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Title: UC BioSTAR

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UC BioSTAR

Founded in 1996, the BioSTAR Project is a UC
Systemwide industry-university matching grant
program that jointly supports new biotechnology
research opportunities throughout the nine
campuses and three National Laboratories of the
University of California System.
One of six sector programs of the
Industry-University Cooperative Research Program
(IUCRP), BioSTAR is dedicated to strengthening
Californias economy.

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THE UC DISCOVERY GRANT Gateway to
Industry-University Partnerships
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BioSTAR Mission Goals

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BioSTAR Funding

Private industry sponsors match BioSTAR grant
funds at least 11.
To date, 110 California companies have
participated in BioSTAR grants 88 of these
sponsors were small businesses.
Calls for proposals take place in the Spring,
Fall, and Winter.

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Typical Grant Size/Duration

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Funding Process
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Funding Priorities

Funding new, innovative research
Must be jointly supported by a Private Sponsor or
a group of private sponsors.
Research areas related to biotechnology include
basic sciences and biochemical engineering, and
the nature of the research is pre-commercial,
ranging from basic to proof-of-concept research.
Proposals for clinical trials or for medical
engineering (e.g., prosthetics, etc.) generally
are not appropriate.

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BioSTAR Research Fields

BioSTAR aims to improve and expand California's
economy through collaborative research
partnerships across a broad spectrum of
biotech-related interests including

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Selected BioSTAR-Funded Projects

Characterization of protease inhibitors as
potential treatment for neurodegenerative
diseases
Targets of hypoxic response in epithelial tumors.
Nanowire-Based Sensors
Synchronized Approach for Large Number of
Pathogen Detection Using Microarray Technology
Tissue-engineering techniques for the treatment
of stress urinary incontinence
Virus-Cell Fusion Inhibitors
Investigation of deep marine sediment microbes
for the development of crop protection products.

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Life Sciences Information Technology(LSIT)

Launched in 1999, LSIT builds partnerships at
the interface of life sciences and mathematics,
statistics, computational and information
sciences and engineering.
Must develop new informatics methods, or new
applications.
Use of existing technology in routine application
is not enough.

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Selected LSIT-Funded Projects

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Private Sponsor Qualifications
A Private Sponsor may be any company or
for-profit business entity that satisfies one of
the following criteria

California-based
Maintains R D or manufacturing facilities in
California that are related to the proposed
research
Based outside of California but has a research
and development alliance with a
California company that is related to the
proposed research
Based outside of California but provides strong
justification that the research sponsored will
demonstrably benefit California economy.

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Proposal Review Criteria

Quality and originality of the proposed research
and achievable milestones.
Qualifications of the personnel, adequacy of the
facilities and other resources.
Relevance of the project to the goals and
concerns of BioSTAR.
Significant benefits for California, e.g.,
development of new knowledge/skilled workforce,
attract greater investments, create new
California jobs, solve California problems, or
otherwise benefit the State as defined and
justified by the applicants
Budgetary justification.
Binding Letter of Intent to Fund from the Private
Sponsor.

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Factors Given Additional Consideration

PI is a junior faculty investigator.
Research plan addresses a critical scientific
problem that is limiting biotechnology industry
development or manufacturing in California.
Private Sponsor commits to doing subsequent RD
and manufacturing in California.
Private Sponsor has fewer than 50 employees.
Further leveraging of BioSTAR and Private Sponsor
contributions to the project, e.g. through SBIR
grants, contributions from a third party
co-sponsor.
Private Sponsor's financial contribution exceeds
the minimum requirement.

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Intellectual Property

BioSTAR generally supports research projects
performed by University scientists using
University facilities.
All rights to inventions or discoveries arising
from research conducted under this Research
Agreement shall belong to the University.
University shall offer Private Sponsor(s), a
time-limited right to negotiate an exclusive
commercial, royalty-bearing license, to make,
use, and sell any patentable inventions conceived
and first actually reduced to practice in the
performance of research under this Research
Agreement.

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Private Sponsor Benefits