Assistance Listing 93.287

The Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service administers this Assistance Listing (93.287) focused on biomedical research and engineering, with the most recent grant award dated September 1, 2006.

This program has not been active for twenty years. The last award was obligated in 2006, and no grant opportunities are currently open. The portfolio shows declining activity: the program distributed 256 total awards across its lifetime, with annual award counts falling sharply from 160 in 2003 to just one in 2006. Combined federal dollars obligated total $83.1 million across the entire award history.

The funded projects centered on biomedical engineering and health services research. Representative recent awards include a Puerto Rico Asthma Project block grant for $335 thousand (awarded September 2006), and numerous engineering and research projects funded in 2003 ranging from $20 thousand to $1.7 million. Named projects from the 2003 cohort show focus on biomedical device development, imaging technologies, emergency medical services training, and clinical research infrastructure. Individual project grant awards in the recent cohort typically ranged between $130 thousand and $1.1 million, with some larger program project and center grants exceeding $900 thousand.

Funding was concentrated almost entirely within the Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service, which obligated $82.8 million across 255 awards. One additional award of $335 thousand came from the broader Department of Health and Human Services entity.

The program was predominantly Project Grant–based, representing 255 of 256 awards. One Block Grant was awarded in the final year of activity.

This program is inactive and not recommended for pursuit. No recent grant opportunities exist, and the funding line has shown no disbursements in two decades. Organizations evaluating whether to allocate business development resources should treat this as a closed program.