Skin to Skin Care Research/Funding Opportunity

The CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has announced a funding opportunity through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants program FOA No. PA-17-302. US small business concerns that meet specific criteria are eligible to submit applications, and the eligibility information is explained in detail in Section III. The goals of the Innovative Approaches for Maternal and Infant Safety in Maternity Hospitals topic are to develop creative, innovative approaches, including but not limited to technological applications, to standardize methods and procedures to support safe implementation of skin-to-skin for healthy infants and safe rooming-in throughout the birth hospitalization. Full details can be found on pages 153-154 and pages 160-161 of the announcement. The submission deadline is January 5, 2018.