It sounds like you are trying to build a kickstarter version of the NIH. The way to get this going is to offer real money to both the academics and the administrators - once you do this then they will come running to you with open arms.<p>Can I suggest that you spend the next month reading Derek Lowe’s blog “In the Pipeline” [1] (especially all the comments). You will learn why so much never makes it out of the lab.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.sciencemag.org&#x2F;pipeline&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.sciencemag.org&#x2F;pipeline&#x2F;</a>