南卡罗来纳州500万美元科技催化基金首批拨款220万美元 四家企业以创新改善农村医疗
南卡罗来纳研究管理局（SCRA）于2026年11月10日在州府 Columbia 宣布，州科技催化基金（Tech Catalyst Fund）首批拨款落地：四家企业共获220万美元，用于把医疗创新带到本州农村地区。
科技催化基金首年规模500万美元，与南卡州卫生与公众服务厅（SCDHHS）合作设立，是该州农村医疗转型计划五项倡议之一；该计划获联邦医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心（CMS）拨款总额200,030,252.32美元。首批获拨款的四家企业为 ElectroWire Medical、Pressiant Health Inc.、PulManage Inc. 与 Robinhood Health。
SCRA 表示，基金收到近100份申请，经两日路演与外部专家评审选出首批名单。州长 Henry McMaster、SCDHHS 厅长 Eunice Medina、SCRA 首席执行官 Bill Kirkland 与项目经理 Kella Player 均对首批拨款发表了支持表态，称目标是让农村居民在家门口用上新的医疗技术与服务。
SCRA 是南卡罗来纳州设立的公共非营利机构，长期负责扶持本州科技企业与研究成果转化。此次基金把农村医疗列为首个主题，获拨款企业须在州内推进试点与服务落地。
SCRA 说，科技催化基金的后续获奖名单将在数日内陆续公布，首年500万美元将分批投完；评审标准包括技术可行性、对农村医疗的实际改善与在州内扩展的能力。
South Carolina’s $5 Million Tech Catalyst Fund Makes First Awards, $2.2 Million to Four Rural Health Innovators
The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA) announced in Columbia on November 10, 2026, the first awards from the state's Tech Catalyst Fund: four companies will receive a combined $2.2 million to bring health care innovation to rural parts of South Carolina.
The Tech Catalyst Fund totals $5 million in its first year and was created with the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (SCDHHS) as one of five initiatives under the state's Rural Health Transformation Program, which holds a total CMS award of $200,030,252.32. The first four recipients are ElectroWire Medical, Pressiant Health Inc., PulManage Inc. and Robinhood Health.
SCRA said the fund drew nearly 100 applications, winnowed through a two-day pitch process with outside reviewers. Governor Henry McMaster, SCDHHS Director Eunice Medina, SCRA CEO Bill Kirkland and program manager Kella Player all backed the first awards, saying the goal is to put new medical technology and services within reach of rural residents.
SCRA is a state-chartered public nonprofit that supports South Carolina technology companies and research commercialization. Rural health is the fund's first theme, and recipients must carry out pilots and service rollouts inside the state.
SCRA said further Tech Catalyst awards will be announced in the coming days until the first-year $5 million is fully committed, judged on technical feasibility, measurable benefit to rural care and the ability to scale within South Carolina.
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