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History of Awards

Grant Round 14 - March 2023

RNA Based Precision Medicine for Lupus Disease Management
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
AMPEL BioSolutions, LLC (Charlottesville, VA)

$800,000

​​Commercialization of Intelligent Data-Driven Pulmonary Embolism 
Endovascular Therapy: The Versus Solution

University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Liquet Medical, Inc. (Glen Allen, VA)

$368,797

A Novel Platform for Treatment of High Dose Ionizing Radiation
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
The Tiny Cargo Company (Roanoke, VA)

$350,000

A Hybrid Alpha-pseudovirus, Multi-viral Nasal Vaccine Platform
George Mason University, Virginia Tech
Virongy Biosciences (Manassas, VA)
$500,000

Grant Round 13 - May 2022

Development of a Medical Device for Intraluminal Implantations of a
Male Contraceptive Hydrogel

University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Contraline, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)

$700,000

Orthopedic Surgical Site Infection Prevention via Controlled, Sustained, Targeted, and Localized
Antibiotic-Releasing Click Hydrogel

Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University
Pascal Medical Corp. (Richmond, VA)

$375,000

Development of a First-in-Class Bifunctional Fusion Cytokine Therapy that Targets
Tregs and Tissue Resident Tregs for the Treatment of Lupus and other Autoimmune Diseases

University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech
Slate Bio, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)
$575,000
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Preparing an Ultraound Enhanced Drug Delivery System for First-in-Human Studies
University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
SoundPipe Therapeutics (Charlottesville, VA)
$600,000

Grant Round 12 - October 2021

Optimization and Commercialization of Environmentally-Sustainable Biofungicides
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
AgroSpheres, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)

$600,000

Design Automation for Scaled Manufacturing of Advanced Custom Orthopedic Braces
University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Icarus Medical Innovations (Charlottesville, VA)
$600,000

Pilot Study to Evaluate a Nonsurgical Gel Patch for Eardrum Repair in Human Patients
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tympanogen, Inc. (Richmond, VA)

$737,369

Grant Round 11 - October 2020

​​Clinical Translation of a Male Contraceptive Procedure
University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Contraline, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)

$600,000

Treating Chronic Disease Caused by Microbiome Dysbiosis
George Mason University, Eastern Virginia Medical School
ISOThrive, Inc. (Manassas, VA)
$800,000

Innovative Bioanalytical Instrument for Improving Drug Discovery
Virginia Commonwealth University, Old Dominion University
Meru Biotechnologies (Richmond, VA)

$700,000

Grant Round 10 - January 2020

​Microsystem for Label-Free Separation and Recovery of Tumor-Associated Cells
from Biopsies for Precision Medicine

Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
CytoRecovery Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)

$400,000

Commercializing a Novel Treatment for Metastatic Cancers
Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia
InterLeukin Combinatorial Therapies Inc. (Richmond, VA)

$700,000

Design and Implementation of Green, Enzymatic Biofungicides for
Pre- and Post-Harvest Crop Protection

University of Virginia, Virginia Tech
Lytos Technologies LLC (Charlottesville, VA)
$500,000
​
Protein Painting of PD-1/PD-L1 for the Discovery of New Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
​for the Treatment of Lung Cancer and Brain Metastasis

George Mason University, Virginia Tech
Monet Pharmaceuticals (Nokesville, VA)
$400,000


Automated 3D Spinal Navigation System for Bedside Lumbar Puncture Procedures
University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
RIVANNA (Charlottesville, VA)

$800,000
​
Development of an Applicator and Training Simulator for a Gel Patch for Nonsurgical Eardrum Repair
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tympanogen (Richmond, VA)

$500,000

Grant Round 9 - May 2019

​Agrospheres-Enabled Biological Fungicide
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
AgroSpheres Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)
$600,000

Rapid Drug Development Using Molecular Rotational Resonance (MRR) for Structure Analysis
Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech
BrightSpec Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)

$400,000

Nanotrap Liquid Biopsy Collection Device (LBC) for Cancer Diagnostics
University of Virginia, George Mason University
Ceres Nanosciences Inc. (Manassas, VA)
$600,000
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Implementation and Clinical Impact of a Next Generation Precision Oncology Platform
University of Virginia, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Perthera Inc. (McLean, VA)
$500,000

Grant Round 8 - May 2018

MRR: A Major New Chiral Analysis Technique for Drug Discovery, Development and Process Control
Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
BrightSpec Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)
$400,000

Safe Mitochondrial Uncouplers for the Treatment of Human Disease
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
Continuum Biosciences Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)
$400,000
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Biofabrication of Regenerative Musculoskeletal Therapeutics
Old Dominion University, University of Virginia
Embody Inc. (Norfolk, VA)
$800,000

