<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><b style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Hi Postdocs,</b></div><div><b style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">please take a look at these great fundings opportunities, deadline is May, 20.</b></div><div><b style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br></b></div><div><b style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The MIT PDA</b></div><b style="color: rgb(91, 91, 91); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; 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width: 200px;"></td><td class="RightBack" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="15" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td class="RightColWidth RightBack" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="400" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 400px;"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"><tbody><tr><td height="20" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;"><div align="left" style="font-size: 12pt;"><div><strong>The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) is pleased to announce a new MIT translational research program, <span style="color: rgb(0, 125, 161);">J-WAFS Solutions</span>!</strong></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The J-WAFS Solutions program</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">, </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">managed by the </span><strong style="font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; display: inline !important;"><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation</b>, </div></strong></div></div><div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt;"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">aims to help MIT faculty and students commercialize breakthrough technologies and inventions by transforming promising ideas at MIT into innovative products and cutting-edge spinout companies.</span></div></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </p><strong>J-WAFS Solutions has the mission of moving water and food technologies from labs at MIT into the commercial world, where they will improve the productivity, accessibility, and sustainability of the world's water and food systems.</strong></div><div align="center" style="text-align: center;"><strong><br></strong></div><div align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 125, 161); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Call for Pre-Proposals:</strong></div></td></tr><tr><td class="MainText" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <strong style="font-size: 10pt;">MIT</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;">Deshpande Center </b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">in conjunction with </span><b style="font-size: 10pt;">MIT </b></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 10pt;">J-WAFS </b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">announcing its </span><b style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">2015 J-WAFS Solutions call for pre-proposals</b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">Projects are required to align with J-WAFS' strategic research focus around water and food supply; research should be aimed at conceptualizing and developing products and services that will have a significant impact on water and food security, with related economic and societal benefits.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br>J-WAFS Solutions will award <strong style="font-size: 10pt;">one-year grants of up to $150,000</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> to </span><strong style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">up to three (3) research projects </strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">that support the J-WAFS mission and support the transition of food and water technologies from MIT labs to market. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All applicants must submit a pre-proposal via the online grant submission system (<a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001s_8BHtcyu2R9yWp5J0QCI7pck9VQmVIB0jDXepgSMJEBc43C0s6_QZGtwfVcBk5VCTC2FhcyYoyDbXSlEV2kd-4XtZUHggHOULEYjIjBlf-FpYtuhyYxv9yHajyqcbCphCr0_1LtSrQvfBEx3Gc83PAnmzq_4sgR-ICHNHnhMH9Wd7gkd0_Ur0miH2t31IPq&c=&ch=" linktype="1" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 125, 161);">https://j-wafs-solutions.fluidreview.com/</a>). The 3-4 page <b style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;">pre-proposals are due May 20, 2015 at 5:00 p.m.</b></div><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <br></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The J-WAFS Solutions program is sponsored by Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives, which is represented on the governing committee of the program.</div><p style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </p><div style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: black; margin-top: 0px; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Regards,</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Professor Timothy Swager</strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Faculty Director</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Leon Sandler</strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Executive Director</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>MIT Deshpande Center </strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>for Technological Innovation</strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong> </strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Professor John Lienhard</strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Director and Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Water and Food</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Renee Robins </strong></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Executive Director</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 125, 161); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><strong>MIT Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS)</strong></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="RightBack" height="15" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td class="TemplateWidth RightBack" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 600px;"><a name="LETTER.BLOCK4"></a><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK4"><tbody><tr><td height="20" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="font-size: 12pt;"><br></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>J-WAFS Solutions 2015 Grant Cycle Call for Pre-proposals</strong></span></div><div><span color="#000000" size="3" face="Times"><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Pre-proposals due: <span style="color: rgb(0, 125, 161);">May 20, 2015 at 5:00 p.m</span>.</strong></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Overview:</strong></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span size="3" face="Times"> </span></p><div style="font-size: 10pt;">The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) was established in September 2014 to spearhead research that will help humankind adapt to a rapidly changing planet and combat world-wide water and food-supply scarcity. The Lab aims to address the collective pressure of population growth, development, urbanization, and climate variability - factors that endanger food and water systems in developing and developed countries alike. <br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">In collaboration with J-WAFS, the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation will manage the J-WAFS Solutions program and help MIT faculty and students commercialize breakthrough technologies and inventions by transforming promising ideas into innovative products and cutting-edge spinout companies. <br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">The J-WAFS Solutions program is sponsored by Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives, which is represented on the governing committee of the program.</div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </p><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span size="3" face="Times"><strong>The 2015 J-WAFS Solutions Program (J-WAFS Solutions):</strong></span></div><p style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span size="3" face="Times"> </span></p><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>J-WAFS Solutions has the mission of moving water and food technologies from labs at MIT into the commercial world,</strong> where they will improve the productivity, accessibility, and sustainability of the world's water and food systems.