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INDUSTRY/UNIVERSTIY COOPERATIVE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS (IUCRP)
The IUCRP programs
were created to invest in California's economic future. In addition
to a Microelectronics grant, the IUCRP currently awards UC Discovery
Grants in five fields of science and engineering. Click on the field
for more details, including the schedule for deadlines:
The IUCRP is
a matching grants program that:
- Promotes essential early-stage research in science and engineering
in UC laboratories:
- Educate scientists and engineers for California's knowledge-driven
industries;
- Leverage Sate and Business dollars in the highest quality joint
research projects; and
- Accelerates research as a foundation for new products and technologies,
new markets, and business expansion that creates new high paying
jobs for Californians.
Research projects are jointly funded by the State, Industry, and
UC. They create new knowledge that makes California Businesses more
competitive, which accelerates worldwide investment in the California
economy, speeds creation of high paying jobs for Californians, and
improves health, food production, and the environment in the State.
Since its inception in 1996, IUCRP have awarded 595 matching grants.
The jointly funded investment portfolio has grown to 1,189 grants
amounting to $281 million in State ($112 million), Industry ($147.5
million), and UC ($21 million) investments since then.
Click
here for the IUCRP 2003 Annual Report
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HOW THE IUCRP SYSTEM
WORKS
*Click here for instructions
for how to apply. All grant applications must be submitted
via the internet by the Office
of Sponsored Research – Industry Contracts Division.
- Proposal Generation and Submission:
Proposals are written by UC researchers who have consulted with companies
and identified private sponsors willing to provide at least half
of the direct costs plus applicable UCSF overhead. The application
requirements are modeled on the National Institutes of Health R01
and NSF grant applications, with emphasis on detailed research plans,
descriptive statements of significance and relevance, and detailed
budgets with point-by-point justification. Proposals may only be
submitted by individuals with principal investigator status at UC
and may only be submitted through a University department; investigators
having duel appointments with outside organizations such as Gladstone
Institutes are not eligible to submit directly through Gladstone.
- Peer Review and Funding Decisions:
Proposals are subjected to stringent peer review by expert University
scientists and engineers. The confidential peer review process
is modeled on the NIH peer review panel. Panelists are convened
in a
one-day session and each proposal is discussed in detail and
ranked by all eligible reviewers. Proposals are judged on the basis
of scientific
and technical merit, budget justification, and relevance to the
matching grant program and the State of California, among other
things. Any
reviewer from the campus of the applicant or who otherwise may
have a direct or indirect interest in the applicant, the research
subject,
the Private Sponsor, or a competitor of the private sponsor are
excluded from discussion of that applicant's proposal. All funding
decisions
rest with the matching grant program's Executive Committee, which
is composed of University faculty and National Laboratory scientists
and is chaired by a member of the Academic Senate.
- Conflict of Interest Review:
When a proposal is recommended for funding by the peer review
panel, funding is withheld until the matching grant program's Director
receives
a letter from the submitting campus Conflict of Interest Office
indicating that financial disclosures have been submitted and reviewed
by the
local Conflict of Interest Committee, and that either no positive
findings were made or any positive findings were managed to the
satisfaction of the campus. Each and every researcher participating in a proposed
research project must submit such a financial disclosure if he/she
has independent responsibility for the planning, performance, and
reporting of project research activities.
For information about UCSF conflict of interest policies and procedures, click
here.
- Research Agreements: When a
proposal is recommended for funding by the peer review panel, funding
is withheld
until the matching grant program's Director receives a letter
from the submitting campus Contracts and Grants Office indicating
that
a research agreement has been completed between the campus and
the Private Sponsor. The research agreement must include standard
university
provisions on payments, publication, warranties, due diligence,
and intellectual property.
The Industry Contracts Division’s
Role
After a proposal has been developed and the researcher
has electronically submitted the required documents to the program
web site, a Contracts and Grants Officer
from the ICD will review the proposal, fill in the indirect cost rate on
the budget form, and officially submit the proposal. They will do so both
electronically and by mailing the proposal package to the program office.
It is necessary for the researcher and the department to follow the strict
deadlines set up by these programs.
Questions?
Contact your department’s
Industry Contracts Officer listed at:
UCSF
Industry Contracts Division Departmental
Assignments,
or see
UC IUCRP Directory. |