Tissue Preparations for Therapeutic Use in Cardiovascular Applications
Old Dominion University, Eastern Virginia Medical School
LifeNet Health (Virginia Beach, VA)
$250,000

Novel Anti-Inflammatory Drug with Strong Neuroprotective Properties for Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Virginia Commonwealth University, George Mason University
Serpin Pharma (Manassas, VA)
$350,000

Preventing Catheter Associated Infections
Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia
WynnVision LLC (Richmond, VA)
$510,000

Grant Round 7 - July 2017

Virginia Brain Injury Diagnosis and Monitoring Initiative
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
BRAINBox Solutions, Inc. (Richmond, VA)
$500,000
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Novel Preventive Treatment Paradigm to Change the Standard of Care for Those Who Recover from Opioid Overdose
Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Tech, George Mason University/ Inova
Indivior, Inc. (Richmond, VA)
​$500,000

Development of Peptide Inhibitor of Complement C1 as a treatment for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Virginia Commonwealth University
ReAlta Life Sciences, Inc. (Norfolk, VA)
$400,000

Grant Round 6 - October 2016

BT-11: First-in-class oral therapeutic for IBD
Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University
BioTherapeutics, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)
VT, VCU

$800,000

Bioengineering for the therapeutic delivery of massively expanded islet-derived human beta-cells
Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia
Propagenix, Inc. (Rockville, MD) 

$425,000

Translational research with nanosecond pulsed electric fields for immuno-oncology applications
Old Dominion University, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Burlingame, CA)

$300,000

Accelerating the commercialization of the Diamond™ mouse model of NASH
Eastern Virginia Medical School, George Mason University
Sanyal Biotechnology (Richmond, VA)

$100,000

Novel and potent anti-inflammatory drug with cardio-protective effects to treat myocardial injury and prevent heart failure
George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University
Serpin Parma (Manassas, VA)

$400,000

Commercialization of INSPIRE brain cancer treatment
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
VoltMed, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)

$800,000

Grant Round 5 - December 2015

Development of a biomarker assay and protocol for the commercialization of mibefradil dihydrochloride as a first-line treatment for glioblastoma
University of Virginia, George Mason University, Yale University
Cavion, LLC (Charlottesville, VA)

$307,057

INSPIRE to fight brain cancer
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
VoltMed, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)
$380,000

Grant Round 4 - August 2015

Three wave mixing technique for chiral analysis in continuous process manufacturing
Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia
BrightSpec Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)
$400,000

Optimizing oral delivery of BT-11 as a clinical candidate for treating inflammatory bowel disease
Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University
BioTherapeutics, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)
$400,000

Nanotrap® tick-panel test development
George Mason University, Virginia Tech
Ceres Nanosciences Inc. (Manassas, VA)
$500,000

Nanofabrication of tissue scaffolds
Old Dominion University, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Embody, Inc. (Norfolk, VA)

$634,500

Clinical trial of new drug in dogs to treat brain cancer in humans
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
FirstString Research

$290,000

Grant Round 3 - August 2014

PhenoCHIP-phenotype-based cell hierarchy and isolation platform
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
Proteo Biosciences

$270,000

​Biomarker-driven optimization of IL-12 gene electrotransfer for the treatment of melanoma
Old Dominion University, Eastern Virginia Medical School
Onosec Medical

$585,000

Ultrasonographic probe
Virginia Commonwealth University, Old Dominion University
Ultrasonic Probe

$536,000

Grant Round 2 - March 2014 

Reversing bioenergetic deficits and improving cognitive function in Alzheimer’s Disease
Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia
Gencia Corporation

$400,000

Enhancement of healing in diabetic wounds using a decellularized dermal matrix
Eastern Virginia Medical School, University of Virginia
LifeNet Health (Virginia Beach, VA)
$255,000

UVA-VCU partnership to develop radioimmunotherapeutic and imaging agents to a unique cell-surface target relevant for multiple human cancers
University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Neoantigenics

$348,729

Lead optimization of a SphK2 inhibitor for the treatment of CKD
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
SphynKx

$400,000

Grant Round 1 - December 2013

Development of novel anti-inflammatory drugs
Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth University
BioTherapeutics, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)
$400,000

Commercialization of a human tumor microenvironment system for pharmaceutical cancer drug discovery and development
University of Virginia, George Mason University
HemoShear Therapeutics, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA)

$450,000

Novel regenerative drug
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia
FirstString Research (Mount Pleasant, SC)

$200,000

Determining the optimal dosing schedule for the commercialization of mibefradil in front-line glioblastoma
University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Tau Therapeutics: now
Cavion, LLC (Charlottesville, VA)
$200,000
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