P. N. “Vaidy” VaidyanathanAssistant Vice President for Research

Millican HallRoom 243

Office of Research

M.J.SoileauVice President

Dodie HajraAdministrative Assistant

P.N. "Vaidy" VaidyanathanAssistant Vice President

Tom O'nealAssociate Vice President

Betsy GrayAssociate Director

UCFRF

Joe GiampappaAssociate Director

IP & Licensing

Carol Ann DykesAssociate Director

Incubator

Beverly LaaksoAssociate Director

Personnel

Doug BackmanAssociate Director

Compliance

Services

Funding Opportunities & Team BuildingProposal SubmissionContract ManagementComplianceIntellectual Property IssuesCommercialization

Funding Opportunities

Community of Science Database A conglomeration of databases Federal and State Opportunities Private Foundations Automated Notification Customized Searches Contact: Francisco Martinez,

Maddy Chokshi

Marketing & Proposal Development

Assistance to Faculty Identifying Funding Sources

Community of Science Data Base Individual Searches Develop contact with Funding Agencies Initiate Discussions with Companies Internal and External Contacts

Marketing & Proposal Development

Large Multidisciplinary Proposals Identify Opportunities Build Teams Provide Assistance

Meetings Budget Preparation Internal and External Connectivities Submission Compliance

Examples of Multidiscilplinary Proposals

NSF Research InstrumentationNSF Research Experience for UndergradsNSF Ethics ProposalNSF IGERTFulbright-Hayes

Another Significant Service

Assistance to Faculty Preparation of CAREER Proposals• Discuss Proposals• Develop Contacts• Editorial Assistance• Budgets• One Awarded this year (NSF)

Proposal Submission

Services Assistance in Budget Preparation Clarification of Guidelines Policy Compliance

Agency University

Submission Electronic Paper

Contract Management

Services Negotiate Contracts Set-up Accounts Help Manage Accounts Help With Compliance Issues IRB Intellectual Property Issues Report Management Close-out

Office of Research Web Site

Funding OpportunitiesProposal SubmissionFinancial InformationInternal Funding OpportunitiesOffice Contact Information

Internal Funding

• Matching Funds for Federal Grants• Required Matches• Research Initiation Grants• I-4 Corridor Matching• Undergraduate Match• Travel Assistance• Major Equipment• UCF-UF Space Grant

Intellectual Property

Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks Services

Protection Invention Disclosure Patenting Copyrights

Licensing Negotiate Licenses Financial Management

Intellectual Property

Year 2004 - 2005131 Patent Disclosures 85 Patent Applications 34 Provisional Applications 27 Utility Applications

23 Patents IssuedUCF Total Number of Patents 182

Technology Transfer

Total Number of Licenses - 30Significant Product Danny Parker’s (FSEC) Gossamer

Wind™ Ceiling Fan Energy Efficient Significant sales > $ 50M Royalty > $ 500k Patent Cost reimbursement > $ 50K

Technology Transfer Spin-off Companies (Equity + Royalty)

Light Processing Technologies, Inc. Dr. Glebov

Rini Technologies, Inc. Drs. Chow & Kapat

FemtOptics Dr. Eric Johnson

Chlorogen Inc. Dr. Daniell

LISTechnology Limited Collaboration between UCF and Univ of West

England

Commercialization

UCF Technology Incubator Located in Research Park and

Downtown >55 Companies >$60k Average Salary Significant Involvement with UCF

Joint Research Projects Technology Licensed from UCF Research Funding > $ 3.4M

…at your service.