Friday, July 21, 2023

BISMARCK, N.D. - The Bioscience Innovation Grant Fund Committee will meet at 9 a.m., Tuesday, July 25, 2023, and at 9 a.m., Wednesday, July 26, 2023, in the North Dakota Department of Agriculture’s 6th floor conference room at the State Capitol building.

 

If you would like the call-in information, please contact the North Dakota Department of Agriculture at 701-328-2231 prior to 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

 

Tuesday, July 25

  1. Welcome/Introductions                                                           Commissioner Goehring
  2. Approval of Aug. 25, 2021, Meeting Minutes                        Commissioner Goehring
  3. Funding Procedures and Background Information
  4. Applicant Presentations

9:20 AM          Your Performance Lab Inc

Contact: David Pickles

Amount Requested:  $300,000

           

9:40 AM          Thrixen LLC

Contact: Ben Boedeker

Amount Requested:  $996,000

 

10:00 AM        SafetySpect

                        Contact: Kenneth E. Barton

                        Amount Requested:  $1,240,000

 

10:20 AM        Break

                       

10:40 AM        FamGenix

                        Contact: Michael Brammer

                        Amount Requested:  $1,500,000

 

11:00 AM        Cotasys Inc

                        Contact: Jeremy Vrchota

                        Amount Requested:  $1,000,000

 

11:20 AM        National Agriculture Genotyping Center

                        Contact: Megan O’Neil

                        Amount Requested:  $300,000

     

11:40 AM        LUNCH BREAK

 

1:00 PM          Symtera Analytics and Wellness

                        Contact:  Haider Cheema

                        Amount Requested:  $715,901

 

1:20 PM          Concord Medical Technology Corporation

                        Contact: Joseph Allen, Jr

                        Amount Requested:  $600,000

 

1:40 PM          PNQ Health (PEACENQUIET, INC)

                        Contact: Kurtis Goos 

                        Amount Requested:  $1,500,000

 

2:00 PM          BREAK

 

2:20 PM          QURE Industries

                        Contact: Shahryar Jamshed Qureshi (Shar)

                        Amount Requested:  $317,750

 

2:40 PM          ThermaSolutions Sterilization

                        Contact: Steve Davis

                        Amount Requested:  $700,000

 

3:00 PM          Thin Air Surfaces, LLC

                        Contact: Jim Albrecht

                        Amount Requested:  $985,490

  1. Adjourn for Day                                                                     Commissioner Goehring

 

Wednesday, July 26

 

  1. Applicant Presentations (Day 2)

 

                9:00 AM          WalkWise, Inc

Contact: Peter Chamberlain

Amount Requested:  $500,000

 

            9:20 AM          Agassiz Sustainable, LLC

Contact: Hua Sun

Amount Requested:  $2,265,000

           

9:40 AM          Genovac Antibody Discovery LLC

                        Contact: Brian Walters

                        Amount Requested:  $1,299,833

 

10:00 AM        Poiesis Medical

                        Contact: Charlene Johnson    

                        Amount Requested:  $1,500,000

 

10:20 AM        BREAK

                       

 

10:40 AM        Imricor Medical Systems

                        Contact: Steve Wedan

                        Amount Requested:  $2,500,000

 

11:00 AM        Agathos Biologics

                        Contact: James Brown

                        Amount Requested:  $750,000

 

11:20 AM        TheraTec Inc

                        Contact: Tony Hyk

                        Amount Requested:  $1,000,000

 

11:40 AM        LUNCH BREAK

 

  1. Committee Discussion on Funding Recommendations
  2. Funding Approvals/Denials                                                    Commissioner Goehring
  3. Adjourn                                                                                   Commissioner Goehring