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<span><b>The MIT
Deshpande
Center for
Technological
Innovation is
announcing its
2015 call for
proposals</b></span><span>.
The Center's
research
innovation
grant program
is
<b>open to MIT
faculty and
students;
grant
applications
must be
submitted by
MIT employees
with Principal
Investigator
(PI) status.
</b>The
grants provides
significant
benefits,
beyond just
funding, to
its recipients
in support of
the
commercialization
of their
technology. We
ask that you
consider this
research
funding
opportunity or
kindly forward
this email to
those may find
this program
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<span>We are
seeking both <b>earlier-stage
proof-of-concept
research
project ideas</b>
with broad
potential
impact, and
<b>later-stage
innovations</b>,
that faculty
inventors are
eager to see
brought to
market and
commercialized.
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The 3-4 page <b>pre-proposals
are due April
3, 2015 at
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<b>
<div>MIT Deshpande
Center for
Technological
Innovation <br>
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<div>2015 Grant program
- Call for Proposals</div>
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<span><strong>Pre-proposals
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<span><b>OVERVIEW</b></span></p>
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<span>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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<span><b>Since 2002, the
Deshpande Center has
funded 110+ research
projects providing
over $14 million in
funding.</b></span><span>
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><b
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Center has
successfully
supported the
spin-out of 30
companies that have
raised over $500
million in capital.</b></b></span></p>
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<span><b>The Deshpande
Center is announcing a
call for proposals for
its Fall 2015 grant
round</b></span><span>.
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 your
respective MIT faculty
member or researchers
with PI status.</span></p>
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<span>Along with funding,
the Deshpande Center
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<span>Exposure through
Deshpande Center
events and
opportunities to
connect with
investors,
entrepreneurs, the
business community,
and the media, as
appropriate.</span></li>
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<span>Support through
our Catalyst Mentor
Program, including
customer contacts,
business advice,
market input, and IP
strategy.</span></li>
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<span>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>
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<span><b>TYPES OF GRANTS</b></span></p>
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<span><b>Ignition
Grants: </b></span>
<div><span>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
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<span><b>Innovation
Grants: </b></span><span>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
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call or send us an
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<span>Pre-proposals are
reviewed by committee
of approximately 30
reviewers who are
internal and external
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applicants, typically
10 are invited to
submit full proposals.
Notifications will be
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applicants make a
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by Q&A, to the
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applications than there
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