University City Science Center

We are thrilled to introduce the 2026 Nucleus Awards honorees! This annual celebration recognizes the visionary leaders who are moving the needle in our region. The Nucleus Awards, presented by CSL, celebrate those who catalyze commercialization, allocate vital capital, cultivate the STEM workforce, and connect the community.

Meet the honorees:

🌟 Commercialization Award: David Fajgenbaum, MD, MBA, MSc, Co-Founder and President, Every Cure - sponsored by Wexford Science + Technology and Ventas
🌟 Capital Award: Greg Howard, General Partner, Quorum Capital Partners - sponsored by TriState Capital
🌟 Convener Award: Rebecca L Grant, DVM, Senior Director of Life Sciences and Innovation, City of Philadelphia’s Department of Commerce - sponsored by KPMG
🌟 Cultivator Award: Cait Garazzo, Executive Director, The Skills Initiative - sponsored by Verizon

Join us as we celebrate these incredible honorees, network with the region’s leaders, and champion equitable growth in Philly!

📅 When: September 29
📍 Where: 3675 Market Street
🔗 View the full press release: https://sciencecenter.org/news/science-center-to-honor-four-regional-innovation-leaders-at-2026-nucleus-awards-presented-by-csl

Get evidence into the rooms where policy, coverage, and care-delivery decisions get made.
The Genentech Scholars Program, launched by the Science Center and Genentech, is funding publication-ready health research that can inform clinical practice, policy, and patient care.

Researchers can apply for grants of up to $25,000 through one of two tracks:
🔬 Disease-State:
For focused research in one of eight specific disease areas — including cardiovascular/metabolic, lupus nephritis, Alzheimer's, IBD, multiple sclerosis, diabetic macular edema, food allergy, and women's health — that can directly inform diagnosis, treatment, or care pathways

🌍 Community & Public Health:
For applied scholarship on access to care, caregiving burden, affordability, community access disparities, and the value of innovation: work that shapes how care is financed, delivered, and understood by policymakers and payers

Funding supports projects such as:
• Real-world evidence studies
• Health economics & outcomes research
• Implementation science
• Policy-relevant mixed methods
• Systematic reviews

If your research is on the path to publication within the next 12 months, we encourage you to apply.
📅 Proposal deadline: August 19, 2026

More info and application: https://sciencecenter.org/programs/genentech-scholars-program

You've got the deck. You've got the vision. But when an investor asks to see your data room, cap table, IP filings, and board records — are you ready?

That's the question the University City Science Center's Capital Readiness Program is built to answer. Five days. Five investors. No pitching — just the honest, substantive feedback most founders never get until it's too late.

Free for selected companies. Cohort 12: December 7–11. Apply by August 21.
🔗 sciencecenter.org/programs/capital-readiness