Commercialization Initiation Program
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Commercialization Initiation Program supports Pacific Northwest research universities and biomedical institutes in moving natural science, medical, and engineering discoveries toward commercialization.
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Funder: M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: Commercialization project support
Summary: Supports priority projects that move natural science, medical, and engineering discoveries from the bench toward commercialization.
Key Information: Applications are by invitation, and only each eligible institution’s highest-priority commercialization project is considered.
Description
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust’s Commercialization Initiation Program supports bringing bench discoveries to market at a select group of major research universities and biomedical research institutes in the Pacific Northwest. Launched in 2015 and expanded in 2020, the program supports work in the natural sciences, medicine, and engineering, with the transition from discovery toward market use as its central purpose.
The Trust considers each institution’s highest-priority commercialization project. Proposed work must create a true inflection point for commercialization, rather than simply advance research toward another grant application. Projects designed only to generate data for a subsequent research grant application will not be considered.
