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P. N. “Vaidy” Vaidyanathan
Assistant Vice President for Research
Millican Hall
Room 243
Office of Research
M.J.Soileau
Vice President
Dodie Hajra
Administrative Assistant
P.N. "Vaidy" Vaidyanathan
Assistant Vice President
Betsy Gray
Associate Director
UCFRF
Joe Giampappa
Associate Director
IP & Licensing
Tom O'neal
Associate Vice President
Carol Ann Dykes
Associate Director
Incubator
Beverly Laakso
Associate Director
Personnel
Doug Backman
Associate Director
Compliance
Services
Funding Opportunities & Team Building
Proposal Submission
Contract Management
Compliance
Intellectual Property Issues
Commercialization
Funding Opportunities
Community of Science Database
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A conglomeration of databases
Federal and State Opportunities
Private Foundations
Automated Notification
Customized Searches
Contact: Francisco Martinez,
Maddy Chokshi
Marketing & Proposal
Development
Assistance to Faculty
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Identifying Funding Sources
 Community of Science Data Base
 Individual Searches
 Develop contact with Funding Agencies
 Initiate Discussions with Companies
 Internal and External Contacts
Marketing & Proposal
Development
Large Multidisciplinary Proposals
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Identify Opportunities
Build Teams
Provide Assistance
 Meetings
 Budget Preparation
 Internal and External Connectivities
 Submission
 Compliance
Examples of Multidiscilplinary
Proposals
NSF Research Instrumentation
NSF Research Experience for
Undergrads
NSF Ethics Proposal
NSF IGERT
Fulbright-Hayes
Another Significant Service
Assistance to Faculty
Preparation of CAREER Proposals
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Discuss Proposals
Develop Contacts
Editorial Assistance
Budgets
One Awarded this year (NSF)
Proposal Submission
Services
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Assistance in Budget Preparation
Clarification of Guidelines
Policy Compliance
 Agency
 University
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Submission
 Electronic
 Paper
Contract Management
Services
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Negotiate Contracts
Set-up Accounts
Help Manage Accounts
Help With Compliance Issues
IRB
Intellectual Property Issues
Report Management
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Office of Research Web Site
Funding Opportunities
Proposal Submission
Financial Information
Internal Funding Opportunities
Office Contact Information
Internal Funding
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Matching Funds for Federal Grants
Required Matches
Research Initiation Grants
I-4 Corridor Matching
Undergraduate Match
Travel Assistance
Major Equipment
UCF-UF Space Grant
Intellectual Property
Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks
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Services
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Invention Disclosure
Patenting
Copyrights
Licensing
 Negotiate Licenses
 Financial Management
Intellectual Property
Year 2004 - 2005
131 Patent Disclosures
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85 Patent Applications
34 Provisional Applications
27 Utility Applications
23 Patents Issued
UCF Total Number of Patents 182
Technology Transfer
Total Number of Licenses - 30
Significant Product
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Danny Parker’s (FSEC) Gossamer Wind™
Ceiling Fan
 Energy Efficient
 Significant sales > $ 50M
 Royalty > $ 500k
 Patent Cost reimbursement > $ 50K
Technology Transfer
Spin-off Companies (Equity + Royalty)
Light Processing Technologies, Inc.
 Dr. Glebov
Rini Technologies, Inc.
 Drs. Chow & Kapat
FemtOptics
 Dr. Eric Johnson
Chlorogen Inc.
 Dr. Daniell
LISTechnology Limited
 Collaboration between UCF and Univ of West
England
Commercialization
UCF Technology Incubator
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Located in Research Park and Downtown
>55 Companies
>$60k Average Salary
Significant Involvement with UCF
 Joint Research Projects
 Technology Licensed from UCF
 Research Funding > $ 3.4M
…at your service.