Virginia Catalyst Announces Round Eight of Grant Funding

The Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corporation (VBHRC), now known as Virginia Catalyst, today announced that it is accepting applications/letters of intent (LOIs) for round eight of grants to fund the development and commercialization of life science projects that address major unmet needs for improving human health. The awards, which range from $200,000 to $800,000, will accelerate translational research in the Commonwealth of Virginia through collaborations between industry and Virginia research universities. The purpose of this funding is to:

• Fund innovative, collaborative, translational research projects that elevate the level of sponsored research at Virginia’s universities and have the potential to significantly improve human health and create high value jobs in the Commonwealth
• Accelerate commercialization of our research university inventions and discoveries and to achieve competitive critical mass through robust collaborations of our research universities and industry

 
Letters of intent must be received by February 1, 2018 at 5:00 PM EST. Projects that meet criteria will be invited to submit a full application. Awards will be announced in April 2018. 

​Read the full press release here.

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