One tier of the BioMedSA mission is to support the regional healthcare and bioscience ecosystem. One of the ways we do that is to highlight the community assets that available to support the needs of innovators. Below is a collection of lab space assets that are available… Alamo BioCenter is a new flexible coworking laboratory … Read more
Clean Harbors is one of the largest environmental services companies in North America, managing waste recycling and disposal, planned environmental and industrial services, as well as Emergency Response Services. They offer 35-40% off list price for waste disposal, 15-20% off list on transportation and materials, and 35% off labor charges. They offer a free site … Read more
The Office of Commercialization and Innovation at the University of Texas at San Antonio is seeking experienced entreprenuers or executives to provide faculty innovators with strategic support in the Entrepreneurr-in-Residence Program (EIR). This ongoing program, in 3 month contracts, seeks to leverage the experience of entrepreneurs to assess present technologies and begin the process towards … Read more
The City of San Antonio is piloting two programs for Ready to Work Pledged Employers to support workforce development and investing in city business growth; The Ready to Work Incumbant Worker Training Pilot (IWT Pilot) and The On-the-Job Training Pilot (OJT Pilot). Programs are designed to serve both the advancement needs of employees and the benefits … Read more
New Funding to Bolster San Antonio’s Biomedical Startup Ecosystem The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced BioMedSA as a Stage Two winner for the national 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. BioMedSA will receive $150,000 to help catalyze the development of bioscience startups in San Antonio, enabling them to build on a strong foundation as … Read more
For many of our members, the search for funding and grants is an inevitable part of growth. We are grateful to the City of San Antonio for approving a new program to support small businesses with high-growth potential. Funding will be provided based on eligibility requirements assessed as part of an application. Limited funding support … Read more
Knowing NIH grant paylines is important information to assess whether or not your project will be funded. An NIH payline is determined based the combination of the available funds and applications for those available funds. The Impact score is evaluated relative to the NIH payline. The NIH payline is the cutoff for funding: an Impact Score higher … Read more
A new addition to Biofest Week this year, Biofest Tours, enabled attendees to visit 5 key assets in the San Antonio life science ecosystem: Southwest Research Institute, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, BioBridge Global, NVision, and VelocityTX. Participants learned more about these organizations, including laboratory tours. With a full roster and a waitlist, BioMedSA welcomed participants … Read more
The potential for tremendous growth in Bioscience Artificial intelligence (AI) is staggering with some areas expected to grow as much as 40% Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) over the next 10 years. Potential areas of growth include: 1). Drug Discovery, 2). Genomics, 3). Medical Imaging, 4). Precision Medicine, 5). Synthetic Biology and 6). Robotics and … Read more
Biofest Invest 2023 was held on April 19, 2023, the day before the start of San Antonio’s Fiesta celebration. Over 260 people registered to attend. Medtech, biotech, digital health, and pharma entrepreneurs made connections with investors, support organizations, and colleagues, as well as received helpful information to enable their growth. Forty-nine sponsors across the life science … Read more
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