ED24HDQ0G0410
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Purpose: The purpose of this grant is to grow Indiana's bioeconomy sector by strengthening the biotechnology supply chain and commercializing life-saving medicines.
Heartland BioWorks Tech Hub (BioWorks) will cultivate a skilled workforce and integrate new opportunities for BioWorks to establish the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson region as a global leader in human, animal, and plant biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
Activities to be performed:
1) Provide the infrastructure and human capital needed to effectively convene and coordinate Indiana's university and healthcare stakeholders to staff and operate a BioWorks headquarters for the region's biotech sector.
2) Evaluate the performance of BioWorks as measured through the recruitment, training, and placement of workers with guidance from Indiana's higher education institutions and renowned training programs.
3) Establish cyberinfrastructure, policies, and processes to necessary to ensure the security, collaboration, and financial success of BioWorks.
4) Keep biotech inventions domestic by implementing a grant program to help early-stage innovators access product development facilities.
Heartland BioWorks Tech Hub (BioWorks) will cultivate a skilled workforce and integrate new opportunities for BioWorks to establish the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson region as a global leader in human, animal, and plant biotechnology and biomanufacturing.
Activities to be performed:
1) Provide the infrastructure and human capital needed to effectively convene and coordinate Indiana's university and healthcare stakeholders to staff and operate a BioWorks headquarters for the region's biotech sector.
2) Evaluate the performance of BioWorks as measured through the recruitment, training, and placement of workers with guidance from Indiana's higher education institutions and renowned training programs.
3) Establish cyberinfrastructure, policies, and processes to necessary to ensure the security, collaboration, and financial success of BioWorks.
4) Keep biotech inventions domestic by implementing a grant program to help early-stage innovators access product development facilities.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NON-CONSTRUCTION - FY23 REGIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION HUB PROGRAM PHASE 2
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Bloomington,
Indiana
47408-2671
United States
Geographic Scope
Single Zip Code
Applied Research Institute was awarded
Indiana Biotech Growth Grant: Strengthening Supply Chain
Project Grant ED24HDQ0G0410
worth $3,906,716
from Economic Development Administration in September 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Bloomington Indiana United States.
The grant
has a duration of 5 years and
was awarded through assistance program 11.039 Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs.
$1,000,000 (20.0%) 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
8/31/29
End Date
Funding Split
$3.9M
Federal Obligation
$1.0M
Non-Federal Obligation
$4.9M
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
ED24HDQ0G0410
SAI Number
None
Award ID URI
None
Awardee Classifications
Nonprofit With 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
PHLNLR2KFJQ5
Awardee CAGE
81LB8
Performance District
IN-09
Senators
Todd Young
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
Modified: 8/29/25