Draper TIF
Funds WARF-disclosed UW Madison inventions through patent and licensing preparation for market-ready transfer.
The Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF), administered by the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub at UW–Madison, provides grants of up to $50,000 to UW–Madison faculty and academic staff whose inventions have been formally disclosed to and accepted by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) for patenting and licensing. The program's stated purpose is to support the additional research necess…
Additional research necessary to bring new UW–Madison concepts and inventions—already disclosed to and accepted by WARF—to the patent and licensing stage.
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