Technology area

Environmental & occupational health

1,251 funded awards, $793.4M total, FY2023-FY2025.

Data current as of 2026-05-11

Pattern read

This tag is the most diffuse in the dataset: 2.3% concentration at the top three recipients, the lowest of any tag. 1,251 records and $793M spread across the IC list. NIAID leads (241), NCI (172), and NHLBI (142). The tag captures environmental sensors, occupational-exposure monitoring, ambient air-quality tools, water testing, and adjacent work. NIEHS, the IC with the most natural fit, is not in the top three because NIEHS is a smaller SBIR funder by absolute dollars. Median award is $500K. Mechanism mix is healthy across R43/R44/R41.

Fit indicators

Extreme spread (2.3% concentration). No single dominant recipient; the field is wide open.
NIEHS is the natural fit, but NIAID and NCI have funded more environmental/occupational SBIR work in the dataset window because of their larger budgets.

Watchouts

The tag is broad enough that rule-based tagging captures peripheral work. Review the underlying record list before treating the tag as a category.
NIEHS-specific SBIR has a smaller dollar pool than the leading ICs. Budget realistically.

Where the money sat, by Institute / Center

IC funding decisions are set by portfolio priorities, NOFO scope, and program-officer judgment. These are funded records, not predictions of future funding.

IC	Name	Records	Median award
AI (NIAID)	National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases	241	$609,132
CA (NCI)	National Cancer Institute	172	$819,461
HL (NHLBI)	National Heart Lung and Blood Institute	142	$649,118
DK (NIDDK)	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases	102	$600,059
AG (NIA)	National Institute on Aging	101	$500,000
NS (NINDS)	National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	77	$499,863
ES (NIEHS)	National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences	76	$306,815
GM (NIGMS)	National Institute of General Medical Sciences	58	$349,999
DA (NIDA)	National Institute on Drug Abuse	50	$405,073
HD (NICHD)	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	42	$388,250
AR (NIAMS)	National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases	38	$306,858
EY (NEI)	National Eye Institute	30	$606,040
MH (NIMH)	National Institute of Mental Health	22	$532,845
TR (NCATS)	National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences	21	$329,272
DE (NIDCR)	National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research	16	$354,336
DC (NIDCD)	National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders	12	$320,099
OD	NIH Office of the Director	10	$641,606
EB (NIBIB)	National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering	8	$877,654
AA (NIAAA)	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	7	$605,404
AT (NCCIH)	National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health	7	$306,793
LM (NLM)	National Library of Medicine	6	$392,681
NR (NINR)	National Institute of Nursing Research	6	$256,439
MD (NIMHD)	National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities	6	$318,509
HG (NHGRI)	National Human Genome Research Institute	1	$404,117

FOA / NOFO routes

Opportunity number prefixes: PA = Parent Announcement (broad, omnibus, multiple ICs), PAR = Parent with Special Review, PAS = Parent with set-aside funds, RFA = Request for Applications (targeted, single-IC, fixed budget). Status unknown means the pipeline has not verified whether the FOA is currently posting awards; the SBIR omnibus has been in reauthorization gap during this window. See the glossary for full definitions.

