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Tip Sheet Volume 4:4
ISU's Center For Advanced
Technology Development
The Center for Advanced Technology
Development at Iowa State University is a technology transfer
center that focuses on commercializing new technologies and assisting
Iowa companies with product development and process improvement
challenges. To promote economic development within the state,
CATD administers two funding/cost sharing programs - the Iowa
Industrial Incentive Program (IIIP) and the Technology Commercialization
Acceleration Program (TCAP) and provides assistance with small
business innovative research (SBIR) and small business technology
transfer program (STTR) grants.
Iowa Industrial Incentive Program
Funding is available through
the Iowa Industrial Incentive Program (IIIP) to support collaborative
research projects with Iowa companies. IIIP funds can be used
to cover 25-50% of the total project costs. The upper limit of
the IIIP program is approximately $15,000. To qualify for this
program, the research project must meet the following minimum
criteria:
- The project should be an applied research
and development effort in the area of product development, process
improvement, or manufacturing problem solving;
- The company must have fewer than 500
employees;
- The company must have a substantial
R&D or production operation in Iowa;
- The company must contribute a cash
match equivalent to 50-75% of the research costs;
- The company must sign a contractual
agreement with ISU covering the project;
- The principal investigator must provide
a proposal focused on the technical problem with a suggested
scope of work, timeline, milestones, deliverables, and budget.
If you are working with a small Iowa
company on a project that meets the above criteria, or would
like more information about this program, please contact Kim
Bentley at 4-5754 or kbentley@iastate.edu.
Technology Commercialization Acceleration
Program
CATD has a long history of
assisting entrepreneurial efforts in Iowa. These efforts may
be university faculty, staff, or student start-up companies or
early-stage companies that need research and engineering assistance
with an improved product or process. TCAP funding can help "de-risk"
a technology to move it from the laboratory to the commercial
marketplace. Efforts are focused on:
- Assessing technology with high commercial
potential;
- Identifying new products and market
penetration strategies;
- Engaging industrial partners for collaborative
applied research and transfer projects.
CATD works closely with university
units and state agencies to identify and engage university and
corporate clients who have a desire to commercialize technologies
and create new businesses in Iowa.
If you are an entrepreneur and would
like to learn more about the TCAP program, please contact Carey
Novak at (515) 294-2293 or cnovak@iastate.edu.
SBIR/STTR Assistance
SBIR/STTR grants are awarded
to small businesses to promote innovative research. In addition
to conducting training seminars on SBIR/STTR grant proposals,
CATD provides small businesses and their university research
partners with assistance in preparing and submitting grants to
the SBIR/STTR grant programs.
If you would like to learn more about
SBIR/STTR grants, please contact Barb Lograsso at (515) 294-9938
or lograsso@iastate.edu.
If you have any questions about this
tip sheet or working with industry, please contact: Lisa Lorenzen,
2810 Beardshear, Phone: (515) 294-0926, Email: llorenze@iastate.edu
Acknowledgement: Thanks to Mark Laurenzo and Kim Bentley
for providing the contents of this tip sheet.
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