Harvard Physical Sciences and Engineering Accelerator Awards
Pre-Proposal Deadline: October 3, 2016
Full Proposal Deadline (if invited): November 21, 2016
Award Amount: $50,000-$100,000
Eligible Applicants: Principal Investigators employed by Harvard University

The PSE Accelerator Awards are designed to support innovative research aimed at extending preliminary observations, establishing proof-of-concept, scaling-up a product or process, and generating (or enhancing) intellectual property positions.  The objective of the program is to accelerate research projects towards one of following value-creation inflection points: (1) formation of a start-up company, (2) licensing the technology to an established company, or (3) securing follow-on industrial funding for continued R&D.  The review criteria will emphasize the commercial potential of the research project; the existence of, or the possibility of filing, intellectual property; and the delineation of a clear R&D roadmap detailing how Accelerator Funding will lead to a value-creation inflection point.  Particular emphasis will be given to those projects that could result in a Harvard-led start-up.