The Wallace H. Coulter Endowment at Duke University provides funding to support collaborative translational research projects that involve Duke faculty from the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and a clinical department in the School of Medicine.
The goal of this program is to accelerate the development of promising bioengineering research that addresses unmet clinical needs and leads to improvements in health care and to commercial products. Program metrics include successful licensing to industry, creation of new, professionally managed, and financed companies. Emphasis is also placed on improving health and the ability to secure follow-on support. Examples of desirable outcomes include inventions, patents, improved diagnosis and treatment of disease, follow-on funding (e.g., grants, SBIR, angel investment), commercial products, licenses, commercial partnerships and start-up companies.
The Wallace H. Coulter Endowment provides approximately $700,000 for direct costs each year to support the translation of projects. Typically, three to five grants are funded each cycle. Grant sizes have varied from $40,000 to $330,000. Award amounts vary based upon amount requested and budget evaluation of the Oversight Committee.
Deadlines:
- Preliminary Proposals (encouraged): We strongly recommend submitting a brief summary (less than one page) as early as December 2022 to January 2023. Provide project title, team members, project goals and an initial assessment of potential users of the technology.
- Full Proposals: Mar. 2, 2023