Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
Welcome to the Flinn Foundation Bio Blog where you will receive the latest news throughout 2025 (and beyond) on the next iteration of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap.
The Roadmap is the nation’s longest-running, statewide bioscience strategic plan. Bookmark this page for regular updates on the biosciences in Arizona and the development of the new Roadmap coming this fall.
Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
News and Updates
Arizona Bioscience News: UArizona Cancer Center grant; Journey Venture Studio entrepreneurs; New HonorHealth hospital
August 17, 2023
University of Arizona Cancer Center gets $1.5 million grant for new training program / KJZZ Researchers at the University of Arizona Cancer Center recently received a $1.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to fund the 10-week STEP-UP program,…
Flinn translational research seed grants advancing Arizona’s bioscience goals
August 10, 2023
By Mary O’Reilly, Ph.D.Flinn Foundation The Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research Program has aimed since its inception a decade ago to bridge the gap between Arizona’s academic researchers and clinicians and enable them to work together to…
Arizona Bioscience News: Wearable tech; Alzheimer’s funding; Small business grant
August 10, 2023
5 wearable tech projects from Arizona successfully brought to market / AZ Big Media The Partnership for Economic Innovation, a collective of business and community leaders, announced that five of its Phoenix-based WearTech Applied Research Center’s 2022 cohort projects have…
Arizona Bioscience News: Phoenix Forge’s impact; $10M to Bisbee hospital; Valley fever surging
August 04, 2023
GateWay Community College maker space yields $36M economic impact, GPEC finds / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Phoenix Forge, the open-to-the-public maker space at GateWay Community College in Phoenix promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, is expected to produce $36 million in…
Arizona Bioscience News: $10M to Barrow to study COVID & Alzheimer’s; Emagine Solutions Technology’s $1M grant; Heat and disease
July 28, 2023
Barrow awarded $10M to study the effects of COVID-19 on Alzheimer’s / AZ Big Media Barrow Neurological Institute, an internationally renowned leader in the treatment of brain and spinal disorders, has been awarded $10 million by the Office of the…
Arizona Bioscience News: CAMI receives $4M; Calviri raises $11M; Yuma County high for Alzheimer’s
July 21, 2023
Maricopa County allocates $4M for proposed UArizona Health Sciences Phoenix research center / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors recently approved $4 million in funding for the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Advanced…
Arizona Bioscience News: Mayo’s new Discovery Oasis leaders; ASU’s $270M partnership; Bioscience Summer Camp
July 13, 2023
Mayo Clinic names leaders for Phoenix biotech innovation hub / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Mayo Clinic has selected two leaders for its Discovery Oasis biotech innovation hub to be developed on 120 acres next to its hospital campus in…
