DEADLINE: I-CREATE Accelerator Funding

Startups and university-backed projects worldwide can apply for non-dilutive funding ranging from $50K to $200K. This funding supports the development, evaluation, or validation of innovative solutions aligned with BARDA’s mission to enhance pandemic preparedness and health security. I-CREATE supports the development and acceleration of novel diagnostics and medical devices to detect, prevent, or respond to medical consequences that result from health security threats.

Focus areas of interest include new and novel approaches for the detection and diagnosis of pathogens and consequences of biological threats in BARDA’s mission space. Examples of technologies we’re excited to fund:

• Pathogen agnostic approaches
• Lab at home
• Rapid and accurate tests
• Low-cost tests
• Simple and user-friendly sampling approaches (i.e. breath)
• More equitable and accessible innovations