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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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Call For
Pre-proposals
for </em></strong></div>
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<div><strong><em>T</em></strong><strong
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1.6;"><em>ranslational
Research
Grants, </em></strong></div>
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<div
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Institute and
MIT Innovation
Program (MMIP)</em></strong></div>
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<div>The <b
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Deshpande
Center for
Technological
Innovation
</b><span
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1.6;">in
coordination
with the </span><b
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1.6;">MIT and
Masdar
Institute
Cooperative
Program (MICP)</b><span
style="font-size:
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1.6;"> is
pleased to
announce a </span><b
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1.6;">call for
pre-proposals
</b>
<span
style="font-size:
11pt;
line-height:
1.6;">for a
joint
institute
translational
research </span><b
style="font-size:
11pt;
line-height:
1.6;">grant
innovation
program.</b></div>
</span></div>
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<span><b> </b></span></div>
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<span>In its
third year,
the<b> MIT&MICP
Innovation
Program
(MMIP) </b>helps
MIT and Masdar
Institute of
Science and
Technology
faculty and
students, who
propose to
work jointly,
to prepare to
commercialize
breakthrough
technologies
and inventions
by transforming
promising
ideas at MIT
and Masdar
Institute into
innovative
products and
cutting-edge
spinout
companies. The
MMIP makes
modest but
pivotal
investments in
translational
research by
some of MIT's
and Masdar
Institute's most
talented
scientists and
engineers.<br>
<br>
</span></div>
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<span>The MMIP
program will
focus on
Ignition
Grants at MIT
and Masdar
Institute,
with separate
funding at
each
institute.
These grants
are
<b>open only
to MIT and
Masdar
Institute
faculty with
Principal
Investigator
(PI) status
proposing to
work jointly.
</b>Our grant
program
provides
significant
benefits to
its recipients
and helps
bridge a
funding gap
between basic
science and
the
availability
of
private-sector
funding for
emerging
innovations.</span></div>
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<div><span><b><br>
Pre-proposals
are due March
18, 2016 at
5:00 p.m.</b></span><span>
EDT. For more
information,
please see
below or visit
our proposal
submission
</span></div>
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<span>Regards,</span></div>
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<span><b>Timothy
Swager, </b></span><span>Faculty
Director</span></div>
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<span>John D.
MacArthur
Professor</span></div>
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<span>Department
of Chemistry</span></div>
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<span><strong>Leon
Sandler, </strong></span><span>Executive
Director</span></div>
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<span><b>MIT
Deshpande
Center for
Technological
Innovation</b></span></div>
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<span><b>Duane
S. Boning</b></span><span>,
Director,
Professor of
Electrical
Engineering
and Computer
Science</span></div>
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<span><b>Patricia
Vargas</b></span><span>,
Executive
Director</span></div>
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<span><b>MIT
and Masdar
Institute
Cooperative
Program
(MIT&MICP)</b></span></div>
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<span><b>Steve
Griffiths</b></span><span>,
</span><span>Executive
Director of
Institute
Initiatives</span></div>
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<span><b>Masdar
Institute of
Science and
Technology </b></span></div>
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<span><b>James
Petell</b></span><span>,
Director of
the Technology
Transfer
Office (TTO)<b><span
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red;"><br>
</span>Masdar
Institute of
Science and
Technology</b></span><br>
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<span><b>TOPIC:
</b></span><span
style="color:
#0067ce;
font-size:
12pt;"><b
style="line-height:
1.6;">2016
Call For
Pre-proposals
for
Translational
Research
Grants,
MIT&MICP
Innovation
Program
(MMIP) </b></span></div>
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<span><b>DUE
DATE</b></span><span>:
Pre-proposals
are due <strong>March
18, 2016 at
5:00 p.m. EST</strong></span></div>
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<span><b>OVERVIEW</b></span></div>
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<span
style="line-height:
1.6;">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
MIT&MICP
Innovation
Program (MMIP)
can help.</span></div>
<div
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<span
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</span></div>
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<span
style="line-height:
1.6;">As part
of
collaborative
efforts under
the MI/MIT
Cooperative
Program
between MIT
and the Masdar
Institute of
Science and
Technology, a
series of
joint
innovation and
ignition
grants are to
be
competitively
awarded which
will be
administered
by the MIT
Deshpande
Center and
will serve as
a learning
experience for
Masdar
Institute
faculty and
students aimed
at
commercializing
university
research.</span></div>
<div
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<span
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</span></div>
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<span
style="line-height:
1.6;">For this
third year of
the MMIP
program, the
funding will
focus on
Ignition
Grants at MIT
with similar
funds at the
Masdar
Institute.
These grants
are open only
to MIT and
Masdar
Institute
faculty with
Principal
Investigator
(PI) status
proposing to
work jointly.
