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01/15/2019 05:00 PM |
12/10/2018 05:00 PM |
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America COMPETES |
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01/22/2019 05:00 PM |
<p>The Challenge is open to any participant(s) 18 years of age or older. No prior startup experience is necessary. A participant may be (i) an entity or (ii) an individual or group of individuals (i.e., a team assembled with the purpose of participating in this Challenge). </p>
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<li>To be eligible to win a prize under this Challenge, the participants:
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<li>Shall have registered to participate in the Challenge under the rules promulgated by NIDA as published in this Notice;</li>
<li>Shall have complied with all the requirements set forth in this Notice;</li>
<li>In the case of a private entity, shall be incorporated in and maintain a primary place of business in the United States, and in the case of an individual, whether participating singly or in a group, shall be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States. However, non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents can participate as a member of a team that otherwise satisfies the eligibility criteria. Non-U.S. citizens and non-permanent residents are not eligible to win a monetary prize (in whole or in part). Their participation as part of a winning team, if applicable, may be otherwise recognized when the results are announced.</li>
<li>May not be a Federal entity or federal employee acting within the scope of their employment; may not be a Federal employee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (or any other component of HHS) acting in their personal capacity;</li>
<li>Who is employed by a federal agency or entity other than HHS (or any component of HHS), should consult with an agency Ethics Official to determine whether the federal ethics rules will limit or prohibit the acceptance of a prize under this challenge;</li>
<li>May not be a judge of the Challenge, or any other party involved with the design, production, execution, or distribution of the Challenge or the immediate family of such a party (i.e., spouse, parent, step-parent, child, or step-child).</li>
<li>Must have an intention to form a United States-based startup or be a United States-based new startup (i.e. in the early stage of formation and growth).</li>
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<li>Federal grantees may not use Federal funds to develop their Challenge submissions.</li>
<li>Federal contractors may not use Federal funds from a contract to develop their Challenge submissions or to fund efforts in support of their Challenge submission.</li>
<li>By participating in this Challenge, each individual (whether participating singly or in a group) warrants that he or she is the sole author or owner of, or has the right to use, any copyrightable works that the challenge submission comprises, that the works are wholly original with the participant (or is an improved version of an existing work that the participant has sufficient rights to use and improve), and that the challenge submission does not infringe any copyright or any other rights of any third party of which participant is aware.</li>
<li>By participating in this Challenge, each participant (whether competing singly or in a group) and each entity agrees to assume any and all risks and waive claims against the Federal government and its related entities (as defined in the COMPETES Act), except in the case of willful misconduct, for any injury, death, damage, or loss of property, revenue, or profits, whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising from participation in this Challenge, whether the injury, death, damage, or loss arises through negligence or otherwise.</li>
<li>Based on the subject matter of the Challenge, the type of work that it will possibly require, as well as an analysis of the likelihood of any claims for death, bodily injury, property damage, or loss potentially resulting from Challenge participation, no participant (whether competing singly or in a group) or entity participating in the Challenge is required to obtain liability insurance or demonstrate financial responsibility in order to participate in this Challenge.</li>
<li>By participating in this Challenge, each participant (whether competing singly or in a group) and each entity agrees to indemnify the Federal government against third party claims for damages arising from or related to Challenge activities.</li>
<li>A participant or entity shall not be deemed ineligible because the participant or entity used Federal facilities or consulted with Federal employees during the Challenge if the facilities and employees are made available to all individuals and entities participating in the Challenge on an equitable basis.</li>
<li>By participating in this Challenge, each participant (whether participating singly or in a group) or entity retains title and full ownership in and to their submission and each participant expressly reserves all intellectual property rights (e.g., copyright) in their submission. The winners agree that their names and the titles of their submissions will be posted on the NIDA web site.</li>
<li>NIDA reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to (a) cancel, suspend, or modify the Challenge, and/or (b) not award any prizes if no entries are deemed worthy.</li>
<li>Each participant (whether participating singly or in a group) or entity agrees to follow all applicable Local, State, and Federal laws and regulations.</li>
<li>Each participant (whether participating singly or in a group) and each entity participating in this Challenge must comply with all terms and conditions of these rules, and participation in this Challenge constitutes each such participant’s full and unconditional agreement to abide by these rules. Winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements herein.</li>
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01/16/2019 09:00 AM |
01/23/2019 05:00 PM |
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<p>Participants must register on Challenge.gov, or use an existing Challenge.gov account, to submit proposals for this Challenge. All applicants must follow the instructions provided. For teams, each team is required to identify a team leader who registers and submits a solution on behalf of the team. </p>
<h4><strong>Submission Requirements</strong></h4>
