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Connecting the Rutgers Research Community                                 November 14, 2017
Rutgers University Scientists Receive 2017 Edison Patent Awards for Pioneering Research

Two members of the Rutgers University research community received 2017 Edison Patent Awards from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey.  The award memorializes the state's most prolific inventor, Thomas Alva Edison, and highlights the Garden State's continuous pipeline of exceptional innovation work. 

Dr. Joachim Kohn,  Rutgers University-New Brunswick Board of Governors Professor in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology department at the School of Arts and Sciences, and director of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, received the award in the biomaterials category for his patent that provided the materials foundation for the world's first fully resorbable and x-ray visible coronary stent.  Learn more about the "Biocompatible Polymers for Medical Devices" patent:  Watch video

Dr. David Kimball, Vice President for Innovation and Research Commercialization in the Office of Research and Economic Development, received the award in the pharmaceuticals category for his work on developing a drug treatment for Type I Diabetes during his former employment as Vice President for Chemistry at Lexicon Pharmaceuticals.  Learn more about the "Inhibitors of Sodium Glucose Co-transporter 2 and methods of their use" patent:  Watch video
Research Council Accepting Subvention Proposals

For its second year, the ORED- sponsored Research Council is offering subventions for the publication of scholarly books by university and other reputable scholarly presses. Subventions provide partial subsidies of up to $2,500 to presses for the publication of scholarly books authored by full-time Rutgers faculty members.  Program guidelines and application submission instructions are available online . The deadline for submissions is  December 6 at 5:00 p.m. Read more

Open and Affordable Textbook Program Accepting Applications

University Libraries' Open and Affordable Textbook Program will award 20 $1,000 grants to faculty who will replace a high-cost textbook with a low or no cost alternative.  Read more

Rutgers-Newark Researchers:
Wine & Cheese Meeting with Vice President for Innovation & Research Commercialization
   
Join Dr. David Kimball, Vice President for Innovation and Research Commercialization at the Office of Research and Economic Development, and his team for an informal discussion on research commercialization. 

Find out how the office can guide you through patenting and licensing, and learn more about programs available to help bring your inventions to the market. 

The meeting will be held on  Thursday, November 16 at  2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in  Rm 15 at Clement's Place Jazz Lounge, 15 Washington Street, Newark, NJ.
Important Reminders About RAPSS Submissions

When submitting proposals to the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs (ORSP), keep in mind the following:

1. All submissions, regardless of sponsor or who submits the proposal, must be entered into the  RAPSS Funding Proposal Module (FP) at time of submission. The RAPSS FP serves as an electronic endorsement form and must be completed and approved before a submission is made, even if the submission is not formally submitted by ORSP personnel.

2. Only submissions that have made it through " Pending Sponsor Review" in the RAPSS FP module are counted as a complete submission. If a submission is made outside of RAPSS and the RAPSS FP record is either not started or not properly advanced to "Pending Sponsor Review," the submission will NOT be counted in reports.

3. When completing the RAPSS FP smart forms, you MUST complete  Section 13 on the budget. If this section is left blank, the submission will be reported as a proposal for $0.
TechAdvance® Awards Nearly $600,000 To Rutgers Inventors

TechAdvance, an early-stage technology development fund, provides grants of up to $100,000 to advance Rutgers research project s toward commercialization. Since the fund's launch in June, eight research projects with true commercialization potential have received a total of nearly $600,000.  The funded projects include:
  • Novel Biosensors for Rapid Determination of Antimicrobial Resistance
  • First-in-Class Pan-TAM Inhibitors for Cancer Therapy
  • A New Catalyst for Generation of Carbon Feedstocks & Fuels from Carbon Dioxide
  • Tracking the Spread of Cancer with Light for Targeted Treatment
  • Using Virtual Reality to Help Persons Walk Post Stroke
  • High Performance Graphene-Polymer Matrix Composites
  • 3D Pre-Vascularized Scaffold for Bone Regeneration
  • Synthetic Antibody Production for Immunotherapies
Read more to learn about the inventors and their projects.
Upcoming Events

Nov 16-17: 2017 SBIR/STTR Training Seminars
Nov 27: iMatSci Innovator Showcase Submission Deadline

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Grant Announcements

Check our new  Grants Announcements  page to see some of the most recent grants awarded to Rutgers researchers.
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