Updated May 28, 2024 & June 4, 2024
BISMARCK, N.D. - The Bioscience Innovation Grant Fund Committee will meet at 10:40 a.m., Thursday, June 6, 2024, and at 9 a.m., Friday, June 7, 2024, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.
If you would like virtual registration information, please contact Michelle Mielke at 701-328-2233 prior to 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, June 6, 2024.
Thursday, June 6
10:40 a.m. Call to Order
Business Meeting
Welcome and Introductions
Review Meeting Minutes
Financial Report
11:00 a.m. National Agricultural Genotyping Center – Fargo, ND – Zack Bateson
Requested: $200,000 Total Project: $300,000
11:20 a.m. Frontier Bioforge LLC – Fargo, ND – Wyatt Warkenthien
Requested: $500,000 Total Project: $750,000
11:40 a.m. Lunch
12:40 p.m. RxE2 Inc. – Fargo, ND – Gerald Finken
Requested: $191,714 Total Project: $383,428
1:00 p.m. FamHis, Inc. dba FamGenix – Delray Beach, FL – Michael Brammer
Requested: $500,000 Total Project: $1,000,000
1:20 p.m. ImmunoPrecise Antibodies (USA) Ltd. – Fargo, ND – Kari Graber
Requested: $759,470 Total Project: $1,815,358
1:40 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Checkable Medical Inc. – West Fargo, ND – Patty Post
Requested: $839,000 Total Project: $4,000,000
2:20 p.m. SafetySpect Inc. – Grand Forks, ND – Kenneth Barton
Requested: $537,000 Total Project: $817,000
2:40 p.m. Thin Air Surfaces, LLC – Wahpeton, ND – Jim Albrecht
Requested: $1,192,000 Total Project: $2,345,600
3:00 p.m. Break
3:20 p.m. PathKeeper Surgical – Norwich, CT – Erez Lampert
Requested: $1,118,500 Total Project: $2,376,000
3:40 p.m. Modern Hygiene, Inc. dba TERSA – Fargo, ND – Ray Kelly
Requested: $375,000 Total Project: $750,000
4:00 p.m. Billie’s Soap – Grand Forks, ND – Billie Kellar
Requested: $650,000 Total Project: $1,435,900
Recess
Friday, June 7
9:00 a.m. MindMend BioTech LLC – Bismarck, ND – Mercedes Terry
Requested: $202,000 Total Project: $404,000
9:20 a.m. Krisara Engineering – Fargo, ND – Dave Jorgenson
Requested: $1,151,000 Total Project: $1,727,000
9:40 a.m. Krampade – Grand Forks, ND – Eric Murphy
Requested: $117,500 Total Project: $184,211
10:00 a.m. Break
10:20 a.m. Chapul Farms ND One, LLC – McMinnville, OR – Todd Severson
Requested: $244,976 Total Project: $565,585
10:40 a.m. Kirkwall Defense, Inc. – Fargo, ND – William Cromarty
Requested: $171,040 Total Project: $554,880
11:00 a.m. TailWind MedTech, Inc. – Fargo, ND – Richard Walsh
Requested: $862,000 Total Project: $2,700,400
11:20 a.m. CorVent Medical Inc. – Fargo, ND – Travis Murphy
Requested: $850,000 Total Project: $7,000,000
11:40 a.m. Lunch
12:00 p.m. Funding Decisions