Accelerating Innovations to Market (AIM)

• Medical devices or diagnostics tools
• Therapeutics, antibodies & small molecules
• Life Science Tech Development
• Artificial Intelligence and digital platforms for healthcare and diagnostics

Social Science and Environment Research Areas

• Oceanographic devices and tools
• Seismographic and geologic interventions or tools
• Energy, Smart Transportation, and IoT civic grid
• Software and digital platforms
• Application Full Proposal Open: September 1, 2022
• Application Full Proposal Closed: November 11, 2022
• Internal Proposal Review: November 30, 2022
• Plan to be available for Proposal Review Panels: January 23, 2023 (in-person at the Design and Innovation Building)
• January 23, 2023 (in-person at the Design and Innovation Building)
• Funding Announcement: February 2023

Criteria and Target Applicants

Qualified proposals will have or be classified as the following:

• Early-stage proof-of-concept & feasibility projects
• Prototype development leading to field testing
• Requires UC San Diego IP
• A combination of UC San Diego and non-university IP is acceptable

Apply if you are or have any combination of the following:

• UC San Diego Faculty, Researchers, & Postdocs with team support

• UC San Diego Teams with an engineering or medical student engaged in the project

• UC San Diego IP (new disclosures accepted)

• Interdisciplinary approaches (multiple department involvement) Accelerating Innovation to Market is an equal opportunity grant and does not discriminate against awardees based on social identity group affiliation Considerationwill be provided for all teams based on clarity of IP and feasibility of reaching inflection points during the period of performance with support from the OIC Entrepreneurs In Residence program and industry partners, Mintz Law

• Innovating for National Security

• National Academy of Inventors