June 2022 Newsletter

AWARDS REPORTS

External Awards, Monthly Report: April 2022

External Awards, FY 2022 to Date

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

The University of Missouri-St. Louis values international collaborations and recognizes that such collaborations are integral to fulfilling our mission as a public, land-grant university. It is, however, important that UMSL investigators be open and fully transparent about their foreign relationships and activities.

For more information on disclosures of international activities, visit: https://www.umsl.edu/recd/compliance/international-activities-disclosure.html

FEATURED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY

Missouri SBDC

2022 Phase 0 Grant Application

Technology and innovation companies applying for an SBIR/STTR grant, can get help completing their application with help from the Missouri Small Business Development Centers (SBDC).

The Missouri SBDC is awarding 20 grants to Missouri technology companies to specifically help these companies hire grant-writing assistance to get their applications over the finish line. The grants are in the amount of $2,500.

Those interested in applying must be based in Missouri, a current Missouri SBDC client or willing to become a client, and be applying for a Federal SBIR/STTR grant.

Interested innovators are encouraged to apply as early as possible. The grants are awarded on an ongoing basis and reviewed individually for fit.

Criteria for those applying include:

Must be based in Missouri
Current Missouri SBDC client or will become a client
Applying for a Federal SBIR/STTR grant

More Information

ABOUT US

The Office of Research and Economic & Community Development research units strive to enhance the campus research enterprise, from maintaining an investigator-focused infrastructure and streamlining research processes to facilitating and diversifying investigators' avenues for funding and commercializing research discoveries. Please feel free to stop by (341 and 346 Woods Hall) to find out more about how we can help you succeed. Or visit umsl.edu/research, email ora@umsl.edu or call 314-516-5899. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Research Development, Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA), and Research Compliance units administer grants and contracts for sponsored research and other activities at UMSL. Staff can assist you with many aspects of both internal and external funding, including the following:

funding opportunity identification
grant writing
research compliance
pre-award budgeting and submission
post-award financials
project close-out

To find your pre- or post-award accountant, download the Staff Responsibilities chart.

The Office of IP Management & Commercialization, also known as "Technology Transfer" or the "TTO," assists faculty in protecting and bringing their research discoveries and inventions, whether patentable or copyrightable, to market.

So, why do universities engage in Technology Transfer? Watch this quick video by the Association of University Technology Managers:

Your tech transfer staff work to analyze the technology regarding intellectual property protection and the market need to determine whether patent applications should be filed and/or copyrights should be registered. For those inventions that can be protected (and even some that cannot), we then look for potential industry partners, which could include established companies and/or startup ventures, to license and commercialize the discovery.

We also process all Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and research-related fee-for-service agreements, among others, for UMSL.

Please visit our website for more information or to disclose an invention. Feel free to visit us at 346 Woods Hall. Email: wilgerst@umsl.edu

RESEARCH OFFICE INFO

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