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                      <td class="">Please FWD to Postdocs - 2016 Call
                        for Proposals - MIT J-WAFS Solutions</td>
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                                        Director</div>
                                      <div class="" style="margin: 0in
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                                        Institute of Technology</div>
                                      <div class="" style="margin: 0in
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                                        Center for Technological
                                        Innovation</div>
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                                        617.253.8987</div>
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                                        Call for Proposals - MIT J-WAFS
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                                                          Abdul Latif
                                                          Jameel World
                                                          Water and Food
                                                          Security Lab
                                                          (J-WAFS) is
                                                          pleased to
                                                          announce the
                                                          2016 MIT
                                                          translational
                                                          research
                                                          program,<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 105,
                                                          144);"
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                                                          Solutions</span>,
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                                                          program, managed
                                                          by the <b
                                                          class=""><span
                                                          style="color:
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                                                          38);" class="">MIT
                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center for
                                                          Technological
                                                          Innovation</span>, </b>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>
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                                                          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.</span></div>
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                                                          for
                                                          Pre-proposals:</b></span></div>
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                                                          width="394">
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">The <b
                                                          class="">MIT</b> <b
                                                          class="">Deshpande
                                                          Center<span
                                                          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>in
                                                          conjunction
                                                          with <b
                                                          class="">MIT </b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">J-WAFS </b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">is announcing

                                                          its </span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">2016 </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions call
                                                          for
                                                          pre-proposals</b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""> </span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">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-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions will
                                                          award <b
                                                          class="">one-year
                                                          grants of up
                                                          to $150,000</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to </span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">up to
                                                          three (3)
                                                          research
                                                          projects </b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">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-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">
                                                          <div class="">All
                                                          applicants
                                                          must submit a
                                                          pre-proposal
                                                          via the o<span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;"
                                                          class="">nline
                                                          grant
                                                          submission
                                                          syst</span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;"
                                                          class="">e</span><span
                                                          style="font-size:
                                                          11pt;
                                                          font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;"
                                                          class="">m</span></div>
                                                          </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;"
                                                          class="">(</span><strong
                                                          class=""><a
                                                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                                                          track="on"
                                                          shape="rect"
href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001YUEmHxdawgHDNaRyMxfC5w6jB7ugMts6pR3ir1Qmasny27geoQbnPE1Myh7wf51_TinA70txA1SxMre-jYx6QeFH7UkdysxxWPmUuHFBgBkS8zaIQHVjy1KzWcp8jpAMA5peYOkYmOdvYsgWQsRGTrE5vwrI6JlzsL-QcFVhTPabbLR3as30R--Zoga4fY2F&amp;c=&amp;ch="
                                                          linktype="1"
                                                          alt="https://j-wafs-solutions.fluidreview.com/"
target="_blank" style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt; color:
                                                          blue;
                                                          text-decoration:
                                                          underline;"
                                                          class="">J-WAFS

                                                          Solutions</a></strong><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;"
                                                          class=""><strong
                                                          class="">)</strong>.</span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;"
                                                          class=""><span
                                                          class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;"
                                                          class=""> T</span>he

