Call for Applications: BioNTX Tech Transfer Showcase 2025: (Deadline 28 July, 2025)

Applications are open for the Tech Transfer Showcase 2025. The Tech Transfer Showcase is designed to elevate academic innovations, support the next generation of entrepreneurs and industry leaders, and connect institutions with strategic partners. It offers a valuable opportunity to build relationships, attract funding, and accelerate the journey from lab to market.

Applicants selected to advance will have the opportunity to present their most promising innovations live at the iC³ Life Science Summit before an exclusive audience of industry leaders, investors, and potential collaborators. BioNTX convenes leading universities and research institutions from the Southwest region to spotlight early-stage life science technologies ready for licensing, collaboration, or acquisition.

Benefits

• Exposure: Showcasing your technology increases its visibility among potential partners, investors, and collaborators. This exposure can lead to valuable connections and opportunities for collaboration or commercialization.
• Networking: Tech transfer showcases bring together a diverse range of stakeholders, including industry professionals, investors, researchers, and entrepreneurs. Networking at these events can help you build relationships that may lead to partnerships, funding, or further development opportunities.
• Access to Resources: Tech transfer showcases attract investors, funding organizations, and support services that can provide resources and expertise to help advance your technology. Engaging with these stakeholders at the event can open doors to funding, mentorship, and other forms of support. 

Eligibility

• Open to Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Tennessee academic institutions who have technologies available for licensing, collaboration and/or acquisition. 
• They welcome any technology that could advance clinical outcomes, lower healthcare costs and/or accelerate delivery of innovative life science solutions. 

Requirements

• Early-stage development and/or most promising intellectual property.
• Recommended from their respective Tech Transfer Office.
• Each academic institution can submit up to 2 separate applications.
• Non-confidential information only.

Application

See important dates:

• May 1, 2025: Applications open 
• August 7, 2025: Announce winning applicants
• August 8, 2025: Mentor pairings
• August 18, 2025: Pitch Deck draft due
• August 22, 2025: First pitch practice (BioLabs or virtual)
• September 5, 2025: Second pitch practice (BioLabs or virtual)
• September 15, 2025: Submit final pitch deck slide
• September 17, 2025: Applicants pitch at iC³ Summit

(Deadline 28 July, 2025)

For more information, visit Tech Transfer Showcase.