Opportunity	Status	Records
PA-22-176	unknown	249
PA-23-230	unknown	209
PA-21-259	unknown	148
PA-24-245	unknown	94
PA-22-178	unknown	87
PA-23-232	unknown	49
PA-24-247	unknown	36
PAS-22-196	unknown	30
PA-21-262	unknown	29
PA-20-260	unknown	28
PA-20-272	unknown	23
PA-20-265	unknown	16
PAS-22-197	unknown	15
PA-21-260	unknown	13
PAS-19-316	unknown	13
RFA-DA-23-021	unknown	12
PA-22-177	unknown	11
PAR-22-073	unknown	11
PA-19-272	unknown	10
RFA-HL-23-009	unknown	9
PA-24-246	unknown	9
PAR-21-225	unknown	8
PA-23-231	unknown	8
PA-21-345	unknown	8
RFA-DA-19-019	unknown	7
PA-19-270	unknown	6
PA-25-212	unknown	5
PAS-19-317	unknown	5
PA-20-262	unknown	4
RFA-ES-24-003	unknown	4
RFA-MD-23-003	unknown	4
RFA-NS-23-006	unknown	4
RFA-NS-23-007	unknown	4
RFA-CA-23-035	unknown	4
PA-22-179	unknown	4
PAR-23-032	unknown	4
RFA-CA-24-023	unknown	3
PAR-24-131	expired	3
PA-24-248	unknown	3
PA-18-819	unknown	3
PAR-20-244	unknown	3
PAR-21-266	unknown	3
RFA-MD-22-004	unknown	3
RFA-ES-22-004	unknown	3
RFA-DA-24-038	unknown	2
RFA-MD-24-006	unknown	2
RFA-AG-24-042	unknown	2
RFA-ES-21-008	unknown	2
RFA-CA-21-001	unknown	2
RFA-ES-23-005	unknown	2
PA-19-271	unknown	2
PAR-21-030	unknown	2
RFA-CA-22-025	unknown	2
PA-18-574	unknown	2
RFA-NS-20-009	unknown	2
RFA-ES-21-005	unknown	2
PA-20-261	unknown	2
RFA-HL-23-008	unknown	1
PAR-21-265	unknown	1
RFA-DA-25-053	unknown	1
RFA-CA-24-022	unknown	1
PA-24-254	unknown	1
RFA-MD-22-003	unknown	1
RFA-DA-24-017	unknown	1
RFA-ES-20-008	unknown	1
PAR-19-335	unknown	1
PAR-19-333	unknown	1
RFA-DA-22-023	unknown	1
RFA-DA-22-018	unknown	1
PA-18-566	unknown	1
RFA-DK-21-012	unknown	1
RFA-DK-19-027	unknown	1
RFA-NS-20-011	unknown	1
RFA-HL-19-017	unknown	1
RFA-ES-20-016	unknown	1
PA-18-575	unknown	1
PA-18-579	unknown	1
RFA-DA-23-017	unknown	1

Comparable funded projects

ApplID	FY	IC	Title	Organization	Amount
10825409	2025	OD	Tools and Methods for Producing High Quality Functional Protein Microarrays for Biomarker Discovery	SPOC PROTEOMICS INC.	$1,370,834
10932426	2025	NS	Kv2.1-Targeted First in Class Neuroprotective Therapeutic for Acute Ischemic Stroke	CELDARA MEDICAL, LLC	$421,106
11004996	2025	HL	Improved Sirolimus-Analog Adventitial Delivery to Enhance Outcomes in Below-the-Knee Peripheral Artery Disease	MERCATOR MEDSYSTEMS, INC.	$1,000,000
11006781	2025	DE	AntiXero: An extended duration solution for cancer-associated dry mouth.	ANTIXERO	$406,496
11007310	2025	AA	An innovative, non-thiazolidinedione pan-PPAR agonist therapeutic for alcoholic hepatitis: IND-enabling safety and toxicological evaluation	PLEIOGENIX INC.	$1,025,643
11008422	2025	OD	Transforming C. Elegans Research Through Gigahertz Ultrasonic Imaging Microscopy	GEEGAH LLC	$246,718
11011323	2025	HL	Catheter for Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	CROSSLINER INC	$990,619
11011333	2025	DK	A Novel Anti-inflammatoryand Anti-oxidant Therapy for Treating Non-healing Diabetic Foot Ulcers	CERIA THERAPEUTICS, INC.	$1,034,376

Review panels that have appeared on these records

Panel names use NIH's Center for Scientific Review (CSR) format: a 2-4 letter study-section code plus a meeting-cycle number in parentheses (e.g. ISB (12) = Instrumentation and Systems Development, cycle 12). SBIR/STTR review groups are temporary, meeting-specific bodies. The names below describe panels that have appeared on the cited funded-project records, not where future applications get assigned. NIH assigns panels at the time of submission based on the application content.

