The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Applicant Assistance Program (AAP) is designed to assist small businesses who have never received NIH SBIR/STTR funding in preparing and submitting a Small Business Innovation Research or Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR/STTR) application.    

The goal of this program is to increase participation in the SBIR program by socially/economically disadvantaged small businesses, women-owned small businesses, and small businesses located in under-represented states.  

The AAP application portal will open on April 25^th, 2024 and information about the AAP is available on the NIH Application Assistance Program website. 

An AAP Informational Webinar will be held on April 25^th at 2:00 p.m. ET followed by the AAP Q&A Office Hours on May 14^th at 2:00 p.m. ET. All applications must be submitted no later than May 21^st 2024 at 5:00 p.m. ET.