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The grant opportunity titled "Therapeutics Development for HIV/AIDS Associated Neuropsychological Disorders (STTR R41/R42)" invites Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) applications aimed at creating new therapeutics for mental and neurological disorders linked to HIV/AIDS. Sponsored by the NIMH Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS and NIDA, the initiative seeks innovative agents, methods, biomarkers, and drug delivery systems to reduce HIV reservoirs in the brain. Researchers can propose novel neurotoxicity assays, efficacy measures, and in vitro/in vivo models for evaluating potential treatments.

The funding supports studies exploring agents that can mitigate the long-term effects of antiretroviral treatments, especially in the presence of psychotropic drugs or substance abuse treatments. There is also an interest in therapies that address the impact of HIV in the central nervous system amid mental illness or drug addiction.

For funding, Phase I applications can request budgets up to $250,000 annually for two years, while Phase II can seek up to $450,000 annually for three years. The total number of awards and funding amounts are not predetermined. This opportunity runs parallel to a similar Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) announcement.

Eligible applicants must be small business concerns from the United States, meeting specific criteria. Individuals involved in the research, especially from underrepresented groups or with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. The Project Director or Principal Investigator may come from either the small business or a partnering non-profit research institution, provided a formal association exists. Multiple distinct applications from the same small business are allowed.

• The National Institutes of Health in the education health sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Therapeutics Development for HIV/AIDS Associated Neuropsychological Disorders (STTRR41/R42)" and is now available to receive applicants.
• Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 93.242 Mental Health Research Grants 93.279 Drug Abuse and Addiction Research Programs.
• This funding opportunity was created on Jan 26, 2009 and posted on May 22, 2006.
• Applicants must submit their applications by Jan 7, 2010 Multiple Receipt Dates See Link to Full Announcement for details.. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2025.)
• Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $250,000.00 in funding.
• Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification) Small businesses.
• Foreign institutions are not eligible to apply. In STTR Phase I and Phase II, at least 40 of the work must be performed by the small business concern and at least 30 of the work must be performed by the single, partnering research institution. The basis for determining the percentage of work to be performed by each of the cooperative parties will be the total of direct and F and A/indirect costs attributable to each party, unless otherwise described and justified in Item 12, Consortium/Contractual Arrangements, of the PHS398 Research Plan component of the SF424 (R and R) application forms. The NIH will accept as many different applications as the applicant organization chooses. However, the NIH will not accept similar grant applications with essentially the same research focus from the same applicant organization. This includes derivative or multiple applications that propose to develop a single product, process or service that, with non substantive modifications, can be applied to a variety of purposes. Applicants may not simultaneously submit identical/essentially identical applications under both this funding opportunity and any other HHS FOA, including the current Parent SBIR or STTR FOAs.

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