Commercialization Initiation Program
Funds top-priority science, medicine, or engineering projects at Pacific Northwest research institutions to help transition major discoveries from lab to market.
Funder: M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
Due Dates (Anticipated): June 2027 (Commercialization Initiation Program application deadline, projected)
Funding Amounts: Typically supports 1 high-priority project per eligible institution; award size and duration vary by project and institutional needs.
Summary: Supports major research universities and biomedical institutes in the Pacific Northwest to commercialize significant scientific discoveries.
Key Information: Only one proposal per institution per cycle; projects must represent a true commercialization inflection point.
Description
The Commercialization Initiation Program, launched 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 critical bench discoveries to the marketplace. The program specifically targets each institution’s single, highest-priority project in the natural sciences, medicine, or engineering. Funding is intended for projects at an inflection point for commercialization—those ready to move beyond research toward real-world application, rather than those seeking preliminary data for future grants.
The program emphasizes institutional endorsement and prioritization, ensuring that only transformative, market-ready projects are considered. The Trust will not fund projects whose primary aim is to generate data for future grant applications.
