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    Forwarded message from Maren Cattonar <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cattonar@mit.edu">&lt;cattonar@mit.edu&gt;</a>,
    MIT's Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation. The Center
    suggests that postdocs with project ideas might be interested in
    this solicitation. Applications must be submitted through faculty or
    those with principal investigator status. <br>
    Interested postdocs are advised to coordinate with their faculty
    advisor or PI.<br>
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                              for Proposals - MIT Deshpande Center -
                              Grant Program
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                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Grant Program
                                                          - Call for
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                                                          MIT Deshpande
                                                          Center for
                                                          Technological
                                                          Innovation is
                                                          announcing its
                                                          2016 call for
                                                          proposals</b></span><span
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                                                          font-family:
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                                                          Center's
                                                          research
                                                          innovation
                                                          grant program
                                                          is
                                                          </span><b
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                                                          font-family:
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                                                          to all MIT
                                                          faculty with
                                                          PI status
                                                          </b><span
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                                                          #262626;
                                                          font-family:
                                                          Verdana;">and
                                                          provides
                                                          significant
                                                          benefits,
                                                          beyond just
                                                          funding, to
                                                          its recipients
                                                          in support of
                                                          the
                                                          commercialization
                                                          of their
                                                          technology. We
                                                          ask that you
                                                          consider this
                                                          research
                                                          funding
                                                          opportunity or
                                                          kindly forward
                                                          this email to
                                                          those may find
                                                          this program
                                                          of interest.</span></div>
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                                                          are seeking
                                                          both <b>earlier-stage
                                                          proof-of-concept
                                                          research
                                                          projects
                                                          </b>with broad
                                                          potential
                                                          impact and <b>later-stage
                                                          innovations</b>
                                                          that faculty
                                                          inventors are
                                                          eager to see
                                                          brought to
                                                          market and
                                                          commercialized.</span></div>
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                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">The
                                                          3-4 page
                                                          <b>pre-proposals
                                                          are due March
                                                          18, 2016 at
                                                          5:00 p.m. EDT.</b> </span>Click <strong
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                                                          <span>For
                                                          additional
                                                          information on
                                                          the program
                                                          and the
                                                          Center, please
                                                          visit our
                                                          website. </span></div>
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                                                          <strong>Timothy
                                                          Swager</strong></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="margin-top:
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                                                          Faculty
                                                          Director</div>
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                                                          <strong>Leon
                                                          Sandler</strong></div>
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                                                          Executive
                                                          Director</div>
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                                                          <strong>MIT
                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center </strong></div>
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                                                          <strong>for
                                                          Technological
                                                          Innovation</strong></div>
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                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
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                                                          normal;
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                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
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                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center for
                                                          Technological
                                                          Innovation 
                                                          </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
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                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>2016
                                                          Grant program
                                                          - Call for
                                                          Proposals</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
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                                                          left;
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                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
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                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #e36c0a;"><b>Pre-proposals
                                                          due: March 18,
                                                          2016 at 5:00
                                                          p.m EDT.</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
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                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>OVERVIEW</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          text-align:
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Do
                                                          you need
                                                          resources to
                                                          further an
                                                          unproven
                                                          concept or
                                                          invention with
                                                          market
                                                          potential? Is
                                                          your
                                                          technology
                                                          getting close
                                                          to the
                                                          commercialization
                                                          stage, but you
                                                          need help
                                                          determining
                                                          the right
                                                          application or
                                                          connecting
                                                          with the
                                                          business
                                                          community?
                                                          This is where
                                                          the Deshpande
                                                          Center for
                                                          Technological
                                                          Innovation can
                                                          help.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>Since
                                                          2002, the
                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center has
                                                          funded 125+
                                                          research
                                                          projects
                                                          providing over
                                                          $15 million in
                                                          funding</b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">.
