Harvard Physical Sciences and Engineering Accelerator
Pre-Proposal Deadline: October 16, 2020
Full Proposal Deadline (if invited): December 4, 2020
Award Amount: $50,000-$100,000
The Office of Technology Development (OTD) is now accepting pre-proposals for the Physical Sciences and Engineering (PSE) Accelerator. The PSE Accelerator is designed to support Harvard's innovative physical science research by extending preliminary observations, establishing a solid proof of concept, scaling up a product or process, and generating (or enhancing) intellectual property positions. This program provides critical financial support, guidance, and resources to enable focused development of early-stage technologies with commercial potential. Proposals need to be directed towards one or more aspects of the applied sciences, physical sciences, computer software or engineering.
The intent of the PSE Accelerator is to advance research projects towards one of the following value-creating inflection points:
In this RFP, the OTD is especially seeking projects with strong potential to launch a start-up company. Such projects, while faculty-led, will benefit from having a postdoc or final-year PhD student working on the project who is interested in being a founding member of the startup team. Consideration will also be given to projects with other development goals such as licensing the technology to an existing company, or securing follow-on funding from a corporate sponsor for continued research.
A Zoom webinar will be held on Tuesday, September 22, at 1 PM to provide more information on the PSE Accelerator and to answer any questions. Register here.
Questions may be directed to Alan Gordon in the Office of Technology Development at alan_gordon@harvard.edu.
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