We encourage teams to budget for work that can be accomplished within the grant year, but will allow carry forward with approval on a case-by-case basis.

No funding can be sent to outside collaborators. Funds should be spent in accordance with MIT policies related to sponsored research.

Yes, Momentum Grant funding can be used for equipment and travel in support of the funded research.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. This proposal is about assessing translational potential of an existing asset or technology. It is not suitable for exploring wholly new ideas.

Example 1: A lab may have developed extensive biological data to nominate or credential a potential target for drug intervention. A successful application can involve specific experiments designed to explore the efficacy or toxicity associated with a new drug candidate in disease-relevant model systems, to gather critical pharmacologic data, or to explore formulation or drug delivery strategy. An unsuccessful proposal would involve initiating a new drug discovery approach for the target from scratch.

Example 2: A lab may have identified a biomarker for a disease. A successful application might involve integration of the biomarker with an existing measurement technology to provide insights into patient health, involving in vitro or in vivo proof-of-concept experiments. An unsuccessful proposal would involve the initial biomarker discovery. Another unsuccessful proposal would involve developing a new measurement technology from scratch.

Example 3: A lab may have developed a software package or AI tool for a health-related application (e.g., analyzing patient data, drug discovery, image analysis, etc.). A successful proposal may involve deploying or benchmarking the tool with relevant existing data sets or problems. An unsuccessful proposal would involve generating the field data to inform a model. Another unsuccessful proposal would involve developing the underlying AI tool.