The Strategic Alliance for Bioscience Research and Education (SABRE) is a consortium of of NAU faculty and staff, Northern Arizona business, government, and entrepreneurs engaged in interdisciplinary research and education in the broad areas of bioscience, biotechnology and bioengineering.  These endeavors are largely focused on leveraging bioscience research and education into workforce and economic development in Northern Arizona.

Arizona's "New Economy" will focus on knowledge-based contributions to economic growth, including major initiatives in the growing areas of bioscience, biotechnology, and bioengineering.  As a major first step towards this new economy, the Flinn Foundation has commissioned Batelle to produce the Arizona Bioscience Roadmap.  This Roadmap identifies key areas of high potential growth and economic opportunity in the biosciences.  In addition to The Batelle Bioscience Roadmap, Arizona has also recently incorporated Science Foundation Arizona (SFA).  SFA will act as a statewide clearinghouse to channel funds into research and development directly related to the Arizona New Economy.

Working with our partners in government, industry, and education, SABRE helps researchers in the biosciences and related fields contribute to the Arizona New Economy through research, development of ideas, intellectual property protection, licensing, technology transfer, and business start-ups.

Current News

The FY 2008/2009 TRIF RFP is available now.  Click here is access it in PDF format.  The deadline for proposal submission is Jan. 28, 2008.  Note there is a new funding category in addition to those in last year's RFP related to business development.

SABRE, NACET, and the NAU VPR will be hosting the 2008 "Invention to Venture" conference on the NAU campus, April 4'th, 2008.  This conference will be bringing in keynote speakers, panels and other experts to address the many issues and pathways available for researchers to take an idea from the "invention idea" to a profit-making "venture".  Stay tuned to our Invention to Venture site for more information as it becomes available.

 The main site for the national Invention to Venture can be found at www.invention2venture.org

For more information of the TRIF program, proposal preparation, external review process, awards and reporting, see the proposals page of this site.