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Remodeling the model

How Thiel's Breakout Labs will modify grants for second year of funding

April 22, 2013 7:00 AM UTC

The Thiel Foundation's Breakout Labs program has emerged from its pilot year of awards with modified grant terms intended to create a revolving funding model.

The foundation, established and funded by Peter Thiel, a director of Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), launched Breakout Labs in November 2011. The program has an annual budget of $4-$5 million and expects to make 10-15 grants per year. The grants top out at $350,000 (see BioCentury, April 23, 2012)...