Selection Process
All submitted proposals will be assessed by NIREC’s Technology & Commercialization Advisory Board (TCAB).
- The TCAB will review projects and create a project shortlist.
- These shortlisted projects will be invited to make an in-person presentation to the TCAB and Entrepreneurs-In-Residence (EIRs).
- Usually, three to five projects are selected to receive awards, pending successful due diligence. Additional information regarding environmental impact and laboratory safety will be required.
- NIREC reserves the right to revise the budget, milestones and deliverables in concert with the principal investigators, and award the grant in line with the revised budget and milestones.
“NIREC has paired my research team with an Entrepreneur in Residence who has decades of experience making critical business decisions. Regular interactions with our EIR are helping us focus on issues that will create both a successful product and business."
– Hampden Kuhns, Principal Investigator, DRI
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