Proof of Concept Program: 2011 Awards

The request for proposals garnered 126 eligible applications, and many more excellent proposals than could be awarded. Proposed projects were required to be within 12 months of commercialization, and have the intellectual property owned by UC, unencumbered, and available for licensing. The proposals underwent a rigorous two-tiered evaluation by scientific peers and private investors, resulting in the selection of 13 outstanding projects (10%), representing seven UC campuses and Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. Selected projects were identified as highly innovative, commercially exciting, and likely to benefit California and Californians. The projects span a variety of fields including medicine and medical devices, biotechnology, agriculture and the environment, communications, and electronics. The total UC investment in these projects is $2.7 million.

2011 Selected Projects by Principal Investigator and Title

Lead Investigator	Campus	Proposed Title
Alic, Nikola	UCSD	Severely Bandwidth Constrained Efficient Communication
Belafsky, Peter	UCD	Swallow Expansion Device: Phase I Clinical Trial
Binder, Devin	UCR	Early Optical Detection of Cerebral Edema
Budker, Dmitry	UCB	Next Generation of Ultra-precise Magnetic Sensors
Chui, Chi On	UCLA	In Vitro Diagnostic Sensors for Cardiovascular Disease
Cohen, Yoram	UCLA	Continuous Process for High Recovery Inland Desalination
Evans, James	UCB	Completely Printable Batteries for Energy Storage
He, Lei	UCLA	Soft error mitigation for FPGA based systems
Kohn, Walter	UCSB	Macular Degeneration Diagnosis and Correction Devices
Liu, Gao	LBNL	Conductive Polymer Binder and Silicon Composite Electrode
Piomelli, Daniele	UCI	A novel treatment for chronic pain
Stott, Jeffrey	UCD	Epizootic bovine abortion experimental vaccine
Tromberg, Bruce	UCI	A Handheld Tomographic Laser Breast Scanner (t-LBS)