Types of Grants & Awards

TYPE	OBJECTIVE	ELIGIBILITY	STATUS
CIMIT Accelerator Grants	Grants that support technological innovations that have a reasonable chance of being handed off to industry within 12 to 18 months.	Open to projects with working prototypes, identified customers who are "ready to buy" and a complete business plan that is fundable by outside parties.	Grant applications by invitation.
CIMIT Innovation Grants	Seed grants that support early stage, collaborative research projects for improving patient care, with emphasis on on devices, procedures, diagnosis, and the delivery of healthcare.	Open to principal investigators on faculty at an academic medical center or university in greater Boston.	Not accepting grant applications for 2012 funding at this time. Details will be posted in March 2012.
CIMIT Young Clinician Research Award	Award recognizes outstanding clinicians early in their careers, who are engaged in the development of novel and transformative healthcare innovations enabled by technology.	Site Miner nominated clinicians within CIMIT Consortium eligible hospitals at the academic ranks of Fellows, Instructors, and Assistant Professors.	Funding available to 2012 recipients on January 1, 2012
International Collaboration Grants	Research grant designed to encourage the formation of international teams and to initiate early stage research in specific areas focused on addressing unmet clinical needs with an emphasis on devices, procedures and diagnostics.	Open to faculty of MIMIT and CIMIT Consortium institutions.	Not accepting grant applications at this time.
Medical Engineering Fellowships	Multi-year fellowship supporting work in highly innovative yet classically under-funded areas of healthcare research such as medical device development, new algorithms, software for use in clinical practices and the engineering of medical environments.	Nominations submitted by department heads for graduate engineering students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Boston University.	Not accepting fellowship nominations at this time.
Prize for Primary Healthcare	Annual national competition designed to encourage development of creative technological innovations with great potential to catalyze and support improved delivery of care at the frontlines of medicine.	Open to graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in accredited engineering programs in the United States.	10 Finalists for 2012 Prize announced and $10,000 distributed to each on February 15, 2012.

CIMIT does not support drug development, information technology-centric projects, basic research, or clinical trials.

CIMIT awards grants to principal investigators on faculty at the CIMIT Consortium institutions. Projects may include team members from other academic institutions and collaborators from industry.

All investigators (especially first-time applicants) are urged to contact the CIMIT Site Miner at your institution and the leaders of CIMIT Program(s) most relevant to your application. Site Miner(s) can answer questions and connect you with CIMIT staff. CIMIT Site Miners, Program Leaders and staff can help you network with other CIMIT institutions, suggest potential collaborators, and advise on developing your pre-proposal application.

CIMIT does not provide funding for Industry. With the CIMIT Engagement Program, companies, foundations and other stakeholders as collaborators with its Consortium Institutions and entire community to target, stimulate and accelerate the translation and implementation of innovative technologies across a broad range of patient-centric care environments.