The center awards first-year grants of $100,000 to MIT researchers for commercialization. By funding positions for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, a grant allows the team to continue experiments that validate a concept and/or develop a working prototype of an invention.
Grants are open only to MIT faculty and their students. Applications must be submitted by a Principal Investigator.
Download a copy of our criteria here.
We are delighted with your interest in the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation (DCTI). The goal for this pre-proposal is to find those ideas and teams that are a fit with the Deshpande Center’s commercialization objectives, near the point of readiness to bring to a commercial transaction, and for which our value is evident.
This pre-proposal application is in three parts:
- Project team information
- An executive summary (200 word max)
- A 2-page written pre-proposal (download template)
For the pre-proposal, DCTI does not expect you to have all the answers to your commercialization challenge. Rather, we hope that you will be frank about your status and understanding of needs. If you are selected to advance to the next round, there will be time to gather more information, and you will have an opportunity to add further details during the full proposal and presentation phases.
Deshpande Center Fall 25 Grant Program
The center awards first-year grants of $100,000 to MIT researchers for commercialization. By funding positions for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, a grant allows the team to continue experiments that validate a concept and/or develop a working prototype of an invention.
Grants are open only to MIT faculty and their students. Applications must be submitted by a Principal Investigator.
Download a copy of our criteria here.
We are delighted with your interest in the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation (DCTI). The goal for this pre-proposal is to find those ideas and teams that are a fit with the Deshpande Center’s commercialization objectives, near the point of readiness to bring to a commercial transaction, and for which our value is evident.
This pre-proposal application is in three parts:
- Project team information
- An executive summary (200 word max)
- A 2-page written pre-proposal (download template)
For the pre-proposal, DCTI does not expect you to have all the answers to your commercialization challenge. Rather, we hope that you will be frank about your status and understanding of needs. If you are selected to advance to the next round, there will be time to gather more information, and you will have an opportunity to add further details during the full proposal and presentation phases.