Q: WHAT IS THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY?

A: Baylor College of Medicine is collaborating with Deerfield, an investment firm dedicated to advancing healthcare, to accelerate the translation of research in Baylor College of Medicine faculty laboratories into clinical therapeutics. Blue Square Discoveries is a Deerfield company that will support Baylor College of Medicine’s innovative translational research and leverage Deerfield’s expertise in accelerating state-of-the-art drug development. Blue Square will fund projects with the aim of discovering novel therapeutics to cure life-altering diseases. Deerfield has pledged up to $130 million over 10 years, and will provide operational support to advance mutually agreed upon research initiatives to the market.

Q: WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY?

A: Principal Investigators whose principal employer is Baylor College of Medicine or who have a faculty appointment at Baylor College of Medicine and are therefore subject to Baylor College of Medicine’s institutional policies are eligible to apply.

Q: HOW CAN I APPLY?

A: Interested faculty should reach out to Damian Young at damian.young@bcm.edu for information on proposal submission.

Q: DOES BLUE SQUARE HAVE A THERAPEUTIC AREA OF INTEREST?

A: No – We welcome applications from all therapeutic areas.