U of M Medical Innovation Center

Funding Sources

The Medical Innovation Center is pleased to host the UM Alumni Association's Leaders and Best seminars

Introduction to Life Science Technology Commercialization Symposium
Bringing Medical Advances to Patients
Converge Medical Technologies Awarded Outstanding Presentation and Runner-Up at the Michigan Business Challenge
FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT - Biomedical Commercialization Gap Funding (Submission Deadline: March 1, 2012)
Achieving Global Miomedical Innovation for Children Highlights
Global Fellowship Applications now being accepted
Using Clinical Observations to Facilitate Medical Device Commercialization.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2012-2013 fellowship
MIC is now accepting requests for domain selection for 2012-2013 Contact: Jennifer Stovall
Fall 2011 Newsletter
MIC Spinoff Featured on AnnArbor.com
Upcoming Funding Deadlines

Funding sources for early medical innovation ideas.
Upcoming deadlines:

MICHR Pilot Grants (Faculty PI limited to $50K) - Updates will be announced June, 2011
NIH R21 (exploratory research/development $275K direct costs over 2 yrs) - July 16
SBIR Special Announcement Grants - August 5, 2011
SBIR/STTR (Federal small business/research funding) - August 5, 2011
SBIR Special Announcement Grants - December 5, 2011
SBIR/STTR (Federal small business/university funding) - December 5, 2011
FDA Orphan Products Grant (Faculty PI; supports clinical trials; $200K/yr total cost) - February 1, 2012
SBIR Special Announcement Grants - April 5, 2012
SBIR/STTR (Federal small business/university funding) - April 5, 2012

Rolling funding sources:

Office of Technology Transfer Gap Funding (Consult your OTT Licensing Agent)
Prototype Funding from CFE (pdf) (Students)
MICHR Seed Grants (doc) (Faculty PI limited to $5K)
Ann Arbor SPARK Pre-Seed Capital Fund
Ann Arbor Micro Loans (pdf)
Michigan Micro Loans
Medical Device Grant from National Instruments ($25K in NI products and training)