Updated: April 7, 2022
Accelerator Award is a milestone-driven award program (up to $250,000) focused on translational research toward therapeutics or associated biomarkers and diagnostics.
The Accelerator Award Letter of Intent (LOI) submission portal is now OPEN; LOI submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis.
▸ RFA: Entrepreneurial Fellows Award
Updated: March 1, 2022
The CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows (EF) Award program identifies and supports the professional development of academic researchers who are keen to develop the skills and experiences needed to move translational projects from a university lab toward commercialization and potentially into a Chicago-based biotech start-up. The program exposes Fellows to a breadth of real-world experiences across the CBC institutions in the Chicago biomedical community.
Meet the 2022 inaugural class of CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows here!
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Updated: January 13, 2022
Catalysts are one-time incentive awards (up to $250,000), focused on basic biological/ biomedical research with transformative potential, made to collaborative teams with principals and other strong representation from at least two of the CBC institutions.
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News I March 3, 2022
▸ Chicago Innovators: A four-person cohort may seed the biotech industry in Chicago
CBC Executive Director Michelle B. Hoffmann speaks with Sasha-Ann Simons on WBEZ’s Reset on how the CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows will help ignite our explosive life sciences ecosystem.
Click on the red “listen” button at the beginning of the article to hear the full podcast!
News I March 1, 2022
▸ The Chicago Biomedical Consortium Names Inaugural Class of CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows
CBC Entrepreneurial Fellows program aims to inspire and coach promising local biomedical talent and support the growing life science industry in Chicagoland.
Please see HERE for the Crain’s Chicago Business coverage!
Opportunities
Posted: June 15, 2022
Job Opportunity: Research Assistant Professor – Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
UIC Center for CardioVascular Research (CCVR)
The Center for CardioVascular Research (CCVR) at the University of Illinois (UIC) College of Medicine is seeking candidates with a strong scientific background and managerial experience to help coordinate the development, implementation, and dissemination of all research programs of the Center. A major emphasis of the program is growing the portfolio of collaborative, high-impact research programs.
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