startup acceleration

We empower early-stage companies to secure and manage federal funding through specialized assistance.

By leveraging our government relationships, providing comprehensive proposal development, and deploying sophisticated award management, the Science Center streamlines the process for startups in accessing federal funding.

The Science Center’s Offerings Include:

Consortium Management: we can deftly bring high-level partners together for a joint proposal, including overseeing development of a consortium management agreement, and coordinating partners’ contributions to multiparty proposals.
Proposal Development: our experienced team can help draft all elements of a sophisticated proposal including technical scopes of work, commercialization plans, supporting documents, and required legal documentation.
Administrative Leadership: bringing a deep bench of organizational support and expertise, we can support a technical lead with both pre-award planning and coordination and post-award administrative functions including financial management, compliance, and reporting.
Government Affairs: we leverage decades-long relationships with elected and appointed officials in support of our funding requests.

Related Experience

Our experienced team of grant writers and research administrators has led and supported successful proposals to:

ARPA-H

BARDA

DARPA

Department of Defense

National Institutes of Health

SBIR/STTR – Multiple Agencies

Current funding and partner opportunities

Deadline: October 9, 2025

DARPA, Biological Technologies BAA

The Biological Technologies Office is accepting applications for research not being addressed in other solicitations. There are multiple research areas under the following topics: ML/AI; Human Performance; Materials, Sensors, Processing; Ecosystem and Environmental; Biosecurity and Biosafety; and Biomedical and Biodefense.