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

Federal Funding Support
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 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.
Deadline: October 21, 2025
NHLBI, Catalyze Product Definition: Small Molecules, Biologics and Combination Products (R61/R33)
The NHLBI Catalyze innovation program is designed to provide a suite of comprehensive support and services to facilitate the transition of basic science discoveries into new treatments for diseases and disorders that fall under the NHLBI mission.
Interested in taking your next step to securing federal funding?
Contact knash@sciencecenter.org