“ Lightweight High- Performance Polymers for Aerospace Interiors ” -- WSU and Ultra Polymers : $ 55,000
JCATI Funds Over 1.2 Million in Grants
Each year , the Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation awards between $ 1.2 million and $ 1.3 million in short-term funding . The goal of the grants is to help Washington companies with technology roadblocks get past them through collaboration with a research partner from one of the state ’ s public universities .
To apply , go online at jcati . org / funding and download a request for proposals . The next round of project funding will be awarded in July 1 , 2019 , and proposals will be due in early March of next year . The awards range from $ 50,000 to $ 100,000 and must be spent within 12 months . Industry partners must provide in-kind support .
The grants are intended to help companies advance their business within Washington State . In their applications , partners must outline a plan for how they will incorporate the research findings .
The funds are to be used to help transfer technological innovations from the academic world into industry . The grants are not meant to be used for basic research and development .
The academic partners must be from a public university in Washington . JCATI can help companies find academic partners for specific projects .
Grants for the 2018-19 cycle are to be announced in late June and aren ’ t available as this issue goes to press . Here is a list of the 2017 JCATI grants :
“ The Effectiveness of an Immersive Operator Control Station to Enhance Situation Awareness ” -- UW and Esterline Corp .: $ 99,442
“ Phased Array Beamformers and Low-noise Power Management Systems for Future System-on-Chip Application ” -- WSU and the Boeing Co .: $ 80,000
“ Detection of Incipient Heat Damage in Composite Materials ” -- UW and GT Engineering : $ 91,200
“ Autonomous Warehouse Physical Inventory Using Multiple Quadrotors ” -- UW and Fizikl : $ 99,127
“ UAV Operations in GPS Denied Skies ” -- UW and Hood Technology / Sagetech / Insitu / ANPC : $ 87,223
“ Camera Self- Calibration for Drone Autopilot ” -- UW and Robodub : $ 57,675
“ Printed Flexible Thermocouple Arrays for Improved Aerospace Safety Monitoring and Manufacturing ” -- UW
and Boeing : $ 93,417
“ Scalable Formulation of Aerospace Interior Resins ”
-- WWU and Zodiac :
$ 88,878
“ Design and Processing Tools for Advanced Automated Fiber Placement Technology ” -- UW and
Electroimpact : $ 99,999
“ Reducing Flagging and Fraying in Composite Sandwich Panel Machining ” -- WWU and Zodiac Aerospace : $ 78,928
“ Lightweight High- Performance Polymers for Aerospace Interiors ” -- WSU and Ultra Polymers : $ 55,000
“ Precision Aerial Delivery via Low-weight , Low-cost UAS ” -- WSU and Applewhite Aero : $ 79,441
“ A Gummy Electrolyte with Damage-Tolerance and Therma-Protection Capabilities for Safer Li-ion Batteries ” -- WSU and UniEnergy Technologies :
$ 94,457
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