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In 2020, 40.3 million people aged 12 or older had substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year. Of those, 2.6 million people (6.4%) received any in-person treatment, while 2.2 million (5.4%) received virtual services for substance use treatment. Therefore, an estimated 35 million people did not receive any treatment. To receive treatment, individuals need to receive a diagnosis from a provider, ...

In 2020, 40.3 million people aged 12 or older had substance use disorder (SUD) in the past year. Of those, 2.6 million people (6.4%) received any in-person treatment, while 2.2 million (5.4%) received virtual services for substance use treatment. Therefore, an estimated 35 million people did not receive any treatment. To receive treatment, individuals need to receive a diagnosis from a provider, ...

Purpose The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is an important mechanism by which the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other Federal agencies help bring innovative solutions to public health challenges. A major objective of the Federal SBIR Program is to facilitate the commercialization of technologies developed by small business concerns (SBCs). Yet, the development of medic ...

Purpose Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), and National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) intend to support early-career academic scientists interested in transitioning to entrepreneurship while also supporting the transfer of technology from academic laboratories into small busin ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: Develop an application-specific photonic integrated circuit to serve a specific quantum system (e.g. Rydberg sensor, clock transition). The device should integrate into and be demonstrated with an already existing quantum sensor. DESCRIPTION: Quantum sensors have demonstrated the ability to surpass classical sensors in areas such ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Biotechnology; Quantum Science The technology within this topic is restricted under the International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR), 22 CFR Parts 120-130, which controls the export and import of defense-related material and services, including export of sensitive technical data, or the Export Administration Regulation (EAR), 15 CFR Parts 730-774, which ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: Development of a foundry-compatible, direct growth in a Silicon on insulator (SOI) stack, second-order nonlinear material that can be that can be used for photon conversion and low loss waveguides. DESCRIPTION: Silicon on insulator (SOI) has been a growing standard platform for foundry-scale (300mm) integrated photonics. In that ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: This project will demonstrate the operation of a single-axis gravity gradiometer with a noise floor below at approximately 10 Eotvos (or similar performance if already demonstrated) on a moving platform in environments where vibrations, accelerations, rotations, and temperature swings cannot be neglected. DESCRIPTION: Atomic grav ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Integrated Sensing and Cyber; Integrated Network Systems-of-Systems; Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: Develop rubidium and cesium vapor cells with a thin rectangular geometry that are compatible with the excitation of Rydberg atomic states. DESCRIPTION: Vapor cells containing dilute gaseous samples of alkali metals (particularly cesium and rubidium) are a critic ...

OUSD (R&E) CRITICAL TECHNOLOGY AREA(S): Microelectronics; Quantum Science OBJECTIVE: Low Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP), high electrical efficiency microwave and/or radiofrequency (RF) generator or amplifier for atomic or molecular spectroscopy applications. DESCRIPTION: Quantum computing and quantum information science use “qubits” (quantum bits) to store information. These qubits can be im ...