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The NIA Research and Entrepreneurial Development Immersion (REDI) program provides bio-entrepreneurship training to boost the number of university startups and facilitate a broader array of career opportunities for early-career scientists working in the fields of aging and aging-related diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease.
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For more information about REDI funding opportunities, email the NIA Training & Career Development Programs .
REDI-supported trainees will acquire specialized skills for success in areas such as science communications; intellectual property; regulatory affairs; science policy; consulting; drug discovery, approval, and production; and the business of science, science education, and health care.
REDI no longer offers funding opportunities specifically for small businesses. Visit the NIA Small Business Programs to view past REDI small business opportunities .
Entrepreneurship Course Development (R25)
The REDI Entrepreneurship Enhancement Award ( PAR-22-226 ) promotes the development of entrepreneurial education programs that are designed to broaden the skillset of graduate students and postdocs as well as early-career master’ s degree, Ph.D., and Dr.P.H. scientists in fields relevant to the NIA mission, including aging and Alzheimer’ s disease research. The goal of this program is to prepare trainees for a wide range of career paths, including those that are outside the normal research environment.
Eligibility: Educational institutions have broad eligibility. NIA encourages partnering with existing NIH-funded or other federally funded resources and programs. These could include the NIH Proof of Concept Network, composed of NIH Centers for Accelerated Innovations, NIH Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs, and NIGMS IDeA Regional Technology Transfer Accelerator Hubs; National Science Foundation and their Innovation Corps program; and NCATS Clinical and Translational Science Awards.
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