Meet the 2024 Flinn-Brown Fellows

July 2024

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation has selected 28 civic leaders from around the state as the 2024 Flinn-Brown Fellows. In this video, hear directly from the Fellows, learn about their careers and public service, the communities they represent, and connect with them on social media.

Seed Grants Program Brochure

July 2024

The Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program funds 10 Arizona-based research teams each year that are advancing new products or services addressing significant clinical needs. This brochure provides information about the latest cohort, including benefits and eligibility. The application opens Aug. 1, 2024, and the deadline to apply is Sept. 26, 2024.

The awardees will each receive a $100,000 grant over 18 months, plus programmatic benefits. At the end of the grant period, up to two of the most successful projects may receive up to an additional $100,000 over the following year.

Leveraging the Phoenix Region’s Bioscience Assets for Sustained Economic Growth

June 2024

The Flinn Foundation-sponsored report, “Leveraging the Phoenix Region’s Bioscience Assets for Sustained Economic Growth,” identifies how Phoenix’s strengths can grow the state’s bioscience and biomedical industry through partnerships between industry, clinical care, and academic research and development in:

• Precision oncology/medicine, providing personalized targeted cancer diagnosis and care through molecular diagnostics.
• Digital health, weartech and medtech, including wearable electronic devices, telehealth, disease detection and remote monitoring.
• Translational neurosciences that bridge the gap between brain research and treatments.

Also see: Technical Appendix (Details of Major Analyses Informing the Line-of-Sight to Growth Opportunities)

 

The Latest Progress of the Biosciences in Arizona

April 2024

This brochure presents the latest performance data for Arizona’s bioscience sector, which is performing at historically high levels in jobs, wages, National Institutes of Health research funding, and university research and development. The report highlights the substantial gains the state has made in the biosciences since 2002 and the major advances in 2023.

2024 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program Flyer

November 2023

This two-page flyer describes the application process for the 2024 cohort of the Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program, which selects up to six Arizona early-stage bioscience companies each year and provides funding, connections, and support. The application, which includes a two-page executive summary and pitch deck, is due January 29, 2024.