Rice One Small Step Grant
Funds Rice laboratory teams running final technology experiments before a startup or licence through grants of up to USD 100,000.
Rice University's Office of Innovation administers the One Small Step Grant as an internal technology-development award within the university's translation funding. It supports the final experiment or set of experiments needed to produce evidence that could support a new company or a technology licence. Awards provide up to USD 100,000. The program is aimed at projects that are about 12 to 18 mont…
Final experiments that produce evidence for an investor or licensee across technology developed in any Rice University school or department.
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