The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
The grant program aims to support translational activities and small clinical studies for the development of therapeutic and diagnostic devices for disorders affecting the nervous or neuromuscular systems. It covers activities including the implementation of clinical prototype devices, non-clinical safety and efficacy testing, design verification and validation activities, obtaining approvals for significant or non-significant risk studies, and conducting small clinical studies. The program is milestone-driven, involving NIH program staff's participation in project plan negotiation and research progress monitoring.