Case Western Reserve University's Department of Biomedical Engineering is one of only nine United States universities to receive a Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Translational Research Partnership Award in Biomedical Engineering. Through this award, the Coulter Foundation develops a working partnership with primary faculty members in the BME department in order to encourage, expand and support translational research efforts. This partnership's success will be realized through the funding of promising biomedical research projects, increasing and supporting effective collaborations between biomedical engineers and clinicians, and developing supportive, sustainable methods for moving promising technologies into clinical application. The Coulter-Case Translation and Innovation Partnership (CCTIP) has also been established as a result of the award from the Coulter Foundation.
The initial year of funding provided through the CCTIP offered awards to three teams. Case professor, Dr. James Basilion and Ohio State University neurosurgeon, Dr. E. Anthonio Chiocca were funded for the Imaging of Brain Tumors for Identification of Infiltrating Tumor Cells. Case professor, Dr. Steven Eppell and University Hospitals otolaryngology/craniofacial surgeon, Dr. Jon Baskin were funded for the Nanophase Bone Substitute. Case professor, Dr. Robert Kirsch and MetroHealth Medical Center orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Harry Hoyen were funded for the Classification and Treatment of Shoulder Movement Disorders.
The second year of CCTIP funding will begin on April 1, 2007. The current call for proposals may be accessed through the CCTIP website. The goal of this program is to support research that addresses unmet clinical needs, leads to improvements in health care and possesses the potential to become commercialized. Preferred outcomes include inventions, patents, improved diagnosis and treatment of disease, commercial products, licenses, commercial partnerships and start-up companies.
Three to five grants will be awarded each year with a total direct cost of $400,000. A schedule of deadlines is available here.
It is strongly encouraged that applicants discuss their proposal with Mary E. Garrity-Moses, the Coulter Project Director, prior to submission (mgm16@case.edu). In addition to assisting with proposal preparation, intellectual property considerations and the business aspects involved with the CCTIP application process, Mary will also assist the investigators of funded projects with issues related to business planning, licensing and patents.
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