FAQs
Who can apply to the Program?
- Only permanent, full-time faculty in the professorial ranks (assistant, associate, full) may apply.
What is a typical budget?
- Grant budgets are typically $100,000 in direct costs for a one-year period.
What are the application criteria?
- Proposals must contain a commercialization plan.
- Each proposal must have co-PI's, at least one whose salaried appointment is in BME and at least one clinical investigator from a clinical department at the University of Michigan.
- The research must relate directly to applications in health care, and the objectives of the project should include an outcome that will benefit patients.
What are some examples of desirable outcomes of the projects proposed?
- Examples of desirable outcomes include inventions, patents, improved diagnosis and treatment of disease, commercial partnerships, start-up companies and follow-on funding targeted toward these same outcomes.
What are my responsibilities as an awardee?
- Meet the objectives (including budgeted expenses) and deliverables outlined in your application.
- Prepare a detailed project plan
- Provide a broad one-year overview
- Provide project plans with quarterly milestones
- Regularly track the project
- Monthly review of project with Program Director
- Quarterly project report (IP, etc.)
- Participate in a Mid-year Review Meeting with Oversight Committee
What can I expect from Coulter Project Staff?
- Business Development Support
- Intellectual Property advice and legal support
- Regulatory guidance
- Follow-on funding guidance
- Mentorship from Oversight Committee
Who is involved with the UM Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program?
- The UM Coulter Program is a partnership between the UM's BME Department and the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation and is lead on campus by two staff members:
- Jim O'Connell, Program Director
- Anna Folsom, Program Coordinator
- The UM Oversight Committee is comprised of both voting and advisory members oversees the Program. The voting members of the committee are:
- Robert Bartlett, Professor Emeritus of Surgery, U of M General Surgery Research
- Jan Garfinkle, Managing Partner Arboretum Ventures, LLC
- Fred Molnar, Chief Officer, Commercial Operations, iCyt Mission Technology
- Mara Neal, Director, Research Awards, Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
- Ken Nisbet, Executive Director, UM Office of Technology Transfer
- Douglas Noll, BME Department Chair
- Mark Sutter, President and CEO, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp.
- Galen Toews, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, U of M Medical School
For the names of the advisory members of our Oversight Committee and other contact information, please click here.