The West Coast Consortium for Technology & Innovation in Pediatrics (CTIP), in collaboration with the National Capital Consortium for Pediatric Device Innovation (NCC-PDI), is announcing Make Your Medical Device Pitch for Kids!™ - Joint NCC-PDI + CTIP Edition, a limited grant opportunity. This year’s competition is focused on remote monitoring and wearable patient monitoring devices for children. Medical devices with adult indications that are expanding or wish to expand their clinical indication to pediatrics are welcome to apply.
Under this solicitation, two FDA-funded Pediatric Device Consortia grant programs, CTIP and NCC-PDI, have come together to maximize their resources to select and support a new cohort of device innovators to receive grant funding and wraparound services by the two consortia. We are seeking proposals from inventors from all sectors - including the business community and academic medical centers - who are proposing a medical device solution to address a significant unmet need in the pediatric population.
Proposals should be directed towards the development of a commercializable product, and not research of a scientific concept. Issues such as prototyping, manufacturing, marketing, and regulatory clearance will be paramount and should be addressed explicitly. The FDA Pediatric Device Consortia program places special emphasis on helping bridge the gap that often follows the prototyping phase, as the promising medical device must also be manufactured, cleared by the FDA, marketed, and sold. Therefore, we enthusiastically welcome projects that are past the prototyping phase.
Submission deadline – Monday, September 18, 2023
Finalists notified – Friday, September 22, 2023
Presentation date – Sunday, October 8, 2023
Awardees notified – Sunday, October 8, 2023
Pitch competition will take place in Anaheim, California during the 11th Annual Symposium on Pediatric Device Innovation, co-located with the MedTech Conference, powered by AdvaMed. Finalists must commit to present in person.
Applicants are asked to submit their application online and attach a proposal as outlined below.
Proposal Page limit: 8 pages total (includes 2 pages for refs and budget)
Font size: 11 Arial, Margin: 0.5 inches
Application should include:
1. Cover page (1 page) with the following information:
2. Description of proposed project following the outline provided below (5 page maximum). The Applications are generally for one year of funding.
3. Budget & Budget Justification (1 page):
Provide an itemized budget for funds requested. Prototype production, data collection and analysis, clinical and pre-clinical studies, testing, manufacturing costs, cost of consultants, quality systems development, materials, and personnel support are eligible budget categories. Grants are expected to range from $5,000 to a maximum of $50,000 for one year.
4. References (no page limit, but 1 page is recommended):
References and citations may be used in support of the description of the proposed project, but should be kept within the page limit.
Since this is a rapid selection process, applicants are encouraged to work on their 10-minute presentation should they be selected to present live in Anaheim on October 8, 2023.
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