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Stanford Medicine Catalyst Awards

Funds Stanford Medicine Catalyst Awards to support translational incubation capital stanford healthcare innovators.

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Stanford Medicine Catalyst Awards provide up to $1 million per project — substantially more than typical academic incubators — to Stanford-affiliated innovators with early-stage healthcare technologies. The program covers diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, digital health, and AI/ML clinical tools. Projects must demonstrate early working prototype, feasibility data, or other early validation data at the time of application. This is a strictly Stanford-internal program. Eligible applicants include Academic Council Faculty, Clinician Educators, Instructors, Medical Center Line Faculty, Postdocs, Staff, and Students who are Stanford-affiliated. The program is jointly run by Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care, and Stanford Children's Health.

Max award$1M
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No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: Annual.

Last verified: 31 May 2026Source: smcatalyst.stanford.edu