The University City Science Center just landed a $500,000, five-year grant to join a newly-created network of accelerators put forth by a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Take a deep breath and mind the acronyms as we try to break this down:

The grant was awarded by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of HHS’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR); the funding is meant to help the Science Center support startups in the health security space as part of the Division of Research, Innovation and Ventures (DRIVe)Accelerator Network.

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE