NSF 26-510 | Medical Devices — Wearables

The National Science Foundation is soliciting proposals under the Medical Devices Wearables subtopic to develop leading edge medical device platforms and innovative technologies based on new scientific principles. This program focuses on translating emerging scientific discoveries into health practice, supporting projects that emphasize feasibility and proof-of-concept. While limited human subject studies are permitted to support these objectives, the program strictly prohibits proposals centered on clinical trials for safety or efficacy demonstrations, sample size calculations, or regulatory and post-market surveillance. This opportunity is a total small business set-aside under the SBIR/STTR mandate, restricted to organizations with fewer than 500 employees. Proposals that request support for full-scale clinical trials or the development of pre-clinical and clinical-stage drug candidates are considered noncompliant and will be returned without review. Interested parties can find further details through the NSF Seed Fund portal under solicitation number nsf-seedfund-MD-MD8_STTR.