DCAI (12) 87 records CSR page →
MCST (12) 46 records CSR page →
AN (11) 39 records CSR page →
MBBC (10) 34 records CSR page →
CDPT (12) 33 records CSR page →
MSOS (10) 32 records CSR page →
RCCS (11) 32 records CSR page →
BBBT (10) 29 records CSR page →
DCAI (10) 27 records CSR page →
EMS (10) 26 records CSR page →
NV (13) 25 records
NV (14) 25 records
NV (12) 24 records
CVRS (11) 24 records
CTH (10) 22 records
CCHI (10) 22 records CSR page →
IVBH (10) 20 records CSR page →
KUDS (11) 20 records CSR page →
ISB (11) 19 records CSR page →
ETTN (11) 17 records
DKUS (10) 17 records
ETTN (14) 16 records
KUDS (10) 15 records CSR page →
ETTN (12) 15 records
OTC (12) 15 records
AIDC (12) 14 records
CDPT (13) 13 records CSR page →
ETTN (13) 13 records
MOSS (10) 13 records
VH (11) 13 records
BCMB (10) 13 records
IMST (12) 13 records
MCST (10) 12 records
AIDC (13) 12 records
NV (10) 11 records
HSS (10) 11 records CSR page →
SCIL (10) 11 records CSR page →
ISB (12) 11 records CSR page →
AIDC (11) 11 records
MCST (15) 10 records
ISB (10) 10 records CSR page →
AIDC (14) 10 records
ZIJ (M2) 10 records
SBIB (10) 10 records
DCAI (13) 9 records CSR page →
IVBH (11) 9 records CSR page →
TCRB (J2) 9 records
MCST (14) 8 records
VH (10) 7 records
JT (A1) 7 records
BST (10) 7 records
LWJ (SB) 7 records
ETTN (10) 7 records
MSOS (11) 7 records CSR page →
GXM (15) 6 records
BBCB (SB) 6 records
LAR (M1) 6 records
CSR (M1) 6 records
CVRS (10) 6 records
EMNR (10) 6 records
CSR (O2) 5 records
SUY (J1) 5 records
DKUS (11) 5 records
OTC1 (10) 5 records
IDM (10) 5 records
SCIL (16) 5 records
CSR (O1) 4 records
BWD (R4) 4 records
TCRB (M2) 4 records
SBIR (01) 4 records
ARL (R4) 4 records
OTC (13) 4 records
IMST (10) 4 records
SUY (A1) 3 records
MCST (13) 3 records
DPI (01) 3 records
DCAI (14) 3 records CSR page →
CDPT (14) 3 records
JT (J1) 3 records
GXM (J1) 3 records
SAI (A1) 3 records
RPRB (M3) 3 records
DSR (10) 3 records
SRB (15) 3 records
GRB (M4) 3 records
JHM (M1) 3 records
ZIJ (M3) 3 records
EMNR (11) 3 records
IMST (56) 3 records
MOSS (11) 3 records
RPHB (11) 3 records
IMST (15) 3 records
AIDC (10) 3 records
RPHB (16) 3 records
QL (EL) 3 records
RPHB (12) 3 records
AN (90) 2 records
EMS (90) 2 records
AN (10) 2 records
ZIJ (M1) 2 records
JM (19) 2 records
VSN (16) 2 records
SRB (M2) 2 records
RTRB (M1) 2 records
TCRB (A1) 2 records
BP (10) 2 records
DCAI (11) 2 records
OTC (10) 2 records
OTC (11) 2 records
ISB (90) 2 records
LWJ (R4) 2 records
GXM (02) 2 records
QL (R4) 2 records
CSR (O3) 1 records
DRO (J1) 1 records
TCRB (J1) 1 records
MCST (11) 1 records
CTH (11) 1 records CSR page →
RPRB (M2) 1 records
SRB (30) 1 records
OSR (M2) 1 records
BBCB (ED) 1 records
ERB (07) 1 records
ERB (04) 1 records
SRB (27) 1 records
SRB (M4) 1 records
KM (M1) 1 records
ISB (13) 1 records
CEM (M1) 1 records
GXM (01) 1 records
HSS (11) 1 records
GRB (O2) 1 records
GRB (M1) 1 records
IDM (12) 1 records
IMST (14) 1 records
CSR (F2) 1 records
SBIB (11) 1 records
HDM (11) 1 records
OTC1 (11) 1 records
SBIB (12) 1 records
BSW (M2) 1 records
RPHB (10) 1 records

Limitations

RePORTER includes funded projects only, not unfunded applications.
Panel sidebar reflects panels that have appeared on funded records, not future assignment.
FOA-route status reflects verification at the timestamp shown.
Tag 'environmental_or_occupational_health' is a Cada controlled-vocabulary tag; see methodology for definitions.