About CAPCaT

 

CAPCaT was established with support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) as well as the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). Our core mission is to support the development and testing of promising point-of-care technologies that can be rapidly deployed to enhance diagnosis, monitoring, management, and prevention of heart, lung, blood, or sleep disorders (NHLBI), with an additional interest in projects that incorporate complementary and integrative health approaches (NCCIH).  

We are a member of the Point of Care Technologies Research Network.

What Do We Offer?

CAPCaT accepts applications annually through its pilot grant funding program for innovative projects focused on developing, adapting, or validating point-of-care technologies applicable to heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. 

Awardees gain access to: 

• Business and medical feasibility assessments
• Product development and clinical pathway support
• Laboratory and clinical trial infrastructure
• Incubator space for startups
• SBIR/STTR partnerships
• Capital discovery, training, and education