Securing Public Funding for Medical Device Companies
Public funding can be a game-changer for founders, providing essential resources to develop and scale innovative medical devices. This workshop covers key topics, including:
Company eligibility, device classification, and regulatory pathways.
Current NIH funding opportunities for innovative devices addressing unmet health needs, patient engagement, and computational health technologies.
Specific funding focuses from institutes like NIBIB, NIDA, NICHD, NIA, and NHLBI, with insights into devices for diagnostics, therapeutics, pediatric care, addiction treatment, and more.
Gain the knowledge to navigate funding opportunities and advance your medical device development.
Specifically, you will learn:
Which SBIR Funding opportunities are available for Health Technology, Life Science & Biotechnology Companies.
Company Eligibility Requirements
How to make your proposal more appealing to a specific Institute or Center.
Public Funding opportunities, including the Department of Defense (DOD, AFWERX) and the National Institute of Health (NIH).
About the Speaker
Berta Okenve Krohnert, MSc in Medical Chemistry. Berta is the Head of the NIH projects at Inspiralia. She had supported more than 100 US and European companies to access public funding. Especially, those focusing on Life Science, Biotech, and Healthcare. Her mission is to increase the innovation capacity and competitiveness of health-related SMEs to match the company requirements with specific NIH topics.
In her practice, Berta works collaboratively with your company to provide a free evaluation for your project. If you decide to establish a collaborative partnership with her, she and her team will provide you strategic guidance throughout the entire SBIR funding process, from identifying the most suitable funding opportunities to maximizing your proposal’s competitiveness, through partnerships, collaborations, and commercialization planning.
Once your company becomes part of our network, her team will continuously look for opportunities to move your innovation beyond SBIR funding.