What makes a good proposal?

Priority will be given to applications that show:

1. Scientific merit

2. Good market potential and clear commercialization pathway

3. Economic impact potential

4. Multidisciplinary approach

Scientific merit

The application should show good experimental design and quality innovation, as well as proof of principle at the laboratory level. The application should avoid scientific jargon

Good market potential and clear commercialization pathway

The applicant should demonstrate understanding of target market and its size, competing inventions, regulatory approvals needed, plans to disclose invention(s) to Cornell University, scale-up from laboratory to commercial level. Successful applications typically are able to indicate the expected intellectual property.

Economic impact potential

The application should describe job creation and revenues within New York State that could arise from your invention in the future, and approximate timelines for the impact. Successful applications in the past have often been able to demonstrate quantifiable economic impact in New York State (NYS).

Multidisciplinary projects

Multi-investigator CAT proposals between scientists in different disciplines and between faculty in the Weill Cornell Medical College in NYC and the Ithaca/Geneva campuses are encouraged.