Healthcare company-building profile
FDA Pediatric Device Consortia Grants Program
U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Orphan Products Development
AcceleratorGovernment or nonprofit acceleratorNonprofitActive
Source-based profile
Program at a Glance
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Program category
- Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Organization
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Office of Orphan Products Development
- Organization type
- Nonprofit
- Location
- Silver Spring, Maryland
- Company stage served
- Not publicly documented
- Cohort or participation model
- Delivered through funded consortia, each of which runs its own competitions, pitch events and advising cycles
- Investment or funding offered
- Yes
- Published investment terms
- Non-dilutive; FDA P50 grants to consortia, which in turn issue small non-dilutive awards to device teams; no equity taken
- Equity or fee model
- No equity
- Clinical or hospital connection
- Not publicly documented
- Application status
- Active
- Founded
- 2009
Public description
About the program
FDA's Pediatric Device Consortia Grants Program funds nonprofit consortia that provide business and regulatory advice, prototyping help and grant support to innovators developing pediatric medical devices. Consortia operate structured intake, competition and mentorship programs for device teams. FDA has awarded multi-million dollar grants across successive rounds to consortia based at children's hospitals and universities.
What the program publicly emphasizes
Focus areas and features
Pediatric medical devicesMedtech commercializationRare disease
- Category: Government or nonprofit accelerator
- Program structure: Delivered through funded consortia, each of which runs its own competitions, pitch events and advising cycles
- Published terms: Non-dilutive; FDA P50 grants to consortia, which in turn issue small non-dilutive awards to device teams; no equity taken
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