<br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Projects are required to align with <strong>J</strong><strong style="font-size: 10pt;">-WAFS' strategic research focus around water and food supply; research should be aimed at conceptualizing and developing products and services that will have a significant impact on water and food security, with related economic and societal benefits</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>J-WAFS Solutions grants</strong>: One-year grants of <strong style="font-size: 10pt;">up to $150,000</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> will be awarded to </span><strong style="font-size: 10pt;">up to three (3) research projects</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> that support the J-WAFS mission and support the transition of food and water technologies from MIT labs to market. The goal of the funding is to advance a technology or idea to where it can attract investment to commercialize a product and launch a spinout company and/or to license the technology to an existing company. Funds will support work to refine and enhance the innovation, systematically explore potential markets, and assess commercial viability. The goal is to reduce technology and market risk sufficiently to attract investment and position the project for commercialization and attract sufficient investment to commercialize a product and launch a spinout company. </span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Successful grantees are eligible to apply for a one-year renewal grant of up to $150,000 for the follow-on year; total project funding will not exceed $300,000. <br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">J-WAFS Solutions grants are <strong>o</strong><strong style="font-size: 10pt;">pen only to MIT faculty, research staff, postdocs, and students</strong><span style="font-size: 10pt;">; proposed projects must be submitted and led by MIT employees with</span></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Principal Investigator (PI) status</strong>. <br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">A novel feature of J-WAFS Solutions will be the opportunity for the program sponsor to co-invest in companies formed from intellectual property developed through the program at MIT. In the event that a company is spun out of MIT, the sponsor of the program, Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives, will have the right to acquire up to 20% of initial securities issued by the new company on the same terms as other investors.<br><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">As with standard research at MIT, the research proposed should be conducted as fundamental research as defined by export regulations. In the rare case that the research involved is considered to be subject to any export licensing requirement, the project team must work with OSP prior to disclosing information to the project Sponsor.</span><span size="3" face="Times"><br><br></span></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span size="3" face="Times"><strong>Important Dates: </strong></span></div><ul><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span size="3" face="Times">April 27, 2015 - Pre-proposal call issued</span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 125, 161); font-size: 10pt;"><span size="3" face="Times"><strong>May 20, 2015 - Pre-proposals due (submit by 5PM EDT) </strong></span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span size="3" face="Times">June 17, 2015 - Full proposal invitation notification</span></li><li style="color: rgb(0, 125, 161); font-size: 10pt;"><span size="3" face="Times"><strong>July 15, 2015 - Full proposals due (submit by 5PM EDT) - by invitation only </strong></span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span size="3" face="Times">August 2015 - Grant awards notification</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span size="3" face="Times">September 1, 2015 - Grant award start date</span></li><li style="font-size: 10pt;"><span size="3" face="Times">October 2015 - Grant awards announced to the public</span></li></ul><div><div style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Eligibility and How to Apply:</strong><br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Grants are open only to MIT faculty, research staff, postdocs and students; grant applications must be lend and <strong>submitted by MIT employees with Principal Investigator (PI) status</strong>.<br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">All applicants must submit a pre-proposal to this the online grant submission system; see instructions below. Pre-proposals will be reviewed by the Selection Committee.<br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">The grant selection committee, comprised of Deshpande Center Catalysts, MIT TLO representatives, and MIT faculty, will choose the most compelling projects and invite those PIs to submit a full grant proposal. Written feedback will be provided on all pre-proposals, including those that are not selected. Additionally, all committee members abide by the Center's confidentiality agreement and conflict of interest requirements. Proposals are not considered public disclosure.<br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Invited researchers continuing to the full proposal stage will be assigned a Deshpande Center Catalyst/mentor. The Catalyst will assist them in developing their submission package, which must include a full grant proposal and a budget. Applicants are also required to make a brief presentation to the Selection Committee.<br><br></div><div style="font-size: 10pt;">Applicants will be notified of grant awards in August 2015.<br><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Proposals should not be entered into COEUS before grantees are notified of awards.</strong> Once grants are awarded, information will need to be routed to OSP (Office of Sponsored Programs) through COEUS before final approval. The Deshpande Center will contact grant recipients when this process should be initiated.</span><br><br></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>APPLY NOW! 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Specific questions about the </span></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">J-WAFS Solutions Program can be directed to Renee Robins (</span><a shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001s_8BHtcyu2R9yWp5J0QCI7pck9VQmVIB0jDXepgSMJEBc43C0s6_QY4MyI_lOE8D-_awe5Wz2BvKK41uTJWr2vACQfoUqnVyw7Gy7EVJ1xC9eGE--Q594TMlmFRjiM35N1RSSXwv_9DOuw6C3fBdbvpyH2PoVNfnrK_I9B3vijgeU78cmxWdWcdSCCxoh0WZKHLYgjMVN3S5q4EO5DnuBiyqStWjb0L2nTlCkWJdQlm6jF4DzBV5_UrK030clmwz_aysBgSi-LNPufqk5WML-IVk_FldtfhKHi-x6fHumpp6riNudfIqsfYUZs2e3yWP9DRpQq76ofjyFHXpU2vVJ-GLRwE1ukJrjUboDrOwE7U=&c=&ch=" target="_blank" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt;">rrobins@mit.edu</a><div style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102); font-family: Verdana;"> or 617-324-6726).</span></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="LETTER.BLOCK5"></a><table height="175" border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK5"><tbody><tr><td height="20" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td class="MainText" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><div align="center"><img height="91" vspace="0" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.149" hspace="0" width="304" src="http://files.ctctcdn.com/5e2bb8f4001/c082b462-220f-45be-9de2-736228ac4798.png"> <br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="RightBack" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><table border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="1" colspan="1"><img height="38" border="0" width="600" optionname="HITECHHDR" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/letters/images/1101093164665/newshightech-06.jpg"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td class="TemplatePad" height="10" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="padding: 0px 15px 15px;"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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