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Tip Sheet Volume 1:11
Research With Commercial Applications:
Cost Sharing Opportunities
As part of the economic development
mission of the university, research collaborations with industry
are encouraged. Resources exist within the university to provide
financial assistance for projects with commercial potential.
Common internal and external resources are described below:
The Center for Advanced Technology
Development (CATD)
CATD will cost-share industry-funded
research projects designed to create new products/processes or
improve existing products/processes. CATD has funding available
through the Iowa Industrial Incentive Program (IIP) to help support
cooperative research projects with Iowa companies. IIP is an
on-going program, created by the Iowa General Assembly. To be
eligible, the company must demonstrate how successful results
will increase jobs, profitability, or manufacturing performance.
The state funds can be used for 25-50% of a project budget (maximum
of $15,000), with the companies contributing the remainder. CATD
may be approached by industry, in which case CATD will assist
in identifying a faculty member to conduct the research, or by
a faculty/staff member working with a company.
If you are interested in learning more
about CATD or know of an Iowa company that may be interested
in collaborating with ISU, please contact Mark Laurenzo, 294-4644,
laurenzo@iastate.edu.
Iowa State University Research Foundation
(ISURF)
The decision by a company to
license a technology often depends on successful completion of
the "proof of concept" or "reduction to practice"
stage(s). Securing federal funding to complete this research
may take longer than the company is willing to wait. In these
cases, ISURF has discretionary funds that may be used for late
research stages to demonstrate the utility of the technology
to the interested company. Eligibility is determined between
the faculty/staff member(s) and ISURF on a case-by-case basis.
For additional information, please contact Ken Kirkland, 294-4740,
kenk@iastate.edu.
External cost-sharing
resources
Small Business Innovation Research
(SBIR). SBIR grants provide
seed money for small businesses to conduct research and development
directed toward product development. Often these small companies
partner with universities to conduct this research. For additional
information, please contact Mark Laurenzo, 294-4644, laurenzo@iastate.edu.
Small Business Technology Transfer
Program (STTR). STTR grants
provide funding to assist small businesses in commercializing
university technologies. These grants require a partnership
with a university or federal lab. For additional information,
please contact Mark Laurenzo, 294-4644, laurenzo@iastate.edu.
Council for Plant Biotechnology
Research (CPBR). CPBR provides
funding to cost-share research projects with industry. Funding
is awarded based on a grant competition and interest in participating
industries to provide matching funds.
If you have any questions
about cost-shared research projects or would like assistance
in preparing or reviewing an agreement, please contact:
Lisa Lorenzen
Biotechnology Industrial Liaison
1210 Molecular Biology Building
Phone: (515) 294-0926
Email: llorenze@iastate.edu
Acknowledgement: A special thanks to Mark Laurenzo
and Ken Kirkland for their assistance in preparing this tip sheet.
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