Application guidelines for the most recent round of Collaborative Research Award Program are now available.
Through the Collaborative Research Grant program, the Rhode Island Science and Technology Advisory Council (STAC) awards funding to scientific research and development projects that promote inter-organizational, inter-disciplinary collaboration across Rhode Island public and private research institutions.
Approximately $450,000 in competitive funding is offered to provide seed grants to promising inter-organizational research projects that have significant potential to:
- commercialize or license intellectual property;
- attract and leverage follow-on funding from federal or private sources;
- develop private sector partnerships; or
- create new ventures or new product lines.
Pre-proposals are due January 23, 2014.
Invited full proposals are due March 20, 2014.
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