Proposals must be for the further development of technologies that meet the following criteria:

  1. The technology must have been developed primarily at UMass.
  2. Researchers must be employees of the University of Massachusetts.
  3. The technology must have been disclosed to the campus OTCV prior to the proposal submission date with an OTCV Invention Disclosure form.
  4. The technology must have significant commercial potential.
  5. The funding, intended for a duration of one year, must be meaningful for the success of this technology and make the technology more attractive for commercialization. 
  6. Adequate funding from other sources is not readily available at the current technology development stage.
  7. Technologies cannot already be commercialized or covered by a license or subject to an already licensed disclosure.