Idea Development Grants
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Program |
Award |
Undergraduate Students |
Graduate Students |
Faculty & Postdocs |
Eligibility |
Requirements |
Application Deadline |
Sponsor |
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Up to $4K per student |
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Current UConn undergraduates – See website for full eligibility requirements |
None |
Summer Funding: December Academic Year Funding: March |
UConn Office of the Provost UConn Office of Undergraduate Research |
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$k1-$2K, up to $4K from Venturewell grant |
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Current UConn Nursing Students, E-Teams with Engineering |
None |
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UConn School of Nursing |
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$200k, 18 month program |
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Provide Proof of Concept/Prototype addressing technology constraints |
Graduate of ICorps program, business experience |
Letter of intent: September 2017 |
National Science Foundation |
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Case-by-case |
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Innovations Solving Pertinent Global Issues |
Innovations provide change in developing countries |
accepts applications year-round |
Global Innovation Fund |
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Top three winners get $15K, $10K, $5K respecitvely. |
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UConn undergraduates, graduate students, recent grads |
Creative Ideas |
3/29 |
UConn Office of Provost/UConn School of Business |
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Up to $3K |
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Student and faculty led teams across UConn |
None |
2/3/17 |
UConn CCEI/UConn School of Business |
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Up to $15K |
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Student and faculty led teams across UConn |
None |
3/1/18 |
UConn CCEI/UConn School of Business |
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$15K |
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Faculty, postdocs, grad and undergrad students |
CCEI Summer Fellowship (top five) |
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UConn CCEI/UConn School of Business |
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Entrepreneur Innovations Award (EIA) |
Up to $10K |
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CTNext |
Startup Funding
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Program |
Award |
Undergraduate Students |
Graduate Students |
Faculty & Postdocs |
Eligibility |
Requirements |
Application Deadline |
Sponsor |
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up to $25k to hire student interns |
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Companies >1 year old and based in CT |
Rolling |
CT Next |
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up to $50k |
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Creative startups |
applicants collaborate with Visa on the future of payments |
Visa |
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up to $125k |
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>500 employees or nonprofit RI |
technology fulfilling NASA needs |
NASA |
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STTR requires research partner | companies with early-stage tech |
National Science Foundation |
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STTR requires research partner | innovative biomedical technologies |
National Institute of Health |
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$10-75K |
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Postdocs |
Current/former ENGR-5300 students |
tbd for 2017 |
UConn School of Engineering |
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Up to $30K |
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CT-based bioscience company |
< 10 employees or $100K in funding. May apply for $500k CBIF but can only accept one. |
October and April |
UConn |
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Up to $50K |
Associated with faculty proposal |
Associated with faculty proposal |
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UConn or UCHC investigator with technology that has realistic commercial potential. |
Existing intellectual property a plus. |
Letter of Intent : 9/1, full proposals: 10/15, presentations: 11/1 |
UConn Technology Commercialization Services |
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Up to $100K |
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UConn affiliated startups (students, faculty, alumni, TIP) Located in CT. |
Early stage growth companies seeking SBIR/STTR or angel funding. |
Three times per year. |
UConn |
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Up to $500K stand-alone investment; $2M with co-investment |
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CT-based bioscience companies or academic technology |
Not yet available for commercial release OR prototypes and clinical trials |
Company business plans rolling. Academic applications: end of each calendar quarter |
Connecticut Innovations |
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Up to $150K for pre-seed expenses |
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in operation for < 7 years; developing a technology; |
Rolling application process |
Connecticut Innovations |
Funding for Established Companies
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Program |
Award |
Undergraduate Students |
Graduate Students |
Faculty & Postdocs |
Eligibility |
Requirements |
Application Deadline |
Sponsor |
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Case-by-case |
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Small-to-medium enterprise (SME) located in eastern CT |
technology and/or manufacturing focus |
Rolling |
UConn, Connecticut Innovations and the EDA |
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case-by-case |
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support development of innovations |
Intent Deadline 2/8/2018 |
National Science Foundation |
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case-by-case |
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Chemical research centers. |
Integrate research, innovation, and education |
Preliminary Proposal: 9/12/17 |
National Science Foundation |
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Case-by-case |
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Small-to-medium enterprise (SME) located in CT |
technology and/or manufacturing focus |
Rolling |
UConn, Connecticut Innovations and the EDA |
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Up to $25K |
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1 year old companies, registered in CT, < 500 employees |
Rolling; May 1st for summer interns |
CTNext |