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Governor Announces Grant Program to Develop Life Science Entrepreneurs

August 26th, 2019

Governor Cuomo today announced a new grant program to develop life science entrepreneurial talent in New York State. This competitive grant will award up to $550,000 to qualified New York graduate schools of business, working in collaboration with medical schools or graduate programs in the life sciences, biomedical engineering or bioinformatics, to plan, develop and implement a new MBA concentration or certificate in life science entrepreneurship.
Programs proposed by qualified public or private graduate schools of business must:
  • Include an educational program that results in either an MBA concentration or graduate-level certificate in life science entrepreneurship;
  • Feature a curriculum focused on the business of technological innovation in the life science industry;
  • Identify resources within universities to support talented students as they consider career options;
  • Establish substantive institutional partnerships, linking graduate schools of business with medical schools, life science-based graduate programs, biomedical engineering programs, and bioinformatics and data science programs; and
  • Establish partnerships between graduate schools and the business community, engaging investors, startups and seasoned life science leaders to participate in curriculum development and implementation.