1st Source Bank Commercialization Award

About

1st Source Bank created the 1st Source Commercialization Award in 2010 to annually recognize Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine South Bend faculty for exceptional research discoveries and the role they have played in supporting the translation of these discoveries into marketable products and/or services.

Award

$25,000 for first place and $10,000 for second place.

Selection Criteria

  1. Candidates for Commercialization Grant support must be faculty.
  2. Potential commercialization outcomes must be materially influenced by the inclusion of intellectual property, copyrights, or other creative works emerging from faculty and by direct contributions or involvement of the faculty member, research scientist, or engineer.
  3. The application should outline the extent to which the commercialization activities advance the teaching, research, and engagement objectives of the University.
  4. The application should outline the extent to which the commercialization activities contribute, in rank order, to the economy and culture of the Michiana region, the State of Indiana, the USA, and to other nations and societies of the world.
  5. The application should outline how the innovation(s) will be or were brought to market.

Submissions

Nominations may be submitted by any third party. Self-nominations are allowed. Product/service-specific documents will be accepted; supporting research papers, business plans, etc. are discouraged.

Submission Deadline

Friday, September 1, 2023, at midnight.

1st Source Bank Faculty Commercialization Award Nomination Form

Reception and Award Dinner

Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 5:00 p.m.

Location: Gillespie Conference Center at the Hilton Garden Inn

Past Awardees

2022: Matt Bloom, Research Professor, Management and Organization, University of Notre Dame

2021: Ryan K. Roeder, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame

2019: Jaroslaw Nabrzyski & Ian Taylor, Research Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame

2018: Mike Bean, Athletic Trainer, University of Notre Dame

2017: Nitesh V. Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering

2016: Gary H. Bernstein, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering

2015: Joel Urbany, Professor, Department of Marketing

2014: W. Matthew Leevy, Research Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences

2013: Hsueh-Chia Chang, Bayer Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Bayer Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

2012: Tim Ovaert, Professor, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

2011: Peter Kogge, Ted H. McCourtney Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Concurrent Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, and Jay Brockman, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Concurrent Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Electrical

Questions?

For any questions relating to the 1st Source Bank Commercialization Award or Dinner, please contact Nick Swisher.