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: Tesoro accelerator program; Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research ; Arizona venture capital
January 16, 2025
Tech industry, city leaders partner on Phoenix startup accelerator / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) The new 12-week Tesoro accelerator program, in partnership with the city of Phoenix, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council and StartupAZ, plans to host two cohorts of…
Ten Arizona research teams earn $100K Flinn Foundation seed grants
January 13, 2025
The Flinn Foundation Seed Grants to Promote Translational Research program has awarded a combined $1 million to 10 Arizona research teams with the potential to turn their findings into viable products and treatments that impact patients. The program’s 10th cohort…
Arizona Bioscience News: CES 2025; Alzheimer’s risk factors; Antibiotic resistance; Arizona Venture Alliance
January 09, 2025
City officials, Phoenix startups in spotlight at CES 2025 tech conference / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Phoenix leaders, the Mayo Clinic, and several aspiring startups, including one with ties to Phoenix Bioscience Core, are showcasing the area’s growing innovation ecosystem…
Arizona Bioscience News: U of A research milestone; OrthoArizona CEO; HonorHealth expansion; Tucson K-8 school in national STEM competition
December 19, 2024
U of A announces milestone: $1 billion-plus in annual research spending / Arizona Daily Star The University of Arizona projects its research activity exceeded $1 billion in fiscal year 2024—which it says would put the university into a select group…
Arizona Bioscience News: ASU research funding; St. Luke’s Behavioral Health Hospital; U of A searches for vice president
December 12, 2024
ASU on the cusp of becoming a $1 billion research university / AZ Big Media Arizona State University, home of the Biodesign Institute and ASU Health, will soon hit $1 billion in annual research funding and is now among the…
Arizona Bioscience News: 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge winners; $3.3M to U of A Health Sciences; Flagstaff Medical Center safety grade
December 05, 2024
Here are the 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge winners / AZ Big Media Three bio and life sciences companies—DataBiologics, Metfora, and MiiHealth—have been named 2024 Arizona Innovation Challenge awardees and will participate in Venture Scale, Arizona’s flagship accelerator program for the…
Arizona Bioscience News: Banner Health grant; Discovery Oasis biotech campus; 2024 Governor’s Innovation Awards; Valley Fever cases rise
November 21, 2024
Phoenix-based Banner Health receives $74.5 million grant to study Alzheimer's / Arizona Republic The Banner Alzheimer's Institute in Phoenix received a $74.5 million five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to conduct a study with members of an extended family…
