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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>
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<span
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MIT Deshpande
Center for
Technological
Innovation is
announcing its
2016 call for
proposals</b></span><span
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<span
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Center's
research
innovation
grant program
is
</span><b
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to all MIT
faculty with
PI status
</b><span
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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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<span
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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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<div><span
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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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<span
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Grant program
- Call for
Proposals</b></span></div>
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<span
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due: March 18,
2016 at 5:00
p.m EDT.</b></span></div>
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<span
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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>
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<span
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2002, the
Deshpande
Center has
funded 125+
research
projects
providing over
$15 million in
funding</b></span><span
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#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>
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<span
style="font-family:
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color:
#262626;"><b>The
Deshpande
Center is
announcing a
call for
proposals for
its Fall 2016
grant round.
</b></span><span
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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>
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Deshpande
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and
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with
investors,
entrepreneurs,
the business
community, and
the media, as
appropriate.</span></li>
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Mentor
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including
customer
contacts,
business
advice, market
input, and IP
strategy.</span></li>
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in i-Teams, a
cross-campus
course that
involves
highly
qualified
teams of
pre-screened
graduate
students in
Deshpande
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projects. </span></li>
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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>.
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<li><span
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</span><span
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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>
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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>
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MIT. </span></li>
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2016.</span></li>
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technical
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Applicants
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suggested
reviewers in
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Q&A, to
the Grant
Review
Committee.</span></li>
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proposal,
presentation,
and technical
reviews are
all taken into
account in
selecting the
grantees.</span></li>
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than there are
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17, 2016
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18, 2016
- Pre-proposals
due (submit by
5PM EDT) </b></span></li>
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proposal
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due (submit by
5PM EDT)</b></span></li>
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10, 2016
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proposals
due (submit by
5PM EDT)</b></span></li>
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color:
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2016 - Grant
awards
notification</span></li>
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1, 2016
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