(above: HP Labs in Palo Alto, California)
HP Labs has issued the Call for Proposals in its annual Innovation Research Program, creating opportunities at colleges, universities and research institutes around the world to engage in collaborative research with HP.
Now in its fifth year, the program provides cash support, typically in the range of USD $50,000 - $75,000 per year, to fund a graduate student and a principal investigator in conducting a research project with HP Labs.
Among the criteria is a call for research that is innovative, ambitious and has a scientific and societal impact.
Some 27 topic areas are listed, linked to nine main areas of HP Labs research; Cloud & Security, Information Analytics, Intelligent Infrastructure, Mobile and Immersive Experience, Nanoelectronics, Printing and Content Delivery, Services Research, Social Computing and Sustainability.
Last year HP funded 62 projects at 51