Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project Academic Innovation Fund Window 3 – Establishment of Technology Transfer Offices For creating robust, sustainable industry-university interaction system, a linking agent or between the two is required. The Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) Window 3 will finance establishment and operation of small but effective Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) that fulfill this role on a pilot basis. The project will provide necessary technical assistance during the sub-project implementation INT that can be financed by the TTO funds PR AL TTO FUNCTIONS & ROLES LECTU EL O PERTY Assist academics in converting scientific findings into monetizable knowledge in the form of patents, copyrights, etc Maintain and protect securely such intellectual assets of the university Design, negotiate and execute the technology transfer and licensing agreements with industry 1 Call for proposal will be published in national dailies and Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) website: www.heqep-ugc.gov.bd Create greater awareness of science-based business opportunities among students, faculty, and management 2 Contact us Establish systems for costing of a university knowledge base so that real revenue earning for the university can be achieved Proposal Submission and selection Interested universities submit proposals in prescribed template. Detailed procedure of drafting, submission, evaluation, and selection criteria are described in Innovation Fund Operations Manual (IFOM) on HEQEP website Proposals from interested universities will be evaluated by panel of experts. Based on marks given by panel, final selection will be made by University Grants Commission Board of AIF (UGCBAIF) 2014 Perform techno- commercial evaluation of university’s intellectual assets Help to monetize intellectual assets by marketing, seeking new customers, participating in technology transfer conferences, etc Organize IP literacy training for academics HOW TO APPLY for TTO fund 3 Amount of TTO fund AIF grants up to Taka 20.0 million will be awarded for each finally selected subproject on a competitive basis Only one proposal per interested university. Individual faculty members and department not eligible for submitting proposals UGC of Bangladesh Office of the Project Director, Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project www.heqep-ugc.gov.bd; Phone: 02-8189020 HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT ACADEMIC INNOVATION FUND Window 4 – Innovation Fund and University-Industry Collaboration The new Academic Innovation Fund (AIF) Window 4 under the Higher Education and Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) will foster productive university-industry interaction with an ultimate goal of laying the foundations for building an innovation ecosystem in the country which will lead to accelerated growth and development. TYPES OF w TYPE 2: Industrial research fellowships TYPE 1: University-Industry Collaborative Research Funds (maximum Taka 80.0 million for a subproject) Formation of collaborative research subproject partnering the university and industry Cost for obtaining patent on the developed technology Training of researchers on IP literacy Industrial Research Fellowships will support : Modernization of science lab with state-of-the art instruments for conducting experimentation and testing of technologies developed under the subproject BDT 55,000/month Full-time PhD students BDT 25,000/month Part-time PhD students BDT 150,000/month Post-doc academics who will be engaged to do the bench work under the research subproject Commercialization of the product that comes out of the research subproject Duration of subproject: 3 year with one year extension without exceeding the period of HEQEP which closes on december 31, 2018. Biological, Chemical, and Pharmaceutical Sciences Subjects for Research Proposal The IF resources will be granted to the following science and technology disciplines and industrial areas Engineering and Technology (machine tools, electronics, robotics, mechatronics and electric appliances) Agriculture (including, but not limited to, agro-processing, farm mechanization, crops, seeds, livestock, veterinary, fisheries, poultry, apiculture, floriculture and horticulture) Information and Communication Technology Textile and Leather Technologies Proposal Submission: Interested entities submit proposals in a prescribed template. Detailed procedure of drafting, submission, evaluation, Call for proposal will be published in national dailies and Eligible Industries for Collaborative Higher Education Quality Enhance- Research; industry contributions, and evaluation and selection criteria are ment Project (HEQEP) website: described in the IFOM. www.heqep-ugc.gov.bd There will be two rounds of proposal call - 1st round in 2014 and the 2nd round in 2015. Contact Us UGC of Bangladesh Office of the Project Director, Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project www.heqep-ugc.gov.bd; Phone: 02-8189020 Evaluation Process: Proposals will be evaluated by an Innovation Review Panel (IRP) composed of: (i) Subject specialist (ii) Representative of industry, and (iii) Innovation specialist. Based on the marks given by the IRP, the UGC Board for AIF (UGCBAIF) shall make the final selection of proposals and announce the awards. ELIGIBLE ACADEMIC ENTITIES: Departments Institutes Centers. ELIGIBLE UNIVERSITIES: ELIGIBLE INDUSTRY: Minimum annual intake of 100 students in academic programs; Universities which offer PhD programs. Private and public companies which have at least 50 permanent employees, and registered under the Companies Act. Foreign companies are allowed.