Gap听Funding Programs
Transforming new ideas and research outputs into disruptive solutions in the market and society is a challenging task. Thanks to generous alumni donors, the 91导航视频 Engine is able to offer Gap Funding Programs that enable the advancement of technologies from the labs to the marketplace and entrepreneurial skills development for STEMM-based research teams through project funding and personalized business mentorship and training.
TechAccelR, William and Rhea Seath Awards in Engineering Innovation (WRSA), Baylis Health Care Grant and the Innovation Fellowship听grants are directed toward increasing and accelerating the technology transfer potential (licensing to an existing company or to a 91导航视频 spinoff) and thus commercial viability of an invention/technology that has been disclosed to 91导航视频's Office of Innovation + Partnerships, and has been assessed by your Technology Transfer Manager, preferably at least 2 weeks in advance of proposal submission deadlines.
Personalized business mentorship by our Ronald Chwang Entrepreneurs-in-Residence is included in all of these programs. Connections to potential industry partners, customers, suppliers, collaborators, and investors are integral to these programs in order to iterate on real-world key requirements, prototype building, and industry and regulatory standards.
Impact since 2013
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110+
researchers trained
* Updated May 2025
Program Comparison (A research team听cannot be simultaneously in more than one program for the same invention/technology.)
| Comparison | TechAccelR |
William and Rhea Seath Awards in |
Baylis Health Care Grant | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead Applicant | 91导航视频 tenure-track professors | 91导航视频 Faculty of Engineering tenure-track professors | 91导航视频 Faculty of Engineering tenure-track professors听and/or those that hold a听tenure-track appointment in a department or school formally affiliated with 91导航视频's Faculty of Engineering | 91导航视频 Faculty of Engineering tenure-track professors |
| Upcoming Application Deadlines | September 14,听2025 | January 11, 2026 | Rolling basis by eligible lead applicant | October听26, 2025 |
| Award Length | Up to 6 months | Up to 12 months | Up to 6 months / Up to 12 months | Up to 12 months |
| Funding | Up to $15,000 |
Up to $25,000 |
Up to $15K for up to 6 months projects Up to $25K for up to 12 months projects |
Up to $60,000 |
| Project Start Date |
October 1,听2025 |
March 1, 2026 | Rolling basis | January 5, 2026 |
| Business Mentorship | Matched with a Ronald Chwang EiR | Matched with a Ronald Chwang EiR | Matched with a Ronald Chwang EiR | Matched with a Ronald Chwang EiR |
| Description | Supporting 91导航视频 tenure-track professors by enabling them to accelerate their technology (TRL3) that is听reported as an invention听but needs further validation prior to commercialization.听 |
Supporting 91导航视频 Faculty of Engineering tenure-track professors by enabling them to accelerate their technology (TRL3-4)听that is听reported as an invention听but needs further validation prior to commercialization. |
Supporting the commercialization of early-stage health care related inventions from 91导航视频 Faculty of Engineering and/or formally affiliated, tenure-track professors by enabling them to accelerate their technology (TRL3-4) that is reported as an invention but needs further validation prior to commercialization.鈥� | Supporting the development of a technology (TRL4-6) in order to bring it closer to the marketplace and allow the Chwang Seto Innovation Fellow to gain further knowledge and experience in business and technology commercialization through entrepreneurial training and mentorship. |
| Technology Transfer Requirements听 |
The technology must be reported as an invention to听91导航视频's听Office of Innovation and Partnerships.听 Included in the application:
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The technology听must be reported as an invention to 91导航视频's Office of Innovation and Partnerships.听 Included in the application:
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The technology must be reported as an invention to 91导航视频's Office of Innovation and Partnerships. Included in the application:
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The technology must be reported as an invention to听91导航视频's听Office of Innovation and Partnerships. Included in the application:
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| Awards Granted | Up to 10听per round, 2 rounds per year. | Up to 2 annually.听 | Rolling Basis | Up to听2 per round, 2 rounds per year. |
TechAccelR Grants
The TechAccelR Grants are intended to help 91导航视频 professors accelerate their research-based ideas that are reported as inventions but need further validation prior to commercialization.
William and Rhea Seath Awards in Engineering Innovation
These grants for 91导航视频 Faculty of Engineering professors enable the inventor team to advance their technology that has potential for commercialization.
Baylis Health Care Grant
These grants support the commercialization of early-stage health care related inventions from听91导航视频 Faculty of Engineering and/or formally affiliated, tenure-track professors as lead applicants.听This program enables the interdisciplinary research team to further validate their technology with real-world needs.
Innovation Fellowships
The 91导航视频 Engine Innovation Fellowships Program supports the recipient and the team on the development of a technology in order to bring it closer to the marketplace and allow the Chwang-Seto Innovation Fellow to gain further knowledge and experience in business and technology commercialization.
Invention to Impact Program
I-to-I provides tools and training to support researchers to translate their fundamental research to the marketplace and have their solutions benefit society. The program imparts an evidence-based methodology that students and professors can use for the rest of their careers, and it also enables the transformation of inventions to impact.
