Accelerate the Speed of Cure

We accelerate the translation of bold ideas into real-world patient care. By bridging clinical insight, engineering expertise, and strategic collaboration, we move innovation from discovery to measurable impact.

IMPACT

Your Impact in Action

30%

Seed Funding

Strategic seed grants of $50k–$100k enable bold, high-risk ideas to move beyond early concepts. By de-risking innovation at its earliest stages, we empower researchers and collaborators to generate the data, validation, and momentum needed to attract larger-scale funding and industry partnerships.

55%

Talent Development

We invest in the next generation of clinical leaders and surgeon-scientists through targeted fellowships and mentorship. By fostering interdisciplinary training and entrepreneurial thinking, we equip clinical leaders with the tools to translate research discoveries into real-world healthcare solutions.

15%

Patient Access & Quality Improvement

Support helps expand patient access to clinical trials and innovative treatments while strengthening the quality of care delivery. By improving pathways to advanced therapies and clinical innovation, we help maintain the highest standards of patient care.

HELP

Where You Can Help

Innovation Accelerator

Fuel the 'Valley of Death'—the critical gap between initial discovery and commercial viability.

Clinical Innovation Fund

Support pilot studies, early clinical validation, and multidisciplinary translational research.

Clinical Innovation Fund

Support pilot studies, early clinical validation, and multidisciplinary translational research.

Talent & Fellowship Program

Invest in the next generation of surgeon-scientists and interdisciplinary innovators.

Talent & Fellowship Program

Invest in the next generation of surgeon-scientists and interdisciplinary innovators.

Equitable Patient Access

Improve patient access to clinical trials and breakthrough therapies while redefining how innovative care is delivered.

Equitable Patient Access

Improve patient access to clinical trials and breakthrough therapies while redefining how innovative care is delivered.

//Supporting Innovation. Empowering Care.

Address

505 Parnassus Ave, 14th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94143

(415) 353-2757

OIC@ucsf.edu

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Address

505 Parnassus Ave, 14th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94143

(415) 353-2757

OIC@ucsf.edu

Follow Us

  • Otolaryngology Innovation Center

© 2026 UCSF Innovation Center. All rights reserved.

Address

505 Parnassus Ave, 14th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94143

(415) 353-2757

OIC@ucsf.edu

Follow Us

  • Otolaryngology Innovation Center

© 2026 UCSF Innovation Center. All rights reserved.

Address

505 Parnassus Ave, 14th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94143

(415) 353-2757

OIC@ucsf.edu

Follow Us

  • Otolaryngology Innovation Center

© 2026 UCSF Innovation Center. All rights reserved.