Piloting Research Innovation & Market Exploration (PRIME) Grant

The Deadline for PRIME proposals for fiscal year 2024 is Tuesday, September 26, 2023.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The Piloting Research Innovation & Market Exploration (PRIME) grant administered by UW–Madison’s Discovery to Product (D2P) aims to enable campus innovators to conduct research activities that mitigate early-stage market risks. PRIME grants are intended to support critical research necessary for commercialization of innovations from UW–Madison researchers. Funded research activities must advance the project to reach critical commercialization milestones and/or enable the generation of additional private and public sector support. The grant will fund research conducted on the UW–Madison campus and may include off-campus fieldwork, pilot or market/consumer testing, market research and other activities needed to complete the research. Research outcomes must advance the project’s commercialization journey with broader impact to advance the economy of the state of Wisconsin and beyond.

PRIME research grants can complement other funding that the applicant may have from federal, state, university, nonprofit, or private industry partnerships.

ELIGIBILITY
Campus Innovators applying for this grant can be UW–Madison faculty or staff with PI status or staff and current students with PI Sponsors. PI Sponsors are faculty and staff who have temporary or permanent PI status and can validate the research methodology and findings.

Deadline to apply: Tuesday, September 26, 2023.

More information on eligibility, submission, funding level and period