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POCTRN Solicitation 2020
Do you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development?
Do you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development? The NIH’s Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN) drives the development of point-of-care technologies through collaborative efforts that merge scientific and technological capabilities with clinical need.
We are pleased to announce four new funding opportunities from our centers:
- Microsystems-based Point-of-Care Technologies for Rural and/or Low-Resource Settings
Atlanta Center for Microsystems Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies - Improvements to Rapid Simple Point-of-Care Tests For Sexually Transmitted Diseases
The Johns Hopkins Center for Point-of-Care Technologies Research for Sexually Transmitted Diseases - Development of Point-Of-Care Testing for HIV and Co-Morbidities for Use in Low and Middle Income Countries
The Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for HIV/AIDS at Northwestern - Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders: Funding Opportunity
Center for Advancing Point of Care Technologies in Heart, Lung, Blood, and Sleep Disorders
This opportunity has passed.

RADx: Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx®) initiative was formed to accelerate the development, validation, and commercialization of innovative point-of-care and home-based tests, as well as improvements to clinical laboratory tests, that can directly detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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RADx partnerships speed new COVID testing
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