Foundation Perspectives NCIIA

1. Foundation PerspectivesNCIIA September 28, 2005 BME-IDEA Workshop BMES Annual Meeting Baltimore, MD

2. Outline • NCIIA overview • Grants program • BME IDEA Competition • Invention to Venture technology entrepreneurship workshops • NCIIA Annual Conference

3. InformationInspirationAction The NCIIA supports invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education at U.S. colleges and universities by providing faculty and students from our member institutions with grants and resources to encourage the formation and work of E-Teams.The “E” is for excellence and entrepreneurship.

4. The NCIIA helps effect lasting changes within and beyond its member institutions through support of curricular transformation that increases institutional and individual capacity for effective innovation and technology commercialization through: • Cross-disciplinary collaboration • Cross-institutional collaboration • Technology transfer and commercialization • Informal educational opportunities • Societal impact

5. Lemelson Foundation grants Each year the NCIIA provides approximately $1 million in grants to member colleges and universities. Proposals are submitted twice each year online at www.nciia.org. Proposals for Course and Program and Advanced E-Team grants are reviewed by panels of business and technical faculty, industry representatives, and venture capitalists.

6. Course and Program Grants • Faculty and staff from member institutions • To create a new course or program or enhance one already in place, leading to the formation of E-Teams. • Designed to create institutional change, and to foster an entrepreneurial approach to technological education. • $2,000-50,000 • One to three years in duration

7. Advanced E-Team Grants • E-Teams from member institutions with ideas ripe for commercial development • Evaluated based on the product or technology’s potential for sustainability and commercialization, the professional and demographic diversity of the team, and the project’s likelihood to produce social benefits. • $1,000-18,000 • Twelve to eighteen months in duration

8. A Sampling of Biomedical Advanced E-Team Projects An E-Team from the University of Pittsburgh has developed an Oxygen Flow Indicator for Hospital Transport. This device monitors the flow of oxygen through patients' tubes, preventing decompensation caused by a kink in tubing or depletion of oxygen supply. In the event of supply failure, an inline impeller facilitates oxygen flow to the patient. Breast augmentation is the second most common cosmetic surgery procedure in the U.S. Meeting a demand for a device that would provide a minimally invasive approach, an E-Team at the University of Miami devised a trans-axillary breast implant placement instrument, with support from an NCIIA grant.

9. A Sampling of Biomedical Advanced E-Team Projects . Each year, 140,000 patients are affected by deficit of the seventh cranial nerve. An E-Team from the University of Pittsburgh has developed a prosthetic device to facilitate blinking in patients suffering from facial nerve palsy. The device consists of a number of tiny silicon chips implanted in the upper eyelids that act as both sensors and actuators.

10. Students in E-Teams work with faculty and industry mentors These mutually beneficial relationships often continue beyond the life of the E-Team project and result in further collaborations.

11. Advanced E-Team grant evaluation criteria • Strength of the commercial opportunity • Diverse student and advisor skills • Technical feasibility and appropriateness • Licensability or marketability of product or service • Demonstrated knowledge of market • Commitment- both individual and institutional • Faculty and mentor recommendations

12. A Sampling of Biomedical Course and Program Grants Introduction to Biomedical Design and Discovery: University of Virginia The first course of the undergraduate BME major at UVA is Introduction to Biomedical Design and Discovery. Course-based E-Teams develop a novel device, method, program or experiment. At the end of the course, E-Teams present their projects to a group of faculty and local entrepreneurs.

13. A Sampling of Biomedical Course and Program Grants Design for the Developing World: Duke University & Engineering World Health Students design medical equipment for developing world applications, getting a solid foundation in the entrepreneurial model for the world’s poorest economies. Teams are formed of two or three Biomedical Engineering Majors, and an Engineering Management Major, with additional help from a medical professional and a representative from a developing world hospital. Developing a formal system for training the students in field interviewing techniques to identify and report and act on technological needs in developing world hospitals. PI: Robert Malkin

14. A Sampling of Biomedical Course and Program Grants Design of Biomedical Systems and Devices I and II: Vanderbilt University This grant to Vanderbilt University awarded $36,000 to integrate E-Teams into the required capstone sequence for all bioengineering undergraduates. In the two courses, students learn design principles and invent solutions to design problems in medical devices and systems. PI: Paul King

15. A Sampling of Biomedical Course and Program Grants Integrating Entrepreneurship with Biomedical Engineering: Johns Hopkins University This $14,500 grant helped found a university-based corporation called Homewood Biomedical Design Associates (HBDA). Within HBDA, structured E-Teams work on commercially promising projects of interest to the university, encouraging interaction between students, faculty, industry, and business to develop technical prototypes with market potential. PI: Robert Allen & Art Shoukas

16. A Sampling of Biomedical Course and Program Grants Innovation in Biomedical Engineering: University of Portland This new course at the University of Portland focuses on biomedical engineering, bioscience, and entrepreneurship to address societal needs. Juniors and seniors from UP attempt to commercialize cutting-edge technology from the Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU), stimulating entrepreneurship while at the same time providing the graduate researchers from OHSU with an opportunity to mentor young entrepreneurs. PI: Robin Anderson

17. Course and Program grant evaluation criteria • Expertise • Pedagogical methods encouraging team formation, group problem-solving, and effective entrepreneurial approaches • Institutional commitment • Availability of resources • Support for E-Teams after course or project ends • Opportunities for developing ideas that will lead to substantial social benefits

18. Apply for grants online December ‘05 and May ‘06 Guidelines and application at www.nciia.org

19. BME IDEA Competition Seeking and celebrating the finest in student biomedical innovations Sponsored by the NCIIA, NSF, Medical Device Diagnostics Industry, a publication of Canon Communications LLC and Industrial Design Society of America (IDSA) in partnership with the Biomedical Engineering Society and the Council of Chairs of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Programs.

20. Invention to Venture Workshops in technology commercialization Invention to Venture is an intensive, one-day workshop, targeted to students, faculty, and the local entrepreneurial community. I2V addresses key issues for turning a technology into a commercial venture, and helps build entrepreneurial networks. The program is in its third year, presenting workshops nationwide Sponsors: The Lemelson Foundation Kauffman Foundation Ernst and Young www.invention2venture.org Invention to Venture splash Highlights: Biomedical I2V UC San Diego - October 19 Life Sciences I2V Harvard U. Spring 2006

21. NCIIA 9th Annual Meeting Dynamic Learning: Changing Models for Changing Times San Diego, CAMarch 17-19, 2005 Doubletree Hotel San Diego Mission Valley NCIIA Annual Meetings provide opportunities to build networks, share new ideas, and learn from colleagues. The NCIIA 10th Annual Meeting will take place March 23-25, 2006 in Portland, OR