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H. Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership Program
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Background UW Bioengineering’s origins are in the development of technologies with impact in the clinic; we have a long history of translating research into products for medicine. Since 2005, our receipt of a multi-year grant from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation under its Translational Research Partnership program has increased our ability to move biomedical engineering technologies from laboratory to bedside. We are:
- one of nine schools to receive a Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership grant.
- furthering collaboration between engineers and clinicians through the grant.
- moving biomedical engineering technologies from laboratory into medical practice.
- one of the best places to work on biomedical technologies that have the potential to impact the clinic.
Grant Process
- Projects must be led by two PIs: one a UW Bioengineering faculty* & one investigator with a UW clinical faculty appointment
- Projects must :
- Address unmet clinical needs
- Have strong potential for near-term clinical impact and improved healthcare
- Desirable outcomes:
- Inventions
- Patents
- Improved diagnosis and treatment
- Commercial products
- Licenses
- Commercial partnerships
- Start-up companies
- Funds may be used for:
- Salary for faculty, graduate students, and other research staff but not administrative support or tuition
- Supplies
- Minor equipment
- Prototyping expenses
- Imaging time
- Travel directly associated with the research activity
- Proposal evaluation criteria
- Technological merit
- Health care impact
- Experience of the investigators
- Potential for commercialization
- Potential for obtaining follow-on industrial support
* Core (tenure or research track) or Adjunct Faculty who where awarded this status two years prior to time of application and practicing clinicians with faculty appointments at UW. They are equal as Co-PI’s.
Contacts:
Paul Yager, PhD, Chair of Bioengineering
Kelly Fitzgerald, PhD, Acting Co-Director
Rachael Tanner, Acting Co-Director
