The fifth round of awards from the UM Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership begins this October with the official Call for Proposals. Awards are for one year and grants are typically $100,000 in direct costs. Funding will be used to support collaborative translational research projects that involve co-investigators from the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and a clinical department. The research must relate directly to applications in health care, and the objectives of the project should include an outcome that will benefit patients. Each proposal will be evaluated on the basis of scientific merit, potential health care impact and significance, and the potential for commercialization and successfully obtaining further support. Proposals must be submitted by 5 PM on December 1, 2009 via e-mail to the Coulter Program Coordinator, Anna Folsom, afolsom@umich.edu. It is strongly suggested that applicants discuss their proposal with the Coulter Program Director, Jim O'Connell (jimoconn@umich.edu #734-647-9926) before submission.
2009 Current Funded Projects:
Charles Cain, PhD and William Roberts, MD
"Non-invasive Ultrasonic Prostate Tissue Ablation using Histotripsy in Treatment of Prostate Cancer" Fourth year of funding- 2009 funding: $125,000; funding to date $475,000
Mohamed El-Sayed, PhD, William Ensminger, MD, and Donna Shewach, PhD
"Development of Targeted Polymeric Drug Conjugates for Treatment of Liver Cancer" Second year of funding - 2009 funding: $146,870; funding to date $246,870
Steven Goldstein, PhD, Blake Roessler, MD, and Michael Morris, PhD
"Development and Testing of Fiber Optic Probes for Transcutaneous Raman Spectroscopy Bone Diagnostic" $75,000
Scott Hollister, PhD and Stephen Feinberg, DDS, PhD
"Designed Bioactive Scaffolds for Mandibular Reconstruction" $100,000
Alan Hunt, PhD, Duane Newton, PhD, and Brandon McNaughton, PhD
"Rapid Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Bacteria" Second year of funding - 2009 funding: $100,000; funding to date $200,000
Daryl Kipke, PhD and Parag Patil, MD, PhD
"Improving Intraoperative Brain Mapping Through Neurochemical Sensing" $100,000
Mary-Ann Mycek, PhD, James Scheiman, MD, Barbara McKenna, MD, and Diane Simeone, MD
"Method for Optical Detection of Pancreatic Cancer" $100,000