Grant Round 17 Awardees

RICHMOND, VA – March 5, 2025  – The Virginia Catalyst, also known as the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC), today announced that it has awarded $3.2 million in grants to four life and bioscience projects in the Commonwealth of Virginia. These projects were awarded in Grant Round 17.
 
“The Catalyst works to help industry partners and academic investigators to raise follow-on funding” said Mike Grisham, CEO of Virginia Catalyst. Through this 17th round of funding, Virginia Catalyst has awarded 69 grants totaling over $36 million, resulting in over $54 million in matching funds and over $700 million in follow-on funding to date.

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