MIMIT™ provides early investment in interdisciplinary translational developments. Funding is competitively awarded by a MIMIT™ Scientific Committee.

Examples of MIMIT™-funded projects include:

- Peripheral nerve repair using a novel fabricated polymer conduit
- Complex cell sheet engineering for epithelial tissue regeneration
- Biocompatibility testing of a new biomaterial for use in regeneration of the degenerate intervertebral disc
- The development of a blood transfusion trigger using Near Infrared Spectroscopy
- Development of Optical Coherence Tomography as a clinical imaging modality
- Real-time pain assessment using electrical impedance tomography for functional brain imaging