Program is designed to prepare scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and to accelerate the transfer of cutting-edge, NSF-funded research into commercial success.
Funding research applications in advanced transportation materials, robotics and autonomy, sensors, electric vehicle drivetrain, propulsion, software, controls, data, and advanced manufacturing processes.
This fund is available to U-M CoE faculty, researchers, and PhD students for commercialization of their technology. Teams will receive ~$2,000 to use toward travel and customer discovery expenses associated with the program.
Investment in biomedical startup companies with U-M licenses IP in the domain of therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, or health IT. This fund is exclusively for biomedical startups or companies with U-M IP or license.