals in the United States. Also eligible for potential funding through this initiative are studies of FDA-designated orphan products for musculoskeletal, rheumatic or skin diseases.
Small-business / for-profit corridor · RFA-AR-20-003
Small Business Innovation Research on Rare Mu… 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: Grant. 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
Small Business Innovation Research on Rare Mu… is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
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