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The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the development of new and innovative long-acting systemic and non-systemic multipurpose prevention technologies (MPT). It supports development of MPTs that prevent HIV infection and pregnancy (hormonal and non-hormonal methods) in adolescent and young women. Applications for MPT development may involve pharmacokinetic (PK) ...

Purpose The objective of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to support the development of new and innovative long-acting systemic and non-systemic multipurpose prevention technologies (MPT). It supports development of MPTs that prevent HIV infection and pregnancy (hormonal and non-hormonal methods) in adolescent and young women. Applications for MPT development may involve pharmacokin ...

The purpose of the Federal SBIR program is to stimulate technological innovation in the private sector, strengthen the role of small business in meeting Federal research or research and development (R/R&D) needs, and improve the return on investment from Federally-funded research for economic and social benefits to the nation. The specific purpose of NIDILRR's SBIR program is to improve the lives ...

Extreme Events and Cascading Hazards --- Topic 9.1 Societal Challenge Communities across the U.S., particularly underserved communities, face enduring, compounding risks from extreme, high-impact weather, water, and climate events, which have become more severe and more frequent in recent decades. Overview In the context of a warming, changing climate, extreme weather, water, and climate events ...

Coastal Resilience --- Topic 9.2 Societal Challenge U.S. coastal communities, economies, and ecosystems, as well as the natural and built infrastructure on which they depend, are increasingly impacted by accelerating changes at the coast. Creating resilience to these changes requires risk-informed decision making and adaptation via enhanced emergency response, coastal data collection, and predic ...

The Changing Ocean --- Topic 9.3 Societal Challenge Ocean warming, decreasing sea ice, changing currents, rising seas, ocean acidification, and deoxygenation are affecting the nation’s valuable living marine resources and many ocean-dependent businesses and communities. These changes impact the nation’s security through many sectors from marine navigation, transportation, and energy, to fishe ...

Water Availability, Quality, and Risk --- Topic 9.4 Societal Challenge The U.S. is facing emerging threats to our economic and national security and ecosystem and habitat health from competing demands for our increasingly limited and stressed water supply and other water risks nationwide, in the context of aging water infrastructure, degrading water quality, population growth, and climate change. ...

Effects of Space Weather --- Topic 9.5 Societal Challenge The effects of space weather pose significant and increasing societal, economic, national security, and health risks to the United States and nations worldwide. These include risks to the electric power grid; aviation operations; positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services; satellites and communications; human space exploration; and ...

Monitoring and Modeling for Climate Change Mitigation --- Topic 9.6 Societal Challenge Worldwide, there is now widespread recognition of the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on the climate system, leading to dangerous, accelerated warming. Within the U.S. and internationally, there is a growing demand for information about current and future greenhouse gas emissions, their impact on the state o ...

1 NIST FY 2024 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I NOFO Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology ...