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Six winning projects to address human health needs such as myocardial infarctions, traumatic brain injury, musculoskeletal injury and catheter associated infections
The Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC), now known as Virginia Catalyst, today announced that it has awarded a total of $2.7 million to six life and bioscience projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These grants, which will be met with nearly $5.7 million in matching funds from partner companies, were awarded as Round 8 of Virginia Catalyst’s ongoing mission to stimulate economic development by promoting collaborative projects that address large, unmet medical needs, and that can create high-paying jobs in the Commonwealth. “With this eighth round of funding, Virginia Catalyst has now awarded $15.7 million to Virginia companies and universities working on incredible technologies that can benefit the whole of society,” said Mike Grisham, CEO of Virginia Catalyst. “These six projects embody Virginia Catalyst’s core mission in that not only can they help citizens in our state, and our country, treat diseases and to discover new forms of treatment, but they can also help keep Virginia’s economy moving forward.” Read the full press release here.
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