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Deshpande Center for
Technological
Innovation is
announcing its latest
call for proposals</b></span><span
style="font-family:
Arial;">. The Center's
grant program is <b>open
to all MIT faculty
with PI status </b>and
provides significant
benefits, beyond just
funding, for its
recipients.</span></p>
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style="font-family:
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are interested in
commercializing a
technology should have a
faculty member apply for
a grant with the
post-doc listed as a
team member.</span></p>
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style="font-family:
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both earlier-stage
proof-of-concept
explorations with broad
potential impact, and
later-stage innovations,
that faculty inventors
are eager to see
commercialized. The
Deshpande Center offers
more than just funding -
such as support through
the Catalyst program,
exposure through events
and other opportunities,
and the chance to
participate in i-Teams.
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are due April 16, 2014
at 5:00 p.m.</b>
Please see below or our
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<p style="margin-top: 0px;
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Cooney</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;
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Director</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;
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Sandler</strong></p>
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Director</p>
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<div><b>MIT Deshpande Center for
Technological Innovation <br>
Fall 2014 Grants</b></div>
<p style="margin-top: 0px;
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due: April 16, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.</span></strong></p>
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<p style="font-family: Times New
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style="font-family: Arial;">Do you
need resources to further an
unproven concept or invention with
market potential? Is your
technology getting close to the
commercialization stage, but you
need help determining the right
application or connecting with the
business community? This is where
the Deshpande Center for
Technological Innovation can help.</span></p>
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style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Since
2002, the Deshpande Center has
funded 110+ research projects
providing over $12million in
funding.</b></span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">
Approximately one-quarter of the
research teams supported by the
Deshpande Center commercialize
their technologies either by
forming new companies and raising
funding, or licensing their
innovations to existing companies.
<b>To date, there have been 28
spin-outs that have raised over
$400 million in capital.</b></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Times New
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style="font-family: Arial;"><b>The
Deshpande Center is announcing a
call for proposals for its Fall
2014 round of grants</b></span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">. The
Center supports leading-edge
research in emerging technologies
and cultivates interactions
between MIT and the
entrepreneurial business
community. Funds will be granted
in a broad range of disciplines,
for research done at MIT, with the
objective to ultimately license
the technology to an outside
company or start-up that will
commercialize it. Proposals must
be submitted by a faculty member
of MIT.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Times New
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style="font-family: Arial;">Along
with funding, the Deshpande Center
grant recipients receive:</span></p>
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normal; font-weight: normal;
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11pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span
style="font-family: Arial;">Exposure
through Deshpande Center
events and opportunities to
connect with investors,
entrepreneurs, the business
community, and the media as
appropriate. </span></li>
</ul>
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<li style="font-family: Times New
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normal; font-weight: normal;
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style="font-family: Arial;">Support
through our Catalyst Program,
including customer contacts,
business advice, market input,
and IP strategy. </span></li>
</ul>
<ul>
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normal; font-weight: normal;
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style="font-family: Arial;">Opportunity
to participate in i-Teams, a
cross-campus course that
involves highly qualified
teams of pre-screened graduate
students in Deshpande Center
projects.</span></li>
</ul>
</ul>
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style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Ignition
Grants: </b></span>
<div><span style="font-family:
Arial;">If you have an idea
that you believe could address
a significant market need if
successful, and you believe
you could achieve a
proof-of-concept in less than
a year with a <b>grant of up
to $50,000</b>, we encourage
you to apply for an Ignition
Grant. </span></div>
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style="font-family: Arial;"><b>Innovation
Grants: </b></span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">If
you have a technology that you
think could be brought close to
commercialization within a year
or so with some additional
funding, connections, and
advisory support, and you are
eager to see your technology
applied to the real world, we
encourage you to apply for an
Innovation Grant. <b>Grants
start at $50,000</b>. (The
committee will consider
proposals up to a <b>maximum of
$250,000</b> with strong
budget justification.)</span></li>
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style="font-family: Arial;">Don't
need the money but need the
help? You can still receive
support from the Deshpande
Center without having a grant
from us. Give us a call or send
us an email to set up a meeting.</span></li>
</ul>
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& CRITERIA</b></span></p>
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Criteria can be found at </span><a
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style="font-family: Arial;">http://deshpande.mit.edu/criteria</span></a> </li>
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style="font-family: Arial;">Pre-proposals
are reviewed by committee of
around 30 reviewers who are
internal and external to MIT.<span>
</span></span></li>
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style="font-family: Arial;">From
the initial applicants,
typically 7-10 are invited to
submit full proposals.
Notifications will be made by
May 21, 2014.</span></li>
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style="font-family: Arial;">Those
invited then have one month to
submit full proposals.</span></li>
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proposals are sent out for
technical review. Applicants
will have suggested reviewers in
their pre-proposals.</span></li>
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style="font-family: Arial;">In
mid July, applicants make a
short (7 min) presentation,
followed by Q&A, to the
Grant Review Committee. </span></li>
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style="font-family: Arial;">The
proposal, presentation, and
technical reviews are all taken
into account in selecting the
grantees. </span></li>
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competitive. There are usually
more good applications than there
are funds to support them.
Typically 4-5 new grants are
awarded.</span></p>
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font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">February
12, 2014 - Pre-proposal call</span></li>
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font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;"><b>April
16, 2014 - Pre-proposals due
(submit by 5PM EDT) </b></span></li>
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New Roman"; font-style:
normal; font-variant: normal;
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line-height: normal;
font-size-adjust: none;
font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;">May
21, 2014 - Full proposal
notification</span></li>
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font-size-adjust: none;
font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;"><b>June
17, 2014 - Renewal
applications due (submit by
5PM EDT)</b></span></li>
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margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span
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New Roman"; font-style:
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font-weight: normal;
line-height: normal;
font-size-adjust: none;
font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;"><b>June
17, 2014 - Full proposals
due (submit by 5PM EDT)</b></span></li>
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font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
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2014 - Grant awards notification</span></li>
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font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
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font-stretch: normal;"> </span><span
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2014 - Grant awards announced to
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