                                                          Approximately
                                                          one-quarter of
                                                          the research
                                                          teams
                                                          supported by
                                                          the Deshpande
                                                          Center
                                                          commercialize
                                                          their
                                                          technologies
                                                          either by
                                                          forming new
                                                          companies and
                                                          raising funds,
                                                          or licensing
                                                          their
                                                          innovations to
                                                          existing
                                                          companies.<b>
                                                          The Center has
                                                          successfully
                                                          supported the
                                                          spin-out of 32
                                                          companies that
                                                          have raised
                                                          over $600
                                                          million in
                                                          capital.</b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>The
                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center is
                                                          announcing a
                                                          call for
                                                          proposals for
                                                          its Fall 2016
                                                          grant round.
                                                          </b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">The
                                                          Center
                                                          supports
                                                          leading-edge
                                                          research in
                                                          emerging
                                                          technologies
                                                          and cultivates
                                                          interactions
                                                          between MIT
                                                          and the
                                                          entrepreneurial
                                                          business
                                                          community.
                                                          Funds will be
                                                          granted in a
                                                          broad range of
                                                          disciplines,
                                                          for research
                                                          done at MIT,
                                                          with the
                                                          objective to
                                                          ultimately
                                                          license the
                                                          technology to
                                                          an outside
                                                          company or
                                                          start-up that
                                                          will
                                                          commercialize
                                                          it. Proposals
                                                          must be
                                                          submitted by a
                                                          faculty member
                                                          of MIT with PI
                                                          status.</span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b> </b></span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Along
                                                          with funding,
                                                          the Deshpande
                                                          Center grant
                                                          recipients
                                                          receive:</span></div>
                                                          <ul>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Exposure
                                                          through
                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center events
                                                          and
                                                          opportunities
                                                          to connect
                                                          with
                                                          investors,
                                                          entrepreneurs,
                                                          the business
                                                          community, and
                                                          the media, as
                                                          appropriate.</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Support
                                                          through our
                                                          Catalyst
                                                          Mentor
                                                          Program,
                                                          including
                                                          customer
                                                          contacts,
                                                          business
                                                          advice, market
                                                          input, and IP
                                                          strategy.</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Opportunity
                                                          to participate
                                                          in i-Teams, a
                                                          cross-campus
                                                          course that
                                                          involves
                                                          highly
                                                          qualified
                                                          teams of
                                                          pre-screened
                                                          graduate
                                                          students in
                                                          Deshpande
                                                          Center
                                                          projects. </span></li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top: 0;
                                                          margin-left:
                                                          .5in;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"> </span></div>
                                                          <div
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Times-New-Roman;
                                                          color: black;
                                                          text-align:
                                                          left;
                                                          font-style:
                                                          normal;
                                                          font-weight:
                                                          normal;
                                                          margin-top:
                                                          0;">
                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>TYPES
                                                          OF GRANTS</b></span></div>
                                                          <ul>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>Ignition
                                                          Grants: </b></span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">If
                                                          you have an
                                                          idea that you
                                                          believe could
                                                          address a
                                                          significant
                                                          market need if
                                                          successful,
                                                          and you
                                                          believe you
                                                          could spin out
                                                          of MIT within
                                                          three years,
                                                          we encourage
                                                          you to apply
                                                          for an
                                                          Ignition Grant<b>
                                                          of up to
                                                          $50,000</b>.  
                                                           </span></li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          <ul>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>Innovation
                                                          Grants: </b>
                                                          </span><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">If
                                                          you have a
                                                          technology
                                                          that you think
                                                          could be
                                                          brought close
                                                          to
                                                          commercialization
                                                          within a year
                                                          or so with
                                                          some
                                                          additional
                                                          funding,
                                                          connections,
                                                          and advisory
                                                          support, and
                                                          you are eager
                                                          to see
                                                          yourtechnology
                                                          applied to the
                                                          real world, we
                                                          encourage you
                                                          to apply for
                                                          an Innovation
                                                          Grant. <b>
                                                          Grants start
                                                          at $50,000</b>.
