GSP Grants Watch

This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) solicits research project grant (R01) applications that propose high-impact technologies for image-guided interventions. As defined here, image-guided interventions (IGI), integrate images for navigation during a treatment or biopsy. The goal of the IGI initiative is to produce technologies that will replace current treatments with minimally invasive, image-guided interventions. A disruptive technology is a new technological innovation that replaces the existing dominant technology. Examples of disruptive technologies include image-guided procedures that replace invasive surgery with faster, less invasive and/or lower-cost image-guided interventions. This FOA is intended to support the second phase of a two-phase project that will deliver image-guided interventions that have a high clinical impact. Preliminary data describing a prototype system that demonstrates the feasibility of the image-guided intervention is required to apply to this solicitation. Multidisciplinary collaborations and/or partnerships with industry are encouraged, but are not required. In addition, development of technology platforms that might have applicability across a range of clinical conditions are suitable.