Success is a Great Investment

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Success is a Great Investment
Dr. Dev Kambhampati 510.847.1570 dev_at_ucdiscoverygr
ant.org www.ucdiscoverygrant.org
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Why am I here?
OBJECTIVE- To facilitate UCD faculty interactions
with industry

• BASICS OF UC DISCOVERY GRANT
• UC DAVIS FACTS (past participation/funding)
• AREAS OF INTEREST ( focus on CS and EE)
• WINTER DEADLINES

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Program Partnership
Matching
Investment
Industry
UC Laboratory
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The Opportunity

• 60 million/year in State, UC and Industry funds
  are available for research partnerships
• Research is conducted at UC facility using UC and
  industry matching funds
• FOCUS BASIC RESEARCH
• Partnership Opportunities
• All 10 UC campuses and 3 National Labs
• UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCSB, UC Davis,
  UCSD, UC Riverside, UC Merced, UCSC, UCSF
• Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos

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Fast Facts

• Grant funds must be matched at least 11
• 1- to 4-year term
• Yearly investment ranges from 20K to 5M (but
  no upper limit)
• Up to 30 in-kind contribution allowed
• Proposals due in October, February, May

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INDUSTRY PARTNERS- Past/Present
Over 1000 funded projects Over 300 companies 282
million dollars invested
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Funding Emerging Technology

• Biotechnology
• Communications, Networking, Operating Systems
• Digital Media
• Electronics Manufacturing New Materials (e.g.
  Fuel Cells/Batteries)
• Information Technology for Life Sciences
• INTER-DISCIPLINARY RESEARCH ENCOURAGED

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Industry- Who is eligible?

• California-based
• Maintains RD or manufacturing facilities in
  California related to the proposed research
• Not California-based
• Maintains RD alliance with a California company
  that is related to the proposed research

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Rapid Access to Benefits

• Quick response (100 day turn-around)
• Easy on-line application process
• www.ucdiscoverygrant.org
• Peer review by qualified UC experts

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Anatomy of the Grant Process
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UC Discovery Grant - UC Davis

• Grants 20,446,302
• UC and State 8,209,266
• Industry 12,237,036
• Student Participation 79
• Undergraduate 20
• Graduate 21
• Postdocs 38Faculty
  Participation 75
• Professors 62
• Assistant Professors 13
  (17)
• Other Researchers and Staff 23
• includes MICRO

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UC Discovery Grant - UC System

• Grants 245,698,835
• UC and State 98,143,422
• Industry 147,555,413
• Student Participation 928
• Undergraduate 102
• Graduate 485
• Postdocs 341Faculty
  Participation 529
• Professors 440
• Assistant Professors 89 (17)
• Other Researchers and Staff 428
• includes MICRO

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Research Links between UC Davis and Sponsor
Companies
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Grant Sponsors at UC Davis

AgraQuest, Inc. Agy Therapeutics Anawah Applied
Phytologics (now Ventria Biosciences) Aureal
Semiconductor Berlex Biosciences Bionova Holding
Corporation (now DNA Plant Technology
Corporation) Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. BioSource
Technologies, Inc. (now Large Scale Biology
Corporation) Bio-Trends International, Inc. (now
Intervet, Inc) California Dairy Research
Foundation California Pistachio
Commission California Prune Board (now
California Dried Plum Board) California Table
Grape Commission California Tree Fruit
Agreement Ceres, Inc. ChevronTexaco
Corporation Cotton Incorporated Creative Advanced
Technology Center DNA Plant Technology
Corporation E-mu Systems, Incorporated Exelixis,
Inc Global Processing Solutions,
Inc. Hewlett-Packard ImmvaRx Intel Corporation
UC Discovery Grants 124 Sponsor
Companies 49
Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Interval Research
Corporation KOSAN Biosciences, Inc. Magnetic
Diagnostics, Inc. Maxygen, Inc. Mendel
Biotechnology Motorola Mytitek Inc. New Focus,
Inc. Novozymes Biotech, Inc. Onsite Power
Systems, Inc. Pangene Corporation Peptidogenic
Research Co., Inc. Powdermet Inc. RZ Syntopical
Technologies Seminis Vegetable Seeds (now
Seminis, Inc. ) STMicroelectronics,
Inc. SurroMed, Inc. Sygen International The
Citrus Research Board The Geosat Committee,
Inc. Trimble Navigation Limited Walnut Marketing
Board

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Participating Departments and Centers at UC
Davis
Animal Science Applied Science Biological and
Agricultural Engineering Biological Chemistry
Center for Comparative Medicine Center for
Image Processing and Integrated
Computing Chemical Engineering and Materials
Science Chemistry College of Engineering Compute
r Science Department of Animal
Science Electrical Computer Engineering Entomolo
gy Environmental Plant Biology Food Science and
Technology Human Pathology Internal
Medicine Land, Air, and Water Resources (LAWR)
Medicine and Epidemiology Nematology Nutrition P
athology (School of Medicine) Pathology,
Microbiology, Immunology (School of Veterinary
Medicine) Pediatrics Plant Pathology Pomology R
heumatology, Allergy Clinical
Immunology Statistics Textiles and
Clothing Vegetable Crops Veterinary
Medicine Viticulture and Enology
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UC DAVIS CAMPUS REPRESENTATION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Biotechnology- DAVID BLOCK Communications
Networking- BISWANATH MUKHERJEE Electronics
Manufacturing- CHARLES HUNT Digital Media-
SHRINIVASA UPADHYAYA IT for Life Sciences-
VACANT
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Topics in Communications/Networking

• Wireless
• RFID
• Embedded Network Systems
• Content Delivery via Wireless
• Ultra-broadband
• Multimedia
• Digital Rights Management
• Wireless Internet
• Hardware/Software/Management Issues
• Use of Wireless in Medical/Entertainment/Homeland
  Security etc.

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Benefits to Industry Sponsor

• Leverage scientific/technical expertise
• Pilot strategic RD direction
• Leverage RD funding
• Access UC facilities/infrastructure
• Access to intellectual property
• Access to potential employees

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Benefits to UC Researchers

• Access to
• Company Personnel- Building effective networks
• Complex equipment/reagents
• Industry/Business requirements challenges
• Fast-track patent applications
• Student/Post-doc experience with companies
  (leading to future jobs)

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Opportunity Awards
INDUSTRY- UC NETWORKING e.g. WINMEC WIRELESS
INTERNET Conference (UCLA), FLCC (Berkeley)

• Topics Digital Media, Biotechnology,
  Communications and Networking, IT for Life
  Sciences, Electronics Manufacturing/New
  Materials, Interdisciplinary research
• Provide small seed grants of up to 15,000 to
  support activities that communicate developments
  in above mentioned topics.
• No deadline or matching funds required (decision
  on the proposal outcome made within 3 weeks).

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Deadlines for Winter Round-2004

• IT for Life Sciences- Jan 16, 2004
• Biotechnology- Jan 23, 2004
• Electronics Manufacturing- Jan 30, 2004
• Communications/Networking- Feb 6, 2004
• Digital Media- Feb 13, 2004

QUESTIONS- proposalinfo_at_ucdiscoverygrant.org
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CONTACT

• Dr. Dev Kambhampati
• Tel [phone]
• email dev_at_ucdiscoverygrant.org
• www.ucdiscoverygrant.org
• UC Discovery Grant
• 2087 Addison Street, 2nd Floor
• Berkeley, CA 94720- 3340