The Flinn Foundation Translational Seed Grants Program supports teams that include both scientists and clinicians affiliated with Arizona-based research institutions and/or health-care systems.
Donor Name: Flinn Foundation
State: Arizona
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/31/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Flinn Foundation seeks proposals from research teams with innovative solutions to well-defined and compelling clinical needs in the areas of devices, diagnostics, health-focused technology platforms or delivery processes, and therapeutics. Other clinically compelling innovations, particularly those within precision medicine, are welcome to reach out and confirm eligibility. Proposed projects should have reached a point where there is significant potential to turn bench results into viable products or services to benefit patients in Arizona and beyond.
Funding Information
Beyond the $100,000 grant, the program provides:
- Quarterly cohort workshops to enhance teams’ skillsets in product development and commercialization;
- Networking and connections with research and industry experts;
- Referrals to programs, resources, and product-development/product-launch experts;
- The opportunity to pitch for an additional $100,000 in follow-on funding at the end of the original granting period; and
- Membership during the grant period on Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee.
Grant Period
18-month grant period.
Uses of Funds
The PI’s home institution will administer the grant; up to 10% of funds are allowable for administrative or institutional fees (indirect costs).
Grant funding can cover or offset expenditures such as:
- Program-related lab expenses (materials, support staff, analysis).
- Prototype development, testing, and validation.
- Animal-model tests.
- Publication of data.
- Development/refinement of business plan and customer discovery.
- Development of proposals for follow-on funding from Small Business Innovation Research funds, National Institutes of Health grants, angel investments, philanthropic funds, etc.
Eligibility Criteria
For a research team to qualify for the program:
- The principal investigator must be employed by an Arizona-based, nonprofit academic- or medical-research institution or health system;
- The principal investigator must have, or be working with their institution on, an agreed path for licensing or ownership of the project’s IP; and
- The principal investigator must agree to participate in grant programming provided by the Flinn Foundation.
For more information, visit Flinn Foundation.
