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With the support of a four-year, $4 million Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs (REACH) grant from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) will advance the life science economy in West Baltimore and Greater Baltimore and accelerate the development of the biomedical and innovation workforce in Baltimore. 

Applications for the UM-BILD Accelerator will open in August 2025
for the September 2025 funding cycle (Cohort 3).



 

  • Principal Investigators

    Leadership

    Led by Jason Rose, MD, MBA, our team includes representatives from each partner institution. 

  • Two researchers

    The Incubator

    State-of-the-art facilities, leading experts, and an array of other resources will support innovators. 

  • A person applying

    Apply

    UM-BILD Accelerator will begin accepting funding applications in August 2025 for the September 2025 funding cycle. Learn how to apply


Partner Institutions

Partners institutions are contributing more than $5 million of non-federal matching funds and providing access to existing, successful initiatives and programmatic efforts that support the mission of UM-BILD. Our partners are University of Maryland, Baltimore, University Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore County, University of Maryland, College ParkMorgan State University, Blackbird Laboratories, and TEDCO's Maryland Innovation Initiative

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

  • University of Maryland School of Medicine

     

  • University of Maryland, College Park

     

     

  • Morgan State University

     

  • Blackbird Laboratories

  • Maryland Innovation Initiative