Strengthening Healthcare and Innovation in Las Vegas

In August 2025, the City of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency launched the BioHealth Innovation Challenge to invite game-changing proposals to develop and operate a biosciences incubator lab in one of the City of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency Redevelopment Areas, with preference for a location in or near the Las Vegas Medical District, establishing a sustained operation that provides meaningful benefits to the local community. One transformative project will receive up to $10 million.

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The BioHealth Innovation Challenge welcomes applications from organizations and individuals over the age of 18 years. Applicants from around the world are eligible to apply. Each applicant must identify a Lead Participant who will assume responsibility for the receipt and management of any award. The following organizations are eligible to apply: 

• Any company or business, either privately held or publicly traded, for which the entity can provide evidence of good standing in all relevant and governing jurisdictions.  

• An entity that is recognized under the law of the applicable jurisdiction as a non-governmental organization, a charitable organization, a social welfare organization, a not-for-profit organization, or similar-type entity that is not a for-profit organization or government agency.    

• An entity organized under the laws of the applicable jurisdiction which has received a tax determination letter from the IRS or has been determined to be the equivalent of a section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) or (2) organization by NGO Source for which an equivalency determination has not expired and would be in effect or could extended through the date of the project to be supported.    

• A nonprofit organization under section 501(c)(3) and 509(a)(1) or (2) of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC") that has received a tax determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS").    

• A private foundation under section 501(c)(3) of the IRC that has received a tax determination letter from the IRS.  

• A fiscally-sponsored nonprofit organization. 

• A public college, junior college, or university under section 501(c)(3) of the IRC that has received a tax determination letter from the IRS. 

• A PreK-12 public, private, or charter school. 

• Individual or team of individuals who are 18 years of age or older.  

• Federal, state, and/or local government agencies, including a tribal government or tribal-owned enterprise.  

Review the Rules for a complete set of eligibility requirements.

The City of Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency identified key project areas with which proposals should align:

• Artificial Intelligence and Technology Integration

• Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs

• Data Science and Health Informatics

• Ethics and Environmental Biotechnology

• Genomics and Genetic Engineering

• Intensive Rehabilitation Equipment and Protocols

• Medical Devices and Diagnostics

• Microbiome and Public Health

• Nanotechnology and Biomaterials

• Neurological Research & Rehabilitation

• Next Generation Sequencing

• Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering

• Therapeutics and Biopharmaceuticals

Eligible projects should be able to demonstrate proof of concept, evidence of scaling, or current operations at scale. Early-stage projects are not eligible to apply. Review the submission requirements for more information.

At the time of the award agreement’s execution, the winner must be duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada and qualified to do business in the State of Nevada. The Nevada Secretary of State website details the requirements to form a business in Nevada.