RESEARCH TO COMMERCIALIZATION (R2C) APPLICATION TO DCSIL COHORT

Thank you for your interest in the DCSIL Research to Commercialization Program 2018/2019. Please complete this application form and email it to the DCSIL directors at r2c@cs.toronto.edu by the December 14, 2018 deadline. For those questions that you do not have information for, please indicate why. Please do not skip any questions. If you come across unfamiliar terms, please search the web to do preliminary research and if you are still confused or have questions, you are encouraged to consult us.

FOR RESEARCH CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO DCSIL adheres to the University’s Inventions Policy. Therefore, researchers and startups are expected to disclose their invention to the University of Toronto's Innovations and Partnership Office and will allocate a five percent equity stake to the University for the value received through their association with the university. FOR RESEARCH NOT CONDUCTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO THIS DOES NOT APPLY.

Should you be accepted your team will participate in a series of workshops in February and March 2019 at the Department of Computer Science Innovation Lab located in the Gerstein Science Information Centre located at 9 King’s College Circle on the 2nd floor.

Please be aware that your application will be shared with our industry partners that are helping vet teams and technologies that they might be interested in pursuing. Being selected for the program should be considered an automatic acceptance that any industry partner will engage in any way with you or your team in the future.

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What is your Last Name, First Name?

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With which institution(s), faculty(s), and department(s) are you affiliated?

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What is (are) your position(s) and title(s)?

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Please state your contact information (email address, mobile phone, website).

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Describe the invention and outline the research objectives. Highlight the strength and novelty; technical complexity, risk and feasibility; and the current progress, development, and milestones to be reached.

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Are you the Principal Investigator? If you are not the PI, please state the last and first names, positions, institutional affiliations, expertise, and their ongoing role within the project and decision-making process.

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List the project team including their position, institutional affiliation, expertise, and their ongoing role within the project and decision-making process.

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Has the project been publicly disclosed or published? If yes, provide details of the public disclosure (name of publication, conference or other and the date of disclosure).

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If you are affiliated with the University of Toronto please indicate the file number(s) of the related confidential invention disclosure(s) made to the Innovations & Partnerships Office under the U of T Inventions Policy.

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If you are not affiliated with the University of Toronto please provide the contact information (email address, mobile phone, phone) of a technology transfer officer at your institution that is familiar with your research.

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Please list funding sources to date related to this project which you have explored. Indicate the sponsor, the amount requested or awarded, and its funding status.

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Briefly describe the unmet market or socio-economic need and the competitive landscape (market size and segmentation). Briefly explain why this invention may answer the unmet need. Provide examples of any competitive products or processes and what makes your invention unique. Briefly describe the potential benefit to industry/society if your invention were commercialized.

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Please address the following points as appropriate, expanding on/utilizing the analysis provided above. List the most likely commercial applications of this invention. Outline the commercial analysis that has been undertaken to assess this opportunity and its potential advantages. Describe any marketing efforts that have been carried out to date for this opportunity. Include the identification of risk factors that may prevent or impede adoption or commercialization. What is the proposed business model? What is the likeliest route or scenario by which the invention can achieve commercial application? What is the timeline to achieve commercial application?

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Outline any existing partnerships with the private, non-profit or other sectors (example: financial/investment, consulting/management advice) and describe the potential for further collaboration and funding by companies or other partners.

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Describe the status of the invention from an intellectual property perspective invention developers, pre-existing obligations, patent status, trademarks or copyright). Please address the following points as appropriate. Was a patent, copyright or trademark search or “freedom to operate” search performed? If yes, please list up to 10 of the most relevant patents, copyright or trademarks (as applicable). State the status of appropriate IP protection (for example, provisional patent application, software copyright). Provide a patent, trademark or copyright strategy and outline plans for protecting any IP arising from the funding. Is the Intellectual Property based in know-how? If so, what know-how could be transferred to a commercial entity that would give it a commercial advantage and by what mechanism would this transfer happen?

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Identify regulatory hurdles that must be addressed to bring the invention to market, if applicable.

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Submit your completed application to the DCSIL directors by December 14, 2018 deadline at r2c@cs.toronto.edu. Thank you.