anchor Description
HJF Innovation Labs at Montgomery County is a co-branded innovation facility affiliated with the Montgomery County Business Center Innovation Network (BCIN). This partnership between Montgomery County and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc. (HJF) will accelerate the resources, expertise and investment required to advance HJF-developed technologies from concept to point-of-care for military service members and their families. Funding will support buildout of square feet of flexible "mini" wet labs, shared lab and equipment areas, an engineering space, business offices, and workspace, in the Foundation's headquarters office building to leverage HJF's other existing infrastructure and capabilities, which includes a state-of-the-art auditorium, meeting rooms and business expertise that spans intellectual property, information technology, commercialization, proposal development, clinical trial protocol drafting and management.
anchorEstimated Schedule
Build out is anticipated to begin in Fall Occupancy is expected in Winter
anchor Justification
Demand for smaller-sized lab space, with shared equipment and services and easy access to meaningful innovation support and community resources currently exceeds supply. The new co-branded HJF Innovation Labs at Montgomery County, housed at the Foundation's Headquarters in Bethesda, will provide physical infrastructure supporting a broader framework for the delivery of high-value resources to accelerate the translation of medical innovations developed within the HJF or Montgomery County innovation networks to the marketplace for the dual-use fields. It will serve as a resource for Montgomery County health innovators and others in the region to spur the development of more innovation and jobs within Montgomery County. The ability for Montgomery County to collaborate with HJF as a founding partner of a co-branded HJF Innovation Labs at Montgomery County as HJF is launching its strategic initiative to strengthen the military medical innovation ecosystem, is a unique opportunity to leverage HFJ-supported federal, academic, and industry sponsored research programs to advance biohealth technologies.
anchorCoordination
Office of the County Executive, Montgomery County Business Center Innovation Network, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.