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Corporate Funding Opportunities

Corporate Funding Opportunities

Numerous corporations offer University Research programs to enhance collaborations between corporate scientists and college and university faculty. Below are a sampling of some of the program opportunities. Please contact Mike Dwyer in the Office of Research Relations, 475-2698 or medpop@rit.edu, for more information.

Bayer Healthcare Grants 4 Targets Program

Bayer Healthcare Grants 4 Targets Program logo

Dates of Submission: September 30 and March 31

Sponsor: Not Required

Range of Funding: Up to $150,000

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Cell Cycle Regulation
  • Tumor Metabolism
  • Immunotherapy
  • Endometriosis
  • Uterine Fibroids
  • Hypertension
  • Acute Coronary Syndrome
  • Hemophilia

Website: http://www.grants4targets.com/scripts/pages/en/index.php

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Becton Dickinson Biosciences Research Grant Program

Becton Dickinson Biosciences Research Grant Program logo

Dates of Submission: Deadline March 7, 2012

Sponsor: Not Required

Range of Funding: $10,000 in BD reagents

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Multicolor flow cytometry
  • Cell signaling
  • Cancer research
  • Immune function
  • Infectious diseases
  • Neuroscience research

Website: http://www.bdbiosciences.com/research/grant/

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Boston Scientific Global Investigator-Sponsored Research Program

Boston Scientific Global Investigator-Sponsored Research Program logo

Dates of Submission: Rolling

Sponsor: No Required

Range of Funding: Not Published

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Cardiac Rhythm Management
  • Geographic variation in device use
  • Remote monitoring
  • Chronotropic incompetence
  • Leads/Lead management
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  • Necessary vs. Unnecessary Shocks
  • MRI and CRM Devices
  • Catheter ablation of VT and AF
  • Catheter ablation of AF
  • Endoscopy
  • Urology
  • Women's Health

Website: http://www.bostonscientific.com/corporate/isr/index.html

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

CISCO RFP Based Research Proposal

CISCO RFP Based Research Proposal logo

Dates of Submission: 1st business day each quarter (i.e. April 1, 2011)

Sponsor: Not Required

Range of Funding: Typically $50,000-$100,000. Projects can be grant or gift, in kind Cisco equipment can be much more

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Collaboration
  • Globalization
  • Going Green
  • Human Network
  • Mobil Computing
  • Video & Media Ready Network
  • Virtualization & Cloud Computing
  • "Other adjacencies"

Website: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/ac50/ac207/crc_new/index.html

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Google Faculty Research Awards Program

Google Faculty Research Awards Program logo

Dates of Submission: April 15, October 15

Sponsor: Highly Recommended

Range of Funding: $10,000 - $150,000 (average of $55,000)

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Economics and market algorithms
  • Education innovation
  • Geo/maps
  • Health
  • Information retrieval, extraction, and organization
  • Machine learning and data mining
  • Machine translation
  • Mobile
  • Multi-media search and audio/video processing
  • Natural language processing

Website: http://research.google.com/university/relations/research_awards.html

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Google RISE: Roots in Science and Engineering

Google RISE: Roots in Science and Engineering logo

Dates of Submission: November 30th

Sponsor: Not Required

Range of Funding: $5,000 to $10,000

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Promoting inclusion of American Indians in STEM fields
  • Engineering summer camp for high school students
  • K-12 Physics outreach

Website: http://www.google.com/diversity/rise/

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

HP Labs Innovation Research Program

HP Labs Innovation Research Program logo

Dates of Submission: Once a year. Abstract due Jan. 27, 2012, those selected for full proposal due March 30, 2012.

Sponsor: Not Required in the Boston Scientific and Pfizer tabs

Range of Funding: Typically $75,000/year projects are intended to be three year with annual renewal submissions

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Cloud & Security
  • Information Analytics
  • Intelligent Infrastructure
  • Mobile and Immersive Experience
  • Networking and Communications
  • Printing and Content Delivery
  • Services
  • Social Computing
  • Sustainable Ecosystems

There are 26 topics under these themes, each project has to be matched to one of the 26 topics.

Website: http://www.hpl.hp.com/open_innovation/irp/index.html

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Lockheed Martin University Research Initiative

Lockheed Martin University Research Initiative logo

Dates of Submission: Abstract typically due in April

Sponsor: Specific universities are invited

Range of Funding: About $100,000 per year, multi-year

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Advanced Active and Passive Sensing
  • Advanced and Complex Software
  • Autonomous Systems Biometrics
  • Chemical-Biological Defense and Response
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Directed Energy
  • Distributed ISR and Attack
  • Energy and Climate Change
  • Human Terrain
  • Information Assurance
  • Nanotechnology
  • Predictive Logistics

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Microsoft Faculty Fellowship Program

Microsoft Faculty Fellowship Program logo

Dates of Submission: Deadline October 19, 2012

Sponsor: Not Required

Range of Funding: Not Specified

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Computational machine learning
  • Logic and automata theory
  • Bioelectronics
  • Practical sensing systems

Website: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/msrff.aspx

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Pfizer Global Investigator Initiated Research

Pfizer Global Investigator Initiated Research logo

Dates of Submission: Rolling

Sponsor: No Required

Range of Funding: Not Published

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Vaccines
  • Inflammation
  • Musculoskeletal
  • Ophthalmology
  • Neuroscience
  • Infectious Disease
  • Endocrine
  • Hemophilia
  • Pulmonary Vascular Disease
  • Drug Delivery System Technology
  • Device Technologies
  • Automation Technologies
  • Drug Delivery System Technology
  • Nutrition Innovative Packaging Technologies

Website: http://www.pfizer.com/research/investigator/investigator_initiated_research.jsp

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Shell Environment and Society Grant Program

Shell Environment and Society Grant Program logo

Dates of Submission: Rolling

Sponsor: Not Required

Range of Funding: Not Specified

Most Recent Research Topics:

  • Biodiversity
  • Ecosystem management
  • Water and air quality protection
  • Wetlands preservation
  • STEM outreach and training

Website: http://www.shell.us/home/content/usa/environment_society/grant/

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu

Xerox Open Innovation Research Program

Xerox Open Innovation Research Program logo

Dates of Submission: Once a year, typically March submission

Sponsor: This program is internal, company sponsor applies for grant

Range of Funding: Typically $20,000 or less

Most Recent Research Topics:

None defined, this is related to each businesses objectives but includes:

  • Marking and Printing Systems
  • Digital Communications, Workflows and Solutions
  • Sustainability

Contact: William Dube
(585) 475-2816
wjdpop@rit.edu