<p>Each submission for this Challenge requires a complete Submission Package that includes a <strong>four-page written proposal</strong> describing the idea and <strong>5-minute video </strong>introducing the individual participant or the team. Both the idea and the video will be evaluated. See requirements below: </p>
<h4>Part I: Proposal</h4>
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<li>Describe how your research idea would further an understanding of SUD and be the foundation for a successful startup. (one page)</li>
<li>Convince the Challenge reviewers of your technical competence as a researcher. Be brief, selective and persuasive. Do not use the NIH Bibliographic Sketch format. (0.5 page)</li>
<li>Describe, in as many details as possible, what the prototype of your product would look like. Then, walk the Challenge reviewers through the typical use of the product, using simple terms and instructions. (1.5 pages)</li>
<li>Explain the methods you will use (how, when, where, whom) to determine whether the product is needed by the target audience and whether that audience would be willing to pay for the product. (1 page)</li>
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<p>The proposal must consist of a PDF file with at least 1-inch margins and no more than four (4) pages. Font size must be no smaller than 11-point Arial. All submissions must be in English. Participants must not use the Department of Health and Human Services logo or official seal, or the logo of the National Institutes of Health or National Institute of Drug Abuse in the submissions, and must not claim federal government endorsement. </p>
<h4>Part II: Video</h4>
<p>A brief five-minute video must be posted to YouTube and the link to video provided. If the Challenge submission is from the team of participants, the entire team must participate in the submitted video. In the YouTube video, participants must: </p>
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<li>In one minute or less, tell NIDA something that can illustrate the drive or the desire of each team member to become a startup founder.</li>
<li>Tell NIDA something about each team member that shows a high level of scientific and entrepreneurial ability.</li>
<li>Tell NIDA something about each team member that shows a high level of perseverance and grit.</li>
<li>Tell NIDA about a time when your great idea was rejected. What was your response?</li>
</ol>
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<p>The judging panel will make recommendations to the award approving official based upon the following 5 criteria. Each criterion will be scored with the maximum of 10 points.</p> |
Judging Criteria |
<p>Are there significant needs for the proposed product or service? Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in the field of SUD/drug abuse research? If the aims of the project are achieved, how will scientific knowledge, technical capability, service or clinical practice be improved? How those improvements will be measured or established? Is there an evidence of market research? (0-10 points)</p> |
Criterion 1: Significance and Unmet Needs |
<p>Does the proposed idea utilize the novel theoretical concepts, approaches, methodologies, instrumentation, service or interventions for SUD/drug abuse research? Is proposed product novel in a broad sense? Is a refinement, improvement or new application of theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies instrumentation or interventions proposed? (0-10 points)</p> |
Criterion 2: Innovation |
<p>Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses well-reasoned and appropriate to test the proposed idea? Does the approach take the feedback from the end-users or end-user need assessment into account? (0-10 points)</p> |
Criterion 3: Approach |
Criterion 4: Team/Founder Aptitudes |
<p>Does the individual or team demonstrate high level of ability and dedication? Were the passion, drive, discipline, ability to work collaboratively and willingness to push forward under conditions of extreme business uncertainty successfully demonstrated? (0-10 points)</p> |
Criterion 5: Commercialization |
<p>Is there a clear path for the product/service to reach the market? Are the product users and purchasers clearly identified? Is there an evidence of market research or analysis of competitors? (0-10 points)</p> |
Basis Upon Which Winner Will Be Selected |
<p>Submissions that are responsive and comply with the entry requirements will be reviewed by a panel of judges consisting of federal employees. The responsive and compliant submission entries will be scored in accordance with the judging criteria outlined above. Scores from each criterion will be weighted equally, but failure to meet a minimum standard for any one criterion might disqualify a submission. The score for each submission will be the sum of the scores from each of the voting judges. The scores will be listed in order, from highest to lowest. Participants with sufficiently high scores will then be contacted for “live” meetings via the tele- or videoconference. Those meetings will be used to gather more details about the information provided in the Submission Package and to determine the up-to-date level of participant availability, interest and commitment. Final prize recommendations will be determined based on the judges’ scoring and tele- or videoconference meetings.</p> |
<p>The Challenge will offer up to ten awards of $10,000 each and provide technical expertise and mentoring from NIDA scientific research-based entrepreneurship experts for MVP development. The total prize award pool is up to $100,000. The names of the winners and the titles of their submissions will be posted on the NIDA web site. The award approving official for this Challenge is the Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse.</p>
<p>Prizes awarded under this Challenge will be paid by electronic funds transfer and may be subject to Federal income taxes. The NIH/NIDA will comply with the Internal Revenue Service withholding and reporting requirements, where applicable. In case of team submission, the prize will be paid to the team leader.</p> |
100000 |
Winner (up to 10) |
