Research Grants Program Office
Proof of Concept Program: 2012 Awards
The request for proposals garnered 96 eligible applications, and many more excellent proposals than could be awarded. Proposed projects were required to be within 12 months of commercialization, and have the intellectual property owned by UC, unencumbered, and available for licensing. The proposals underwent a rigorous two-tiered evaluation by scientific peers and private investors, resulting in the selection of 22 outstanding projects (23%), representing six UC campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Selected projects were identified as highly innovative, commercially exciting, and likely to benefit California and Californians. The projects span a variety of fields including medicine and medical devices, biotechnology, agriculture and the environment, communications, and electronics. The total UC investment in these projects is $2.6 million.
2012 Selected Projects by Principal Investigator and Title
| Lead Investigator | Campus | Proposed Title |
|---|---|---|
| Abate, Adam | UCSF | Robust detection and genotyping of CTCs in blood |
| Brosnan, Robert | UCD | Pre-Clinical Evaluation of a Novel Inhaled Anesthetic |
| Chong, Woon-Seng | LBNL | Back-Side Readout Silicon Photomultiplier |
| Craik, Charles | UCSF | In Vivo Diagnostics for Cardiovascular Disease |
| Demetriou, Michael | UCI | Glucosamine analogs for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis |
| Desai, Tejal | UCSF | Nanoengineered Thin Film Devices for Ocular Drug Delivery |
| Ferenc, Daniel | UCD | Novel Photosensor Technology |
| Giacomini, Kathleen | UCSF | Development of Targeted Anti-Cancer Platinum Analogs |
| Guan, Zhibin | UCI | Self-healing Multiphase Polymers for Coating Applications |
| Hua, Yingbo | UCR | Broadband Full-Duplex Radio |
| Islam, M. Saif | UCD | Micro/Nanofabricated Ceramic Blade Arrays for Shaving and Surgery |
| Jin, Sungho | UCSD | Solar Absorbers with Ultra-high Performance Selective Coating |
| Lam, Kit | UCD | Novel hydrogel for stem cell and cardiomyocyte research |
| Leach, Kent | UCD | Injectable cell delivery vehicle for bone repair |
| Nishimura, Stephen | UCSF | Antibodies for Fibroinflammatory Lung Disease Detection |
| Pouliot, Jean | UCSF | 2D device to test deformable image registration in medicine |
| Revzin, Alexander | UCD | Point of Care Blood Analysis Device for TB Diagnosis |
| Shum, Anthony | UCSF | An autoantigen biomarker for autoimmune-mediated lung disease |
| Tseng, Elaine | UCSF | Proof of Concept of a Novel Transcatheter Aortic Valve |
| Woo, Youn-Hi | LBNL | Development Of New DNA Isolation Method |
| Zhang, Yuegang | LBNL | Graphene Oxide and Sulfur Nanocomposite Cathode |
| Zhang, Xiang | UCB | Plasmonic Nanolaser for Data Comm. & Biomedical Applications |