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Small Molecule Development Funding Opportunities: Text Version

Pipeline diagram for Small Molecule Development Funding Opportunities.

Diagram has 4 stages: Discovery, Development, Phase 1, and Phase 2 and 3.

Reading from top to bottom:

The first 3 opportunities are NIH Standard R01, NIH Exploratory R21, and the NIDCD Translational R01. They include the Discovery stage only.

SBIR/STRR and NIDCD P50 include Discovery and the beginning of Development.

Numerous Trans-NIH PAs/PARs are available in all 4 stages.

Commercial Development includes Phase 1 and Phases 2 and 3.

NINDS Blueprint Neurotherapeutics includes Development and Phase 1.

NCATS Drug Development Collaboratory includes the end of Development, Phase 1, and Phases 2 and 3.

NCATS BrIDGs includes Discovery, Development, and Phase 1.

NCI NExT and the NINDS Blueprint Neurotherapeutics training course include all 4 stages.

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