<p>The judging of the Challenge is now completed. Based upon the Challenge criteria, the judging panel has selected 10 submissions for the Challenge awards:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>1. Applicant: Premedlife</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: A learning platform to help rehabilitation staff add key soft skill competencies to improve patient outcomes</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>2. Applicant: We are Marcus</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: An enterprise mentoring platform for schools directed at improving student outcomes on substance abuse and increase engagement in school and youth programs</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>3. Applicant: Scite</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: A Citation Analysis Platform (R-factor: the measure of scientific veracity)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>4. Applicant: SYNVENTA</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: Removing liabilities with novel FDC</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>5. Applicant: GOODLER</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: Technology to build resilience in distressed communities</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>6. Applicant: Sound Life Sciences</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: Second Chance: opioid overdose detection using smartphones </p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>7. Applicant: Data Quality Label</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: Analytics Platform for risk management in drug discovery</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>8. Applicant: Henry Heath</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: Culturally sensitive teletherapy for SUD</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>9. Applicant: FMB Technologies</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: A miniaturized telemetry device for data collection and transmission</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>10. Applicant: Sure Med Compliance</strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Proposal: Care Continuity Program (CCP)</p> |
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<h4><strong>Challenge Summary</strong></h4>
<p>The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), one of the components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announces the 3rd annual “$100,000 for Start a SUD Startup” Challenge. The Challenge goal is to support research ideas that would further an understanding of Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and that are intended to be the foundation for the development of successful new startups. NIDA expects that the contest will enable participants to test the premise that their research idea can be fostered into a biotech startup, and that eventually the newly created startups will contribute to the pool of innovative small business companies that can successfully compete for NIDA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding. </p>
<p>The Challenge will offer up to ten awards of $10,000 each and technical expertise and mentoring from NIDA scientific research entrepreneurship experts. The Challenge total purse is up to $100,000. </p>
<h4><strong>Challenge Description</strong></h4>
<p>NIDA is reissuing this Challenge after confirming its dependable success and popularity within the community in 2016 and 2017. The Challenge is a competition for participants with research ideas that would further an understanding of SUD and that are intended to be the foundation for the development of new successful startups. NIDA offers $100,000 together with the technical expertise and mentoring from scientific research entrepreneurship experts and expects that the contest will enable participants to test the premise that their research idea can be fostered into a biotech startup. This Challenge is unique because NIDA intends to provide the prize money and scientific research-based entrepreneurial assistance to the “would be” startup founders much earlier than most investors, incubators, or traditional models of research funding (e.g. small business grants). However, NIDA anticipates that, eventually, the newly created startups will contribute to the pool of innovative small business companies that can successfully compete for NIDA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding.</p>
<p>What does it take to participate in the Challenge? The participants must have a research idea directly related to SUD or that could be extended or adjusted to be useful for SUD. For a platform technology, the research idea must be broad enough to address multiple conditions, diseases, or indications, including SUD. For example, if the idea can only work for cancer or diabetes, entering this Challenge is not appropriate. However, if the plan is to test an idea for a research tool that would further an understanding of neurobiology or epigenetics relevant to SUD to advance the field faster and with greater fidelity, entering this Challenge is appropriate. The participants must also be interested in creating the startup around their research idea. The research “idea” is the product that the future startup will offer. Here, the term startup “product” is used in its broadest definition. Product is any source of value for the people who become customers. Services, subscriptions, software as a service (SaaS), physical/tangible products (biomedical devices, drugs, etc.), aggregations, etc. could all provide value and thus be considered startup products. The startup product could be the result of novel scientific discoveries, repurposing an existing technology for a new use, extending a research observation or discovery made in a different scientific area into SUD, devising a new business model or distribution/delivery channel that unlocks new value, or simply bringing a product or service to an underserved customer. </p>
<p>The potential startup founder must also have the passion, drive, discipline, ability to work collaboratively and willingness to push forward under conditions of extreme business uncertainty. </p>
<p>The winners of this Challenge are encouraged and offered training to use the prize money to develop a minimum viable proof (MVP), to obtain customer feedback to discover if the MVP meets the customer needs, and to assess the feasibility of science-based small business creation, within 6 months post-award. Post Challenge, as with all other NIH grant applicants, NIDA staff will provide dedicated assistance and guidance about the grant submission process, including how to submit an SBIR/STTR application to NIDA’s small business programs. </p>
<h4><strong>Questions</strong></h4>
<p>For questions regarding the subject nature of the challenge, visit the <a href="https://www.drugabuse.gov/researchers/research-resources/nida-challenges-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIDA Program website</a>.</p> |
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