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Background Non-disordered drug use is defined as using a substance in the past year without meeting two or more Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5) diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder (SUD). Non-disordered drug use can have negative health consequences, including, but not limited to, an increased risk of drug (e.g., opioid, cannabis, synthetic ...

Background Non-disordered drug use is defined as using a substance in the past year without meeting two or more Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition (DSM-5) diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder (SUD). Non-disordered drug use can have negative health consequences, including, but not limited to, an increased risk of drug (e.g., opioid, cannabis, synthetic ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, also known as America's Seed Fund, are one of the largest sources of early-stage capital for technology commercialization in the United States. These programs enable US-owned and operated small businesses to conduct research and development that has a strong potential for commercialization. The Na ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, also known as America's Seed Fund, are one of the largest sources of early-stage capital for technology commercialization in the United States. These programs enable US-owned and operated small businesses to conduct research and development that has a strong potential for commercialization. The Na ...

The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, also known as America's Seed Fund, are one of the largest sources of early-stage capital for technology commercialization in the United States. These programs enable US-owned and operated small businesses to conduct research and development that has a strong potential for commercialization. The Na ...

Purpose NINDS is committed to advancing treatments, tools, and diagnostics that benefit people burdened by neurological diseases through the NINDS Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The SBIR/STTR Programs are structured in three phases. The main objective in SBIR/STTR Phase I is to establish the technical merit and feasibility of the ...

The Forests and Related Resources topic area aims to address the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests and grasslands to meet the needs of present and future generations through the development of environmentally sound approaches to increase productivity of forest lands, improve sustainability of forest resources, and develop value-added materials derived from woody resourc ...

The Plant Production and Protection (Biology) topic area will support research to examine novel ways of enhancing crop production and protection by developing new methods for plant improvement and pest management; new food and non-food crop plants through plant breeding; diagnostic technologies for plant diseases; plant characteristics that reduce the harmful impact of plant pests, biotic, and abi ...

The Animal Production and Protection topic area aims to support the development of innovative, marketable technologies that will provide significant benefit to the production and protection of agricultural animals. New technologies for rapid detection, point-of-care, treatment, and prevention of disease are needed to improve productivity and enhance the biosecurity of our herds and flocks. Better ...

The goal of the Conservation of Natural Resources topic area is to commercialize innovative technologies that are developed with the purpose to conserve, monitor, improve, and/or protect the quality and/or quantity of natural resources and reduce potential waste streams while sustaining climate-smart, optimal farm and forest productivity and profitability. The objective of this topic area is the c ...