We have started accepting pre-proposals from academic and industry applicants who have emerging technologies that aim to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and/or treatment of disorders involving the nervous system or consequences of such a disease or injury.

Awards up to $500K will be made available to the most promising and innovative neurotechnologies to help accelerate their development toward commercialization.

A major emphasis of this program is to create opportunities for diverse innovators, including those who have been traditionally underrepresented in the neurotech space.

The National Institutes of Health, through its Blueprint MedTech program, has established two incubator hubs and launched a funding solicitation in support of commercially viable, clinically focused neurotechnology solutions to diagnose and treat disorders of the nervous system. Blueprint MedTech relies on the collaborative framework of the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research, which includes the NIH Office of the Director and 12 NIH institutes and centers that support research on the nervous system.