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Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Opportunity Program Description: This is to announce the Autumn 2007 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF). Proposals are due Monday, Sept. 24, by 5:00 pm. Awards will be announced by Jan. 15, 2008. Through the RRF, the Office of Research supports UW faculty seeking to establish new research programs. Two times each year, a portion of the license and royalty fees received from UW-developed intellectual property is distributed through competitive grant awards from the RRF. Typically, 35 to 40 awards are made each funding cycle, or 70 to 80 each year. Since it was started in 1992, the RRF program has funded over 1000 projects, and provided over $24 million in research support to UW scholars. Unlike agency-funded grants, RRF grants are not awarded to supplement or continue existing successful research programs. They are intended for faculty and researchers with PI status (either individuals or groups, at either junior or senior rank) who are embarking on a new research path. RRF grants are especially valuable for bridging transitional stages (either in the career of an individual, or in the research directions of a group), for high-risk projects, or to bring a larger project to the level of technical credibility and maturity where a competitive proposal to an agency or foundation would succeed. Projects will be evaluated both on the basis of the intrinsic merit of the research and on the basis of their potential to enhance the overall research environment of the University. In disciplines for which investigators may also be eligible for seeking federal funding (e.g., NIH, NSF), preference is given to junior faculty. Proposals should include well-justified budgets of less than $40,000. More Information: See the following files for more information: Cover Letter to Deans, Directors and Chairs The above files are also available at http://www.washington.edu/research/rrf.html. Questions about the RRF or the guidelines should be addressed to Barbara Thompson, Office of Research, Box 351202, 206-616-9089, bthompso@u.washington.edu. |
