University of Missouri Coulter Biomedical Accelerator
Bridging the gap between academic research and industry
The University of Missouri Coulter Biomedical Accelerator (MU Coulter Accelerator Program) began in 2012 as a 5-year, $5 million partnership between MU and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation.
In 2016, MU committed $4 million to continue funding the program through 2022. The MU Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program capitalizes on the best of academia and industry to accelerate the translation of biomedical innovations into products that improve patient care.
The program bridges the gap between academic research and industry by providing funding to engineer-clinician teams. These teams perform experiments to generate data that subsequently attract the professional funding needed to continue the commercialization of the technology.
Learn more about this programMidwest Biomedical Accelerator Consortium (MBArC)
Providing funding, training, and education to academic researchers
The Midwest Biomedical Accelerator Consortium (MBArC) was established in 2019 as a 4-year, $3.9 million partnership between the University of Missouri, Columbia (lead)/ University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC), Kansas City and the National Institutes of Health Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (NIH REACH).
The goal of MBArC is to provide funding, training, and education to academic researchers to accelerate the transition of discoveries originating from research labs into products that improve health.
To be eligible for this funding opportunity, a technology must be an idea or invention based on a participating institution’s intellectual property and should not be licensed/optioned to a company.
Promising proof-of-concept work emerging out of the Hub will be ready for the next source of independent financing through viable start-up companies competitive for small business grants, private capital investment, or licensing opportunities.
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