UNeMed to award $10,000 for promising invention

picture disc.UNeMed Corporation, the technology transfer leader for UNMC, once again will award $10,000 in unrestricted research funds to the inventor or group of inventors who submit the most promising invention.

To be considered for the funding, submit a completed New Invention Notification (NIN) form, which can be found on the UNeMed Web site.

The $10,000 research award will be announced and presented at the Innovation Awards on Oct. 1 at 4 p.m. in the Durham Research Center Auditorium.

Contact UNeMed at 559-2468 or unemed@unmc.com for more information.

Fully completed New Invention Notifications (NIN) submitted to UNeMed between July 1 and Sept. 18 will be evaluated and considered for the grant.

NINs with potential benefits to the public good as well as the patent and market potentials will all be considered.

All UNMC faculty, students and staff are eligible.