POC Grant Program: Applications

Research Funding Sponsored by CU TTO

Welcome to the POC Grant Program (POCg). The POCg provides grants to enable the further development and validation of promising CU technologies that are, or will become, suitable for commercialization. POCg awards can be either $10,000 or $25,000, and the technologies are selected by a competitive application process. Applications for POCg awards are submitted to the TTO, which reviews the proposals, makes the final selections, and manages the awards.

Program Requirements

• POCg proposals must be based on intellectual property created at the University of Colorado.
  
• In order to apply, a complete Invention Submission Form describing the subject of technology must have been filed, or be filed concurrently, with CU’s Technology Transfer Office.
  
• POCg funds must be used for prototype development, biological target validation, software optimization, and other advanced pre-commercial research. The project should produce a significant step towards commercialization, and should be completed within a 4 to 5 month timeframe.

TTO Contact

For questions and assistance concerning the POCg application process and criteria, please contact Kate Tallman(Kate.Tallman@cu.edu, 303-492-5732) if you are inventors from Boulder and Colorado Spring campus, and please contact Rick Silva(Rick.Silva@cu.edu, 303-724-0222) if you are inventors from Denver and Health Science Center campus.

How to Apply:

1. Review the Selection Criteria.
   
2. Download this POCg Application Template and, if not previously filed, Invention Submission Form and complete them as your application.
   
3. Send an email to TTO Database Administrator Nathan Chen and attach the completed application template and form to the email. Please also include your contact information in the email.

NOTE: THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC, EXCEPT FOR A NON-CONFIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.