The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.
This grant program aims to fund institutions seeking to establish research experiences focused on kidney technology development. The program's broad goals include fostering collaborative capstone research or design projects, promoting innovation in technology development, and encouraging multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary teamwork. It emphasizes education in entrepreneurship, product development, navigating regulatory pathways, and clinical immersion. The grant is particularly interested in recruiting undergraduate students, especially from engineering and technical domains. However, it also allows for the inclusion of medical students, graduate students, and dual-degree students prior to their qualifying exams and choice of Ph.D. mentor.