Nexa Bio Partners · Grant Readiness Assessment

How ready are you for your next grant?

Ten quick questions on where your company stands. You get a readiness score, the specific gaps to close, and a clear next step. Free, about two minutes.

SBIR and STTR lapsed on October 1, 2025 and were reauthorized in March 2026 (S. 3971) for five years. The programs are active again and NIH has resumed issuing funding opportunities.

1. Is your company incorporated as a US for-profit entity?

2. Is your company more than 50% US-owned (citizens, permanent residents, or the multi-VC route)?

3. Do you have a Principal Investigator identified for the project?

4. Do you have preliminary data supporting your approach?

5. Can you state your specific aims in a few clear sentences?

6. Is your approach meaningfully different from what's already funded or on the market?

7. Have you received non-dilutive funding (SBIR/STTR, foundation, other) before?

8. Do you have the research team or collaborators to do the work?

9. When are you looking to submit?

10. How is your current runway?

Answer all ten questions to continue.