ED24HDQ0G0399
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Purpose: The Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub Governance Project aims to establish tech hub-wide leadership, governance, and project management groups along with maintaining coordination across the tech hub consortium and industry players.
To track outputs and progress, the governance component will focus on data collection, analysis, risk mitigation, and reporting along with communication and marketing efforts to improve engagement across the industry.
Activities to be performed:
Hire staff for project management and create infrastructure to govern the projects, timelines, budgets, goals, and metrics.
Establish consistent meetings and consortium member processes, annual meeting planning, quarterly reporting, and communication to all stakeholders and interested parties.
Create a system for metric reporting, analysis, and progress toward tech hub goals.
Media and communications for promotion, growth, and future investment opportunities for the tech hub.
Reduce and anticipate any risk relating to security, budget, or project implementation by conducting annual risk mitigation reviews.
Expected outcomes: Standardize metrics reporting and progress toward project goals based on timelines submitted, develop processes to monitor budgets and project funding submissions, and create a centralized system to manage requirements outlined by MOU's, LOI's, and guidelines.
Increase the newsletter, media, and stakeholder engagements along with project goals, metrics, and detailed budgeting reports.
Create a list of potential risks, annual trainings, and maintain goals for tech hub sponsorships, stakeholder growth, and investments in the biohealth industry regionally and state-wide.
Intended beneficiaries: The implemented leadership, governance, and project management structures will enable better coordination across stakeholders, data collection and analysis, communications, and risk management.
The governance project will create engaging external outreach efforts and promote the hub's efforts, informing partners, community members, and the workforce with hopes of minimizing risky threats and disasters.
Subrecipient activities: No subrecipient activities mentioned.
To track outputs and progress, the governance component will focus on data collection, analysis, risk mitigation, and reporting along with communication and marketing efforts to improve engagement across the industry.
Activities to be performed:
Hire staff for project management and create infrastructure to govern the projects, timelines, budgets, goals, and metrics.
Establish consistent meetings and consortium member processes, annual meeting planning, quarterly reporting, and communication to all stakeholders and interested parties.
Create a system for metric reporting, analysis, and progress toward tech hub goals.
Media and communications for promotion, growth, and future investment opportunities for the tech hub.
Reduce and anticipate any risk relating to security, budget, or project implementation by conducting annual risk mitigation reviews.
Expected outcomes: Standardize metrics reporting and progress toward project goals based on timelines submitted, develop processes to monitor budgets and project funding submissions, and create a centralized system to manage requirements outlined by MOU's, LOI's, and guidelines.
Increase the newsletter, media, and stakeholder engagements along with project goals, metrics, and detailed budgeting reports.
Create a list of potential risks, annual trainings, and maintain goals for tech hub sponsorships, stakeholder growth, and investments in the biohealth industry regionally and state-wide.
Intended beneficiaries: The implemented leadership, governance, and project management structures will enable better coordination across stakeholders, data collection and analysis, communications, and risk management.
The governance project will create engaging external outreach efforts and promote the hub's efforts, informing partners, community members, and the workforce with hopes of minimizing risky threats and disasters.
Subrecipient activities: No subrecipient activities mentioned.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NON-CONSTRUCTION - FY23 REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB PROGRAM PHASE 2
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Madison,
Wisconsin
53711-1061
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Bioforward was awarded
Wisconsin Biohealth Tech Hub Governance Project
Project Grant ED24HDQ0G0399
worth $4,165,337
from Economic Development Administration in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Madison Wisconsin United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 11.039 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs.
$250,000 (6.0%) of this Project Grant was funded by non-federal sources.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity FY 2023 Regional Technology and Innovation Hub Program Phase 2 Notice of Funding Opportunity.
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 8/29/25
Period of Performance
9/1/24
Start Date
8/30/29
End Date
Funding Split
$4.2M
Federal Obligation
$250.0K
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.4M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
ED24HDQ0G0399
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit Without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other Than An Institution Of Higher Education)
Awarding Office
1331K5 DEPT OF COMMERCE EDA
Funding Office
1331K5 DEPT OF COMMERCE EDA
Awardee UEI
MG8ZV9GNXLR3
Awardee CAGE
9MKW3
Performance District
WI-02
Senators
Tammy Baldwin
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
Modified: 8/29/25