# DRIVEN: Accelerating Medical Entrepreneurship in the Northeast

> **NIH NIH UT2** · CELDARA MEDICAL, LLC · 2020 · $1,451,724

## Abstract

Project Summary
This project describes the formation, launch and operation of the DRIVEN Accelerator Hub, with the express
goal of reducing morbidity and mortality by increasing the number of medical entrepreneurs and their level of
competency. The Hub is focused on the Northeast and, in collaboration with similar Hubs, will contribute
nationwide. It will, in a facile, complete, and accessible way, provide the knowledge, skills, and training
necessary for technically savvy innovators to become successful entrepreneurs. The overarching task is to
codify a sufficient set of translatable best practices and knowledge resources, then organize, disseminate,
and support the consumption of same, using methods that are scientifically valid and ultimately, sustainable.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9991866
- **Project number:** 5UT2GM130176-03
- **Recipient organization:** CELDARA MEDICAL, LLC
- **Principal Investigator:** Jake Reder
- **Activity code:** UT2 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $1,451,724
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 2018-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9991866

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9991866, DRIVEN: Accelerating Medical Entrepreneurship in the Northeast (5UT2GM130176-03). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9991866. Licensed CC0.

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