Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP) at the Medical College of Wisconsin
The Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP) in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology serves MCW and Clinical & Translational Science Institute of Southeast Wisconsin partner institutions. The process of translating research ideas into technologies that improve human health is many steps and requires the assistance of different teams with diverse expertise. TAP catalyzes the bench to beside journey, bridging the gap between basic research and the development process. TAP provides advising, project-based funding opportunities, and connections to our network of resources to de-risk and advance technologies along the path to commercialization.
Services
- Project-based funding opportunities for therapeutic development (Drugs, devices, diagnostics, platform technologies, HealthTech)
- Expert advising
- Therapeutic product development and entrepreneurship education
Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP) Pillars of Support
Teaching & Education
- Modern Drug Discovery & Development course
- Professional development course for trainees
- Formal entrepreneurship and therapeutic product development education for faculty and trainees developing new technologies
- Translational Workforce Development
Advising
- Help investigators start the product development process and identify next critical steps
- Facilitate internal and external collaborations
- Concept validation and independent scientific review by panels of experts
- Guide the scientific milestones of the development process and connect investigators to the business, legal, regulatory, and capital resources
Project Funding
- Competitive project-based funding
- $1.4M in funding support awarded by TAP
- $8M awarded to projects by external sources
- Executed 25 funded projects
- 112 funding proposals received
Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP) Impact
- 1 marketed product
- 2 licensed technologies
- 2 additional technologies in talks for licensing
- 5 startup companies incorporated
- 7 additional startup companies assisted
- 9 patents awarded
- 10 additional patents filed/pending
- 4 new intellectual property disclosures
- 2 clinical trials
- Over 200 consultations
Contact Us
General inquiries and advising
Kristin Ciezki, PhD
Director, Therapeutic Accelerator Program
kciezki@mcw.edu | (414) 955-4605
Do you have an idea that you think might be patentable? Please reach out to MCW's Office of Technology Development at inventions@mcw.edu.