The Bioscience CAT’s mission is to support and grow Delaware’s economy and bioscience community by fostering innovative applied research collaborations between Delaware businesses and academic institutions.

A grant program designed to assist SBIR Phase II applicants bridge the funding gap between Phase I and Phase II awards.

Provides specialized training and mini grants of $3,000 to teams interested in exploring the commercial viability of their ideas for products and businesses that are based on their own inventions, University intellectual property, or any STEM-related technology.

FSI helps technology-based and early stage businesses find traditional seed capital, alternative funding, skilled human capital, commercialization assistance, intellectual capital, and other entrepreneurial resources.

The Innovating for Women Business Challenge is a nationwide business competition to highlight innovative products and services created and launched by cutting-edge entrepreneurs who will have the opportunity to compete for the top three awards totaling $70,000 in prize money provided by Microsoft.

Hen Hatch is the University of Delaware’s premier startup funding competition. It provides entrepreneurial students, alumni, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to make connections and collect feedback on their ideas while competing for startup cash and prizes totaling $100,000.

early stage financing. Awards from $25,000 (Stage 1) to $15,000,000 (Stage 3).

Challenge.gov is a listing of challenge and prize competitions, all of which are run by more than 80 agencies across federal government. These include technical, scientific, ideation, and creative competitions where the U.S. government seeks innovative solutions from the public, bringing the best ideas and talent together to solve mission-centric problems