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23 Oct Wisconsin health sciences consortium gets federal innovation funds to accelerate biotech industry
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Ebony Cox / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A group of Wisconsin businesses, universities and government agencies is one of 31 consortiums nationwide to win funding for development a regional technology hub.
The Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub, selected from hundreds of applications to the federal the Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs program, will receive a $350,000 planning grant. With the designation as a regional hub it now can apply for up to $70 million in federal funds to develop a network of companies, universities, investors and economic development agencies to accelerate advances in biotechnology and personalized medicine.