2016 Call For Pre-proposals for Translational Research Grants, MMIP (Masdar Institute and MIT Innovation Program)

Tue Feb 23 11:25:55 EST 2016

Forwarded message from Maren Cattonar <cattonar at mit.edu>, 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.
Interested postdocs are advised to coordinate with their faculty advisor 
or PI.

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*Subject:* 2016 Call For Pre-proposals for Translational Research 
Grants, Masdar Institute and MIT Innovation Program (MMIP)
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The *MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation *in coordination 
with the *MIT and Masdar Institute Cooperative Program (MICP)*is pleased 
to announce a *call for pre-proposals * for a joint institute 
translational research *grant innovation program.*
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In its third year, the* MIT&MICP Innovation Program (MMIP) *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.

The MMIP program will focus on Ignition Grants at MIT and Masdar 
Institute, with separate funding at each institute. These grants are 
*open only to MIT and Masdar Institute faculty with Principal 
Investigator (PI) status proposing to work jointly. *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.
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Pre-proposals are due March 18, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.*EDT. For more 
information, please see below or visit our proposal submission
*website 
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Regards,
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*Timothy Swager, *Faculty Director
John D. MacArthur Professor
Department of Chemistry
*Leon Sandler, *Executive Director
*MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation*
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*Duane S. Boning*, Director, Professor of Electrical Engineering and 
Computer Science
*Patricia Vargas*, Executive Director
*MIT and Masdar Institute Cooperative Program (MIT&MICP)*
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*Steve Griffiths*, Executive Director of Institute Initiatives
*Masdar Institute of Science and Technology *
*James Petell*, Director of the Technology Transfer Office (TTO)*
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology*
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*TOPIC: **2016 Call For Pre-proposals for Translational Research Grants, 
MIT&MICP Innovation Program (MMIP) *
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*DUE DATE*: Pre-proposals are due *March 18, 2016 at 5:00 p.m. EST*
*OVERVIEW*
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.

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.

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.
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*Ignition Grants*: 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.

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.

Along with funding, the MMIP grant recipients receive:

  * Exposure through MIT Deshpande Center events and opportunities to
    connect with investors, entrepreneurs, the business community, and
    the media as appropriate.
  * Support through our Catalyst Program, including customer contacts,
    business advice, market input, and IP strategy.
  * Opportunity to participate in i-Teams, a cross-campus course that
    involves highly qualified teams of pre-screened graduate students in
    MMIP projects.

*ELIGIBILITY AND SELECTION CRITERIA*
Faculty and researchers at both MIT and Masdar Institute with* Principal 
Investigator (PI) status* are able to *apply for a joint research 
grant*, with the eligibility based on a requirement that the project be 
joint between the two institutions.

Selection Criteria for MMIP Ignition Grants are also required to align 
with one of *Masdar Institute's strategic research areas*; these 
research areas (listed below) address the key sustainability challenges 
and enhance core analytical and experimental capabilities.

  * Energy technologies for solar energy, intelligent/efficient
    buildings, energy storage and/or electrical power transmission and
    distribution.
  * Water technologies for desalination, water recycle and re-use and/or
    water efficiency and conservation.
  * Advanced materials, microsystems, and information/computing
    technologies as applied to these energy and water domains.

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.

Grant projects for consideration will be assessed on six selection criteria:

  * impact
  * technology
  * team
  * timeframe until commercialization
  * ability to meet the Deshpande Center mission
  * value added to Masdar Institute

*HOW TO APPLY*
*All applicants must submit a Pre-proposal to this online grant 
submission system 
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*TIMELINE: *

  * *February 17, 2016 - Pre-proposal call*
  * *March 18, 2016 - Pre-proposals due (submit by 5PM EDT) *
  * *April 11, 2016 - Full proposal notification*
  * *May 4, 2016 - Full and Renewal Proposals due (submit by 5PM EDT)
    invitation only *
  * *May 2016 - Grant awards notification*
  * *June 1, 2016 - Grant award start date*

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