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Review of the Biomedical Proposals to the 2005 Wright Centers of Innovation Award Program of the State of Ohio Letter Report (2005) / Chapter Skim
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Letter Report
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... This report provides an evaluation of four proposals relative to the goals, criteria and objectives of the WCI program, and identifies one proposal that stands out as having the most promising platform for launching numerous commercial products over the long term. The committee's deliberations on the WCI submissions took place by conference call during the month of February, amd during a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C.
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... It must be a statewide technological resource, funded by cost shares from industry, federal grants, and other sources on the order of $30 to $60 million for an operating period of three years, with plans to scale up in the future to levels of research activity and economic development measured in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The National Academies' National Research Council (NRC)
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... The research program will result in unique competitive advantage in expected fields of commercial development, and has obvious significance to building Ohio's technologybased economy and to strengthening the compohhve position of Ohio's institutions for leveraging federal and industrial research dollars.
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... Commercialization Cntena a) The technology focus areas of the center, structure of the organization, and personnel support the explicit purpose of creating commercial outcomes relevant to the Ohio economy.
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... For example, the proposal budget indicates that there are commitments of more than a cost share of 1:1 to support the operational aspects of the project, but less than the 2:1 cost share required for the capital request. The role of key industry players in supporting the AFIC directly (versus Symphony Medical alone)
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... The committee will present findings from that management review Illeetlng in a final report and provide Ohio with additional guidance as it makes Finding decisions related to the WCI awards. Sincerely, Barbara Hansen Chairwoman Committee to Review Biomedical Proposals to the 2005 Wright Centers of Innovation cc: Warren Muir Frances Sharples Appendixes: A
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