Our grants
help bridge a
funding gap
between basic
science and
the
availability
of
private-sector
funding for
emerging
innovations.</span></div>
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</b></div>
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<b
style="line-height:
1.6;">Ignition
Grants</b><span
style="line-height:
1.6;">: The
MIT Deshpande
Center
will award
one-year
Ignition
Grants of
$50,000 to MIT
researchers,
and the Masdar
Institute will
award similar
funds
(approximately
$50,000) to
Masdar
Institute
researchers who
propose to
work jointly
on projects,
for promising
yet
still-unproven
work on
inventions
with a
potentially
large
commercial
impact. By
funding
positions for
graduate
students/post-doctoral
researchers, a
grant allows
the team to
conduct
exploratory
experiments,
validate a
concept,
and/or develop
a working
prototype.
Throughout the
project term,
the technology
risk reduction
may involve
iterative
prototyping
and product
design, and
market risk
reduction will
occur with
customer and
market
research. Project
teams will
have extensive
interactions
with the
project
Catalyst
(mentor) and
will have
exposure to
potential
customers,
collaborators,
and investors
as the project
is shaped to
address a
potential
market
opportunity.</span></div>
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<span
style="line-height:
1.6;">Grantees
who make
significant
progress
toward
validating the
commercial
viability of
their
invention are
encouraged to
apply to renew
their funding
via an
Innovation
Grant in the
following
year(s). The
cumulative
value of an
initial grant
(Ignition
Grant) plus
subsequent
renewals
cannot exceed
$250,000 at
MIT and
$250,000 at
Masdar
Institute. </span></div>
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<span
style="line-height:
1.6;">Along
with funding,
the MMIP grant
recipients
receive:</span></div>
<ul
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bold;">
<li
style="color:
#363636;
font-family:
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span>Exposure
through MIT
Deshpande
Center events
and
opportunities
to connect
with
investors,
entrepreneurs,
the business
community, and
the media as
appropriate.
</span></li>
<li
style="color:
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Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span>Support
through our
Catalyst
Program,
including
customer
contacts,
business
advice, market
input, and IP
strategy.
</span></li>
<li
style="color:
#363636;
font-family:
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span>Opportunity
to participate
in i-Teams, a
cross-campus
course that
involves
highly
qualified
teams of
pre-screened
graduate
students in
MMIP projects.</span></li>
</ul>
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<span><br>
<b>ELIGIBILITY
AND SELECTION
CRITERIA</b></span></div>
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<span><span
style="line-height:
1.6;">Faculty
and
researchers at
both MIT and
Masdar
Institute with</span><b
style="line-height:
1.6;"> Principal
Investigator
(PI) status</b><span
style="line-height:
1.6;"> are
able to </span><b
style="line-height:
1.6;">apply
for a joint
research grant</b><span
style="line-height:
1.6;">, with
the
eligibility
based on a
requirement
that the
project be
joint between
the two
institutions.</span></span></div>
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<span
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</span></div>
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<div>Selection
Criteria for
MMIP Ignition
Grants are
also required
to align with
one of
<strong>Masdar
Institute's
strategic
research areas</strong>;
these research
areas (listed
below) address
the key
sustainability
challenges and
enhance core
analytical and
experimental
capabilities.
<br>
</div>
<ul>
<li>Energy
technologies
for solar
energy,
intelligent/efficient
buildings,
energy storage
and/or
electrical
power
transmission
and
distribution.</li>
<li>Water
technologies
for
desalination,
water recycle
and re-use
and/or water
efficiency and
conservation.</li>
<li
style="color:
#000000;"><span>Advanced
materials,
microsystems,
and
information/computing
technologies
as applied to
these energy
and water
domains.</span></li>
</ul>
<div><span
style="line-height:
1.6;">The MIT
Deshpande
Center will
manage a grant
selection
process for
the MMIP
grants, and
grant award
recommendations
will be made
to the
Governance
committee for
approval.</span></div>
<div><span
style="line-height:
1.6;"><br>
</span></div>
<div><span
style="line-height:
1.6;">Grant
projects for
consideration
will be
assessed on
six selection
criteria:</span></div>
</div>
<ul
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bold;">
<li
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impact </li>
<li
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technology</li>
<li
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team</li>
<li
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sans-serif;">
timeframe
until
commercialization</li>
<li
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sans-serif;">
ability to
meet the
Deshpande
Center mission
</li>
<li
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Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;">
value added to
Masdar
Institute<span
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<span><b>HOW
TO APPLY</b></span></div>
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<span><b>All
applicants
must submit a
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to this <a
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<span><b>TIMELINE:
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<li
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sans-serif;"><span><b>February
17, 2016
- Pre-proposal
call</b></span></li>
<li
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Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span><b>March
18, 2016
- Pre-proposals
due (submit by
5PM EDT) </b></span></li>
<li
style="color:
#363636;
font-family:
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span><b>April
11, 2016
- Full
proposal
notification</b></span></li>
<li
style="color:
#363636;
font-family:
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span><b>May
4, 2016 - Full
and Renewal
Proposals
due (submit by
5PM EDT)
invitation
only </b></span></li>
<li
style="color:
#363636;
font-family:
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span><b>May
2016 - Grant
awards
notification</b></span></li>
<li
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font-family:
Arial,
Helvetica,
sans-serif;"><span><b>June
1, 2016
- Grant award
start date</b></span></li>
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