The document describes the Applied Scientific Research Fund (ASRF), a non-profit organization that promotes applied science and engineering in Jordan. It discusses ASRF's three main funding schemes - Samih Darwazah Innovation Grants, Proof of Concept grants, and a Student Competition. Grants are awarded to researchers, universities, and students to support innovative projects and prototype development. Funded projects receive between 1,000-100,000 JOD, and ASRF owns the intellectual property of funded work. The goal is to accelerate commercialization of new technologies and ideas in Jordan.

2. ASRF
 Applied Scientific Research Fund (ASRF) is a non-
government, non-profit organization, it is a spin-off
from MonoJo, created by Samih Darwazah to
promote the development of applied science and
engineering ideas.
 Our main target investigators are colleges and
universities in the fields of medicine, engineering,
natural sciences, technology and others.

3. Research and Innovation
Innovation
Knowledge Money
/Science
R&D

4. Funding Schemes
There are three funding schemes at ASRF;
 Samih Darwazah Innovation Grants (SDIG),
 Proof of Concepts
 Student Competitions.

5. Funding Schemes
1. Samih Darwazah Innovation Grants
Objective
 Support innovative ideas by starting from R&D and focusing on the value of the impact
of the results and finally commercialization
 Accelerate the commercialization process by demonstrating prototypes or disseminating
results
Target
 Inventors, colleges, universities and research institutes
Fund amount
 more than 10k JOD & maximum 100K JOD
Supported Activities
 Material, implementation, technical testing, prototype testing
Conditions
 Quality of science and Technical feasibility
 Impact of the prospected results
IP ownership and Return back to ASRF
 ASRF owns the resulting IP
 ASRF and the inventor share royalty from sales/commercialization according the
agreement signed between the two parties.

6. Funding Schemes
2. Proof of Concept
Objective
 Support the development and/or testing of prototypes
 Accelerate the commercialization process by demonstrating prototypes to potential
customers
Target
 Inventors & students
 Firms interested to develop prototypes out of their R&D
Fund amount
 up to 10k JOD
Supported Activities
 Material, implementation, technical testing, prototype testing with customers
Conditions
 Market feasibility
 Technical feasibility
IP ownership and Return back to ASRF
 The inventor owns the IP, no ownership to ASRF
 ASRF gets royalty from sales till it covers back double the grant in 5 years (which reached
first)

7. Funding Schemes
3. Students Competition
Objective
 Support Students to develop research skills or implement graduation projects with industrial
application in partnership with the industrial firms in Jordan
 Support students in demonstrating prototypes to potential customers
Target
 Jordanian university students in both the bachelors and masters levels – ( We will include High schools)
Fund amount
 up to 1k JOD
Supported Activities
 Publishing papers, conducting studies
 Material, implementation, technical testing, prototype testing with customers
 Transportation to the industrial firms
Conditions
 Technical feasibility
 Scientific value and quality of the research
 Industrial firms commitment to the project (testing, validation, use, etc.)
IP ownership and Return back to ASRF
 The student and the advisors owns the IP, no ownership to ASRF
 The student agrees to share his experience with the community (x hours/month)
 The student agrees to spend (x hours/month) to support ASRF activities

8. Funding status (1st year 2011)
 Samih Darwazah Innovation Grant -SDIG
 Launched on April 2011
 Number of pre-proposals: 20
 Number of proposals in-process (to be submitted during Dec: 6)
 Number of full proposals submitted: 8
 Number of funded projects: 3
 Students Competition
 Launched on October 2011
 Number of applications : 11
 Number of funded projects: 5
 Proof of Concept Grant
 launched in Feb. 2012
 Number of proposals: 1

9. Funded Projects
 Natural Plant Extract to Treat Multiple Sclerosis
 Private Sector
 Phase I: ~ 30,000
 Phase II: ??
 The Low-Cost Interactive Whiteboard
 Yarmouk University
 Phase I: 7, 000
 Phase II: ~ 15, 000
 Synthesis of a New Class of Iodobenzene .
 JUST University
 Joint funding with JUST
 Phase I: 7, 000

10. Funding
 Funding made through ASRF is primarily intended to
provide financial support for the Principal Investigator (PI)
and his/her team of researchers, students and technicians.
 3-5 awards are awarded annually each provide cash support
for a limited period of one year, renewable up to a
maximum of three years
 typically in the range of $1,000 - $100,000 US inclusive of
overheads. This can vary depending on the type of research
funded.

11. Call Types
Depending on the objectives of the call, the announced calls may make a
distinction between different types of projects.
In general there will be announcements of three different types.
1. Specific Calls.
These calls would address the needs of certain industries, or will be
announced as a response to specific demands of the fast changing
market.
2. General Calls
Calls that will support rising of general innovative ideas
3. Special Calls.
Calls that may be announced outside the schedule cycle, as a
response to a sudden need, or to support a new idea.

12. IP Rights
 ASRF will commercialize the results of the project
 ASRF owns the resulting IP rights shared with the inventor.
 If this joint project has resulted in any financial returns,
whether as patent or otherwise, it is divided between them
according to a prior agreement.

13. Application & Evaluation
Evaluation
Proposal Eligibility
writing check
Negotiation
Funding
Impact & Funding agreement
Development
dissemination and reporting

14. Evaluation Reviewing Criteria
 Quality:
Scientific and/or technological excellence, relevant to the
topics/activities addressed by the call
 Implementation:
Quality and efficiency of the implementation and the management
 Impact:
The potential impact through the development, dissemination and use
of project results
 Novelty:
Innovation and novelty of the project will be tested passing through an
IP office.

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