Commercialization Initiation Program
The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust supports top commercialization-ready science, medicine, or engineering projects at Pacific Northwest research institutions to help bring lab discoveries to market.
Funder: M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Commercialization Initiation Program, projected)
Funding Amounts: Typically up to $250,000 per award; one project per eligible institution per cycle; project duration generally 1–2 years.
Summary: Supports top-priority commercialization projects at major research universities and biomedical institutes in the Pacific Northwest, advancing bench discoveries to market.
Key Information: Only one proposal per eligible institution per cycle; projects must be at a commercialization inflection point, not for basic research.
Description
The Commercialization Initiation Program, administered by the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, is designed to help major research universities and biomedical research institutes in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington transition high-priority scientific discoveries from the lab to the marketplace. The program focuses on projects in the natural sciences, medicine, and engineering that represent a significant inflection point for commercialization—meaning they are ready for the next step toward product or technology deployment, rather than simply generating data for further research grants. Only the highest-priority project from each eligible institution is considered during each cycle.
