Those millions will fund Project Vital: Virginia Innovations and Technology Advancements in Life Sciences. It’s a collaboration among the Roanoke-Blacksburg Innovation Alliance (formerly Verge), Virginia Tech and Carilion Clinic. Virginia Commonwealth University is teaming with Activation Capital to lead Project Vital efforts in GO Virginia Region 4. “This whole project is really meaty,” Burcham said in a previous conversation about Project Vital. “There’s a lot of programs and projects that are under this that could really help to ignite our biotech sector.”