Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program application due Dec. 16
Each year, the Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program offers funding, professional support, connections, and networking opportunities to Arizona early-stage bioscience companies.
This year, the program is piloting a new format as we await an update of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap that will extend beyond 2025.
Ten finalist companies will be selected for interviews, of which two will be awarded up to $100,000 each in project costs, professional development, and consulting services administered through Arizona Bioindustry Association. The remaining eight companies may elect to work with the Flinn Foundation to leverage the benefits of our network and advisors to advance their companies’ progress over the 12-month period.
In addition, the 10 companies will be offered exclusive opportunities to engage with the state’s bioscience, academic, and policy leaders, including one-year memberships to Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee, and invited to convenings with fellow bioscience entrepreneurs.
Past Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program participants and Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program awardees are eligible to apply.
The submission deadline for the 2025 Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program is Monday, Dec. 16, 2024.
Follow the link below to the application and learn more about program eligibility and requirements on our Apply page.
Key Dates
Nov. 4, 2024: Application opens
Nov. 7: Info table at Venture Café Phoenix
Nov. 11, 2024: Virtual Info Session (View PowerPoint presentation)
Nov. 18, 2024: Virtual Group Office Hours (1-2 p.m.)
Dec. 2–4, 2024: Virtual 1:1 Office Hours, by appointment
Dec. 5, 2024: Live Biopreneur Storytellers Event at Venture Café Phoenix
Dec. 16, 2024: Application deadline (5 p.m.)
Jan. 24, 2025: Finalists notified
Early February 2025: In-person finalist pitches
Late February 2025: Selected companies notified
Background
In 2002, the Flinn Foundation unveiled Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap, the long-term strategic plan to advance Arizona’s bioscience sector. One of the four strategies of the Roadmap is to create a critical mass of bioscience companies in Arizona. In 2014, the Roadmap was updated, with the first goal being to “Form a hub of bioscience entrepreneurs and new enterprises across Arizona.”
To help address this need, the Flinn Foundation launched the Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program to foster entrepreneurship and help bioscience founders develop their early-stage companies into successful and sustainable businesses in Arizona.
Since 2014, the Flinn Foundation has selected 66 Arizona bioscience companies to participate in the program through a competitive process. The 11 program cohorts have received nearly $2 million in funding support through the foundation’s nonprofit partners.
Questions
If you have any questions about the program or application process, please contact Joanna Yang Yowler, Ph.D., Flinn Foundation Program Manager, Translational Biosciences and Entrepreneurship.
Learn more:
Application requirements and program eligibility
View information session PowerPoint presentation
Program Flyer
Meet the program participants from 2014 to today
