COULTER

The University of Missouri Coulter Biomedical Accelerator (MU Coulter Accelerator Program) began in 2012 as a 5-year, $5 million partnership between MU and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation. In 2016, MU committed $4 million to continue funding the program through 2022. The MU Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program capitalizes on the best of academia and industry to accelerate the translation of biomedical innovations into products that improve patient care. The program bridges the gap between academic research and industry by providing funding to engineer-clinician teams. These teams perform experiments to generate data that subsequently attract the professional funding needed to continue the commercialization of the technology... Since its inception in 2012, the MU Coulter Biomedical Accelerator Program has awarded more than $4.1 million in bridge grant funding to 35 projects, and more than $462,000 in seed grant funding to 18 early-stage projects. A total of 90+ technical and..

Primary location: Columbia United States