Bryan Boudouris
University of Alabama, AL·Engineering
Moving discoveries out of university labs and into products, companies and jobs requires research skills, connections with industry and an institutional culture that supports invention. This grant does not fund a specific laboratory research question.
- Fields
Engineering
Education Research
Social Science
- Topics
translational research
technology commercialization
entrepreneurship
- Grants
- 1 known grant, through Jan 2028
What they work on
- Develop an evidence-based curriculum that trains postdoctoral researchers and graduate students in translational research and prepares them for non-academic careers.
- Support selected university technologies with high commercial potential as they mature into proof-of-concept prototypes, using these projects as hands-on training for postdocs and graduate students.
- Build partnerships among university researchers, industry and government, and reduce institutional barriers to inclusive research translation through policy advocacy.
More about the research
Instead, it aims to build capacity for translational research, meaning research aimed at real-world use, at The University of Alabama, and to strengthen the university's role in the regional innovation ecosystem.
Why it matters
By training researchers in technology commercialization and supporting promising projects through the prototype stage, the effort could increase the number of inventions, patents, licenses and startups coming from the university. That could create high-quality jobs in the region and open new routes for students into emerging technology careers.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
Closest labs
Parag Chitnis
University of Wyoming, WY·Social Science
Create the Wyoming Translation Research Accelerator, a university-wide program that replaces the traditional market-push commercialization model with a market-driven approach to use-inspired research.
Sara Cahan
University of Vermont, VT·Education Research
Create INVEST, a university-wide initiative at the University of Vermont that provides training and resources to turn laboratory discoveries into practical applications, products and tools.
Nancy Gonzales
Arizona State University Campus Immersion, AZ·Social Science
Deliver NSF I-Corps entrepreneurial training online and in multiple formats across a five-state Desert and Pacific network, to address skill gaps in launching deep technology ventures.
The school
University of Alabama: 22 labs on PI Pages, $221M a year on research, 235 research doctorates a year.
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