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"The Ohio Research Scholars Program (ORSP) "

Program Description

Jointly funded and administered by the Ohio Department of Development and the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, the ORSP provides grants to strengthen and increase the number of clusters of research excellence, led by Ohio's academic institutions that support regional economic priorities. The ORSP will achieve this through 1) aggressive investment in the attraction of senior research talent and related facilities and equipment, and 2) promotion of unique collaborations needed to build and sustain scientifically and commercially promising lines of research. The ORSP is placing high priority on building a critical mass of research scientists and engineers in the five targeted technology/research focus areas identified below. The emphasis of this program is on the recruitment of research talent from outside Ohio. However, some funding will be available to support the retention or hiring from within Ohio of personnel that are important to the growth of a research cluster. The ORSP will be accepting proposals from Ohio's universities and colleges. Each proposal must define the technology/research focus area of the research cluster and the areas of investigation to be pursued by the newly hired scholars in one or more of the state's targeted technology/research focus areas: 1) Advanced materials; 2) Biosciences; 3) Instruments-controls-electronics; 4) Information technology; and 5) Power and propulsion (includes Advanced energy). Awards will be made in the range from $2.5 million to $50 million.

Program Administrator

Howard, Anthony ( anthony.howard@development.ohio.gov )

Summary

7 organizations have been awarded a total of $146,510,334.00 and 11 grants through this program.

Projects Funded

Grant Project	Grant Recipient	Grant Award	Date
Ohio Center for Innovative Immunosuppressive Therapeutics [ Grant Details ]	University of Toledo [ www.utoledo.edu ]	$3,000,000.00	08-18-08
Center of Research Excellence in Molecular Cardiovascular Innovation [ Grant Details ]	Cleveland State University [ www.csuohio.edu ]	$900,000.00	08-18-08
Research Cluster on Surfaces in Advanced Materials [ Grant Details ]	Kent State University [ www.kent.edu ]	$15,292,382.00	08-18-08
Center for Intelligent Propulsion and Advanced Life Management [ Grant Details ]	University of Cincinnati [ www.uc.edu ]	$27,492,308.00	08-18-08
Research Cluster for the Development of Spinal Implants [ Grant Details ]	University of Toledo [ www.utoledo.edu ]	$4,463,462.00	08-18-08
Northwest Ohio Innovators in Thin Film Photovoltaics [ Grant Details ]	University of Toledo [ www.utoledo.edu ]	$8,938,462.00	08-18-08
Technology Enabling and Emergent Materials [ Grant Details ]	The Ohio State University [ www.osu.edu ]	$18,153,846.00	08-18-08
Advanced Energy Systems via Green Industrialization [ Grant Details ]	The Ohio State University [ www.osu.edu ]	$10,476,924.00	08-18-08
Ohio Imaging Research and Innovation Network [ Grant Details ]	The Ohio State University [ www.osu.edu ]	$24,867,308.00	08-18-08
Ohio Academic Research Cluster for Layered Sensing [ Grant Details ]	University of Dayton [ www.udayton.edu ]	$24,348,718.00	08-18-08
The Orthopaedic Research Cluster of Northeast Ohio [ Grant Details ]	University of Akron [ www.uakron.edu ]	$8,576,924.00	08-18-08