 The NIH Center for Accelerated Innovations at Cleveland Clinic, NCAICC, was funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NHLBI, to support academic investigators in technology development and commercialization. NCAICC created and managed such a funding program, ultimately supporting 75 different projects across seven separate academic institutions. This article was authored by Opharieis, Mark Lowe, Vara Prasad Josihula and others.