Two specific funding programs have been designed to help faculty, physicians, surgeons, medical fellows, and post-docs develop their academic innovations toward commercial goals: Feasibility – up $50k/12 months (director costs) and Proof of Concept- up to $100k/12 months (direct cost) . Full details and application materials can be found here.

Faculty members, physicians, post-doctoral associates, and BEIRs who are considering the submission of an application are strongly encouraged to discuss the proposal with
Anton Xavier (anton.xavier@stonybrook.edu); William Hanes (william.hanes@stonybrook.edu) and/or Emily Kao (Emily.Kao@stonybrook.edu) at the LIBH prior to writing a full proposal..

Deadline for submission is September 19th, 2018. All proposal should be submitted through the online portal. Please note an approval from your Sponsored Programs Office is NOT required prior to the submission but will be required if the project is selected for NIH secondary review. Eligible applicants will be notified if their application is selected to move forward.

The LIBH is supported by the National Institutes of Health REACH initiative (Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub), our four partner institutions, The Research Foundation for SUNY, and Empire State Development.