                                                          3-4 p</span>age </span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;"
                                                          class="">pre-proposals
                                                          are due Mar</span>ch
                                                          18, 2016 at
                                                          5:00 p.m EDT.</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">The
                                                          J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions
                                                          program is
                                                          sponsored by
                                                          Abdul Latif
                                                          Jameel
                                                          Community
                                                          Initiatives,
                                                          which is
                                                          represented on
                                                          the governing
                                                          committee of
                                                          the program.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">Regards,</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">Professor
                                                          Timothy Swager</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">Faculty
                                                          Director</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">Leon
                                                          Sandler</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);"
                                                          class="">Executive
                                                          Director</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          rgb(252, 79,
                                                          8);" class=""><b
                                                          class="">MIT
                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center for
                                                          Technological
                                                          Innovation</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          rgb(252, 79,
                                                          8);" class=""><b
                                                          class=""> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">Professor
                                                          John Lienhard</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">Director
                                                          and Abdul
                                                          Latif Jameel
                                                          Professor of
                                                          Water and Food</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">Renee
                                                          Robins  </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">Executive
                                                          Director</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(13,
                                                          105, 144);"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">MIT
                                                          Abdul Latif
                                                          Jameel World
                                                          Water and Food
                                                          Security Lab
                                                          (J-WAFS)</b></span></div>
                                                          </td>
                                                          </tr>
                                                          </tbody>
                                                          </table>
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          </td>
                                                          </tr>
                                                          <tr class="">
                                                          <td
                                                          rowspan="1"
                                                          colspan="1"
                                                          style="text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;
                                                          font-family:
                                                          Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          color: rgb(51,
                                                          51, 51);"
                                                          class=""
                                                          align="left"
                                                          valign="top"
                                                          width="100%">
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          </td>
                                                          </tr>
                                                          </tbody>
                                                          </table>
                                                          </td>
                                                          </tr>
                                                          </tbody>
                                                          </table>
                                                          </td>
                                                        </tr>
                                                        <tr class="">
                                                          <td
                                                          class="RightBack"
                                                          rowspan="1"
                                                          colspan="1"
                                                          style="background-color:
                                                          rgb(255, 255,
                                                          255);"
                                                          bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
                                                          height="15"
                                                          width="100%">
                                                          <br class="">
                                                          </td>
                                                        </tr>
                                                        <tr class="">
                                                          <td class="
                                                          TemplateWidth
                                                          RightBack"
                                                          rowspan="1"
                                                          colspan="1"
                                                          style="width:
                                                          600px;
                                                          background-color:
                                                          rgb(255, 255,
                                                          255);"
                                                          bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
                                                          width="100%">
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                                                          class="">J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions 2016
                                                          Grant Cycle
                                                          Call for
                                                          Pre-proposals</b></span></div>
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                                                          class="">Pre-proposals
                                                          due:<span
                                                          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span
                                                          style="color:
                                                          rgb(13, 105,
                                                          144);"
                                                          class="">March
                                                          18, 2016 at
                                                          5:00 p.m EDT</span>.</b></span></div>
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                                                          class="">Overview:</b></span></div>
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class="">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.</span></div>
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                                                          font-style:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class="">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.<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></div>
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class="">The
                                                          J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions
                                                          program is
                                                          sponsored by
                                                          Abdul Latif
                                                          Jameel
                                                          Community
                                                          Initiatives,
                                                          which is
                                                          represented on
                                                          the governing
                                                          committee of
                                                          the program.</span></div>
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                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
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                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
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                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
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                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">The
                                                          2016 J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions
                                                          Program
                                                          (J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions):</b></span></div>
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
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                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions has
                                                          the mission of
                                                          moving water
                                                          and food
                                                          technologies
                                                          from labs at
                                                          MIT into the
                                                          commercial
                                                          world,</b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>where they will improve the
                                                          productivity,
                                                          accessibility,
                                                          and
                                                          sustainability
                                                          of the world's
                                                          water and food
                                                          systems.</span></div>
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
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                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class="">Projects
                                                          are required
                                                          to align with<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">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</b>.</span></div>
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions
                                                          grants</b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">:
                                                          One-year
                                                          grants of <b
                                                          class="">up to
                                                          $150,000</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>will be awarded to <b class="">up
                                                          to three (3)
                                                          research
                                                          projects</b><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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>
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                                                          text-align:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class="">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.</span></div>
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
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                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">J-WAFS
                                                          Solutions
                                                          grants are<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">open only to MIT
                                                          faculty,
                                                          research
                                                          staff,
                                                          postdocs, and
                                                          students</b>;
                                                          proposed
                                                          projects must
                                                          be submitted
                                                          and led by MIT
                                                          employees with<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><strong class="">Principal
                                                          Investigator
                                                          (PI) status.</strong></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
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                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">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.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
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                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
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                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">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></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">Important
                                                          Dates: </b></span></div>
                                                          <ul
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;"
                                                          class="">
                                                          <li class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">February
                                                          17, 2016 -
                                                          Pre-proposal
                                                          call issued</span></li>
                                                          <li class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(13,
                                                          105, 144);"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">March
                                                          18, 2016 -
                                                          Pre-proposals
                                                          due (submit by
                                                          5PM EDT) </b></span></li>
                                                          <li class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">April
                                                          20, 2016 -
                                                          Full proposal
                                                          invitation
                                                          notification</span></li>
                                                          <li class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color: rgb(13,
                                                          105, 144);"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">May
                                                          27, 2016 -
                                                          Full proposals
                                                          due (submit by
                                                          5PM EDT) - by
                                                          invitation
                                                          only </b></span></li>
                                                          <li class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">August
                                                          2016 - Grant
                                                          awards
                                                          notification</span></li>
                                                          <li class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">September
                                                          1, 2016 -
                                                          Grant award
                                                          start date</span></li>
                                                          <li class=""><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">October
                                                          2016 - Grant
                                                          awards
                                                          announced to
                                                          the public</span></li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class=""> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">Eligibility
                                                          and How to
                                                          Apply:</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">Grants
                                                          are open only
                                                          to MIT
                                                          faculty,
                                                          research
                                                          staff,
                                                          postdocs and
                                                          students;
                                                          grant
                                                          applications
                                                          must be lend
                                                          and<span
                                                          class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b
                                                          class="">submitted
                                                          by MIT
                                                          employees with
                                                          Principal
                                                          Investigator
                                                          (PI) status</b>.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">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.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">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.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">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.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class="">Applicants
                                                          will be
                                                          notified of
                                                          grant awards
                                                          in August
                                                          2016.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">Proposals
                                                          should not be
                                                          entered into
                                                          COEUS before
                                                          grantees are
                                                          notified of
                                                          awards.</b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;"
                                                          class=""><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          font-style:
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          0px;" class="">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          class=""> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
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                                                          <span
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                                                          class=""><b
                                                          class="">APPLY
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                                                          please
                                                          contact <span
                                                          style="color:
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                                                          about
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                                                          Center for
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