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Accelerator Fund Media Center

Welcome to the OTD Media Center for Harvard's Biomedical Accelerator Fund. This section provides the latest media and press coverage related to the program and also serves as the home for details on upcoming events.

Press Releases

4.29.2013Harvard announces $50 million gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation
12.20.2010Harvard's Technology Development Accelerator Fund Proves Boon to Research With Commercial Potential
09.23.2009Harvard’s Technology Development Accelerator Fund Announces 2009 Awards
02.08.2008Harvard University Launches New Round of Biomedical Accelerator Fund to Speed Proof-of-Concept and Development of Emerging Technologies

In the News

05.02.2013 Harvard Gets Down To Business With $50 Million For Biomedical Accelerator, MBA Program
The idea is to provide the financing and the business acumen to help life science research bridge the oft-noted valley of death.
04.29.2013 $50M Gift From The Blavatnik Family Foundation
Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator a catalyst to transform early-stage research [Click here for Boston Globe article.]
02.28.2012 Funding success, and finding it
Four years in, Accelerator program is spawning development of technology
08.11.2011 Harvard Accelerator Program, Proving Its Mettle with Startups and Pharma Partnerships, Looks to Raise Big New Fund
Harvard University’s Office of Technology Development has what it calls an “Accelerator Fund” that has been chugging along for four years now, and it has achieved some notable results.
06.02.2011 Small (molecule) thinking in academia
01.05.2010 Accelerator Fund boon to research
Harvard program provides bridge for promising life-sciences developments