                                                          (The committee
                                                          will consider
                                                          proposals up
                                                          to a <b>maximum
                                                          of $150,000</b>
                                                          with strong
                                                          budget
                                                          justification.)</span></li>
                                                          </ul>
                                                          <ul>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Don't
                                                          need the money
                                                          but need the
                                                          help? You can
                                                          still receive
                                                          support from
                                                          the Deshpande
                                                          Center without
                                                          having a grant
                                                          from us. Give
                                                          us a call or
                                                          send us an
                                                          email to set
                                                          up a meeting. </span></li>
                                                          </ul>
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>GRANT
                                                          DECISION
                                                          PROCESS &amp;
                                                          CRITERIA</b></span></div>
                                                          <ul>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Selection
                                                          Criteri</span><span
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                                                          sans-serif;
                                                          color: rgb(38,
                                                          38, 38);
                                                          font-size:
                                                          11pt;">a can
                                                          be found at
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target="_blank">
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://deshpande.mit.edu/criteria">http://deshpande.mit.edu/criteria</a></a>.</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><span
                                                          style="font-size:
                                                          11pt;
                                                          font-family:
                                                          Verdana,
                                                          Geneva, Arial,
                                                          Helvetica,
                                                          sans-serif;">Pre-proposals
                                                          are reviewed
                                                          by co</span>mmittee
                                                          of
                                                          approximately
                                                          30 reviewers
                                                          who are
                                                          internal and
                                                          external to
                                                          MIT. </span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">From
                                                          the initial
                                                          applicants,
                                                          typically 10
                                                          are invited to
                                                          submit full
                                                          proposals.
                                                          Notifications
                                                          will be made
                                                          by May 13,
                                                          2016.</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Those
                                                          invited then
                                                          have one month
                                                          to submit full
                                                          proposals.</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">Full
                                                          proposals are
                                                          sent out for
                                                          technical
                                                          review.
                                                          Applicants
                                                          will have
                                                          suggested
                                                          reviewers in
                                                          their
                                                          pre-proposals.</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">In
                                                          June,
                                                          applicants
                                                          make a short
                                                          (7 min)
                                                          presentation,
                                                          followed by
                                                          Q&amp;A, to
                                                          the Grant
                                                          Review
                                                          Committee.</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">The
                                                          proposal,
                                                          presentation,
                                                          and technical
                                                          reviews are
                                                          all taken into
                                                          account in
                                                          selecting the
                                                          grantees.</span></li>
                                                          </ul>
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
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                                                          #262626;"><b> </b></span></div>
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">The
                                                          grant process
                                                          is
                                                          competitive.
                                                          There are
                                                          usually more
                                                          good
                                                          applications
                                                          than there are
                                                          funds to
                                                          support them.
                                                          Typically 4-5
                                                          new grants are
                                                          awarded.</span></div>
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                                                          <span
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                                                          <span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>IMPORTANT
                                                          DATES</b></span></div>
                                                          <ul>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">February
                                                          17, 2016
                                                          - Pre-proposal
                                                          call</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>March
                                                          18, 2016
                                                          - Pre-proposals
                                                          due (submit by
                                                          5PM EDT) </b></span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">May
                                                          13, 2016
                                                          - Full
                                                          proposal
                                                          notification</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>June
                                                          10, 2016
                                                          - Renewal
                                                          applications
                                                          due (submit by
                                                          5PM EDT)</b></span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;"><b>June
                                                          10, 2016
                                                          - Full
                                                          proposals
                                                          due (submit by
                                                          5PM EDT)</b></span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">August
                                                          2016 - Grant
                                                          awards
                                                          notification</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">September
                                                          1, 2016
                                                          - Grant award
                                                          start date</span></li>
                                                          <li><span
                                                          style="font-family:
                                                          Verdana;
                                                          color:
                                                          #262626;">October
                                                          2016 - Grant
                                                          awards
                                                          announced to
                                                          the public </span></li>
                                                          </ul>
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