The Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program is not accepting applications at this time.
Application Requirements
Proposed projects for the Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program must address compelling clinical needs in the areas of precision medicine, diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, or health-care-delivery processes—and have significant potential to turn bench results into viable products or systems impacting patients in Arizona and beyond.
The application requires:
- a letter of support from the vice president of research or their designee at the principal investigator’s institution;
- a 300-word project summary; and
- a slide deck with required elements.
The principal investigator must have, or be working with their institution on, an agreed path for licensing or ownership of the project’s IP.
Proposals will be evaluated by an independent review committee of academic and industry experts appointed by the Flinn Foundation. Constructive feedback will be offered to all applicants. (See Seed Grants Scoring Rubric)
Program eligibility
For a research team to be eligible for the program:
- The principal investigator must be employed by an Arizona-based, nonprofit academic- or medical- research institution or health system;
- The proposed product and/or process must address a clearly defined, compelling clinical need; and
- The project team must have a blend of skills (e.g., scientific, clinical, engineering, business, regulatory) to meet the proposal goals.
- The principal investigator must agree to participate in grant programming provided by the Flinn Foundation.
- Previous Flinn Foundation grantees may apply as a principal investigator if all previous Flinn grants are closed.
Contact
For more information about the program or to learn about future application opportunities, email Mary O’Reilly, Ph.D., Flinn Foundation Vice President, Bioscience Research Programs, or Wiley Larsen, Flinn Foundation Program Manager, Translational Bioscience and Entrepreneurship.
- Read the January 2024 announcement of the 10 new grantees
- Learn about current and past program participants
- View an information session slide presentation from the last application cycle
- See testimonials in this program brochure from the last application cycle