Healthcare company-building profile
NIH HEAL Initiative Small Business Programs
National Institutes of Health (NIDA and partner institutes), Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- National Institutes of Health (NIDA and partner institutes), Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Bethesda, Maryland
- Company stage served
- Research or idea stage
- Cohort or participation model
- Not a fixed cohort; NIH funding opportunity announcement cycles with STTR/SBIR review rounds
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; SBIR/STTR grant funding, no equity taken
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2018
Public description
About the program
The NIH HEAL Initiative funds research and technology development to address the opioid crisis, including dedicated small business funding opportunities such as America's Startups and Small Businesses Build Technologies to Stop the Opioid Epidemic. HEAL small business awards support startups building devices, digital therapeutics and diagnostics for pain and addiction. NIH has committed close to a billion dollars annually across the HEAL portfolio.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Opioid use disorderAddictionPain managementBehavioral healthDigital therapeutics
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Not a fixed cohort; NIH funding opportunity announcement cycles with STTR/SBIR review rounds
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; SBIR/STTR grant funding, no equity taken
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