NC Biotech’s Science and Technology Development research grant funding programs are designed to advance promising scientific discoveries and technologies developed in N.C. towards commercialization. These grants fill critical funding gaps in stages where it is typically difficult to secure funding, and include:
- Flash Grants – Micro grants for short, focused research projects that disrupt technology concepts or advance basic life sciences research into translational phases, fostering innovation too early for traditional funding. $20K maximum.
- Translational Research Grants – Funding for projects exploring commercial applications or initiating early commercial development of university-held life sciences inventions. The technology must have the potential to solve a real-world problem as a commercial product in the life sciences sector. $100K maximum.
- Innovation Impact Grant (IIG) – Supports the purchase of shared-use research equipment for core facilities at academic or nonprofit institutions that foster innovation within North Carolina’s life sciences ecosystem. $150K maximum.
Could NC Biotech fund your project?
On Thursday, September 19 12:00-1:00pm (lunch provided) in Rubenstein Library 153; Holsti-Anderson Room, join North Carolina Biotechnology Center Senior Director Tracey du Laney E’89, G’96 for an information session and lunch discussing funding opportunities in the life sciences.
RSVP BY MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16: KYLIE.SNYDER@DUKE.EDU
