FreeMind Group

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Governmental Non-Dilutive Grant Identification and Application Assistance

Description
FreeMind is a consultancy firm that specializes in raising funds from government agencies and other non-dilutive sources through grants and contracts. Understanding biotechnology companies' success is highly dependent upon funding sources, BIO has partnered with FreeMind Group to offer special discounts and benefits when utilizing FreeMind's grant identification and application assistance services. With an expert team of grant specialists with extensive fundraising experience, FreeMind can assist companies in substantially increasing their grant success rates.

FreeMind's scope of funding assistance range from a variety of scientific fields from basic science to clinical research to market stage products and can help substantially improve your company's success rate. In 2008, FreeMind assisted companies in winning over $300 million in grants & contracts for clients, including small, mid-sized, and large life sciences companies. Your company will be assigned to a dedicated team of specialists with expert writing skills and experience that will assist in the entire fundraising process to help maximize your company's dollar potential.

Note: FreeMind Group is not a grant writing organization and does not perform the actual grant writing. FreeMind Group helps identify grant opportunities and provides assistance with grant writing, grant presentation, and grant application process in an effort to maximize the successful awarding of grant funding.

Recent Funding News

• Recovery Act Limited Competition: Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies (BRDG-SPAN) Pilot Program (RC3)
• Partnerships for Biodefense Viral Pathogens (RO1)
• Partnership for Biodefense Food and Water-Bourne Diseases (RO1)
• Recovery Act Limited Competition: Protection of Human Health By Immunology and Vaccines (UO1, U19)
• Atopic Dermatitis Research Network

Member Benefits

	20% discount off the upfront strategic assessment and process fees
	Dedicated and experienced team of grant specialists that assist in the entire grant process
	Access to unsolicited opportunities
	Three-tiered payment structure so that you pay for the services as your grant application progresses
	FreeMind will alert your company to new funding opportunities when they are announced

Eligible Association Members
In addition to BIO members, members of the biotech associations from the following states can take advantage of the BIO-FreeMind program:

Colorado (CBSA) Florida (BioFlorida) Georgia (GaBio) Indiana (IHIF) Maryland (TCM) Minnesota (LifeScience Alley)

Montana (MBA) New Jersey (BioNJ) North Carolina (NCBIO) Texas (THBI) Virginia (VaBIO) Washington (WBBA)

More Information
For more information about the BIO-FreeMind program, contact Ram May-Ron of FreeMind at 617.648.0340 or ram@freemindconsultants.com.

To learn more about FreeMind, visit www.freemindconsultants.com.

NEW PARTNERS

FreeMind Group: Assists with NIH and DOD funding opportunities. FreeMind specializes in raising funds from government agencies and other non-dilutive sources through grants and contracts.

Not a BIO member? You still may be eligible. View the list of participating state/regional biotech associations.

"The BIO Business Solutions program is very valuable to a company, especially now. Everybody is looking to save money in any way they can, and some ways are, frankly, quite painful. This one is a method that is not painful at all - in fact, it is easy. We pretty much do what we've always done; we're just paying less money for the same things. It's a win-win." Matt Pfeffer, Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, MannKind Corporation