Flinn Foundation

Improving the quality of life in Arizona to benefit future generations.

Bioscience

Building Arizona as a global center for research and commercialization in the biosciences.

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The long-term strategic plan to guide Arizona biosciences through 2025.
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Learn about the path for Arizona to become globally competitive and a national leader.
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Review the 2023 progress report featuring the latest Arizona bioscience data and developments.
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The latest data highlights the performance of Arizona's growing bioscience sector.
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A group of about 135 leaders guiding and pursuing the goals of Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap.
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Offering ecosystem resources and a searchable database with a map of more than 1,200 firms and organizations.
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The Flinn program provides $30,000 in funding to six firms each year.
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The Flinn seed-grants program awards research teams with $100,000 grants each year.
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Read about the latest developments in the biosciences across Arizona.

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Bioscience

Bioscience in Arizona

The Flinn Foundation supports the biosciences in Arizona through research grants and stewardship of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap, guiding the growth and development of the state’s bioscience sector through 2025.

The Roadmap’s tagline, “Advancing the Biosciences and Improving Health Outcomes” recognizes the broad spectrum of the biosciences, including research, academia, and product commercialization, as well as the central role of health care within the bioscience sector.


Bioscience

Heather Carter, Jennifer Barton to lead Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee

Heather Carter and Jennifer Barton, accomplished Arizona leaders in the biosciences, higher education, and public policy, have been named chair and vice chair of the Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee.

The committee, administered by the Flinn Foundation, is the statewide leadership group responsible for overseeing the long-term strategic plan to guide the growth and development of the state’s bioscience sector.

Carter, a former legislator, is the senior vice chancellor of external affairs for Maricopa Community Colleges. Barton, a biomedical engineer, researcher, and inventor, is the director of the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute in Tucson. [Read more]


Bioscience

Flinn Foundation adds bioscience, health care advocates to board of directors

Arizona business leaders Chris Camacho and Adam Goodman—the heads of Greater Phoenix Economic Council and Goodmans, respectively—have been elected to the Flinn Foundation board of directors.

Camacho, an advocate for the biosciences and the arts has served as president and CEO of the economic development organization for nearly a decade. GPEC’s Healthcare Innovation Council supports improvement in population health outcomes, policy that enhances innovation investment, and workforce development. Goodman represents the third generation to lead the Goodmans family business, a furniture and office design company.

Goodman, an ardent supporter of the arts, journalism, and health care, is also a 2023 Arizona Center for Civic Leadership Flinn-Brown Fellow. [Read more]


Bioscience

Flinn awards seed grants to 10 Arizona research teams 

Ten research teams from the University of Arizona, Arizona State University, and Mayo Clinic have been awarded $100,000 each from the Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program to help turn their findings into viable treatments and diagnostics.

Skin and cervical cancer, autism, asthma, respiratory pathogens, severe burn injuries, and antibiotic resistant bacteria are some of the conditions being studied by the Arizona-based scientists and clinicians. At the end of the 18-month grant period, two of the most successful grants will be awarded follow-on grants of up to $100,000 more. [Read more]


Bioscience

Flinn entrepreneurship program to select 2024 cohort

The Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program will announce its 2024 participants in late March. The Flinn Foundation selects up to six firms per year to participate in the program and earn $30,000 in non-dilutive funding, plus professional support and connections. 

Exclusive opportunities are offered to the competitively selected companies to engage with the state’s bioscience, academic, and policy leaders throughout the year. Since 2014, the Flinn Foundation has selected 60 Arizona bioscience firms in 10 cohorts to participate in the program through a competitive process. [Learn more]


News and Updates

Bioscience

Arizona Bioscience News: Northern Arizona Healthcare surgery center; 2024 STEMMY Awards; TSMC grants

Northern Arizona Healthcare announces new surgery center after referendum halts prior plans / Arizona Republic Northern Arizona Healthcare has announced plans for a new outpatient surgery center just east of Flagstaff Medical Center, including a complete interior remodel and a 6,000-square-foot expansion of the former Summit Center. HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center celebrates $170M expansion […]

Bioscience

Arizona Bioscience News: Arizona’s physician shortage; MyACTome acquired; Flagstaff STEMMY nominees

Arizona has a severe doctor shortage despite new medical schools. Here’s why / KJZZ Arizona’s universities have put a lot of money into opening and expanding medical schools in our state as we face an ongoing physician shortage. But Brittney Kaufmann, CEO of the Health System Alliance of Arizona, says it’s all for naught unless we […]

Bioscience

Arizona Bioscience News: ASU patents in top 10; New GT Medical leader; MCCCD connecting bio startups

ASU patent count among the world’s top 10 in 2023, inventors group says / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) A National Academy of Inventors’ 2023 list shows Arizona State University was granted 170 patents last year—a jump from 160 in 2022—marking the third time ASU has appeared in the top 10. The patents include a colon […]

Bioscience

Flinn Foundation names leadership of Arizona’s statewide bioscience committee

Higher education executive Heather Carter, UArizona biomedical engineer Jennifer Barton to serve as chair, vice chair Heather Carter and Jennifer Barton, accomplished Arizona leaders in the biosciences, higher education, and public policy, have been named chair and vice chair of the Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee. The committee, administered by the Flinn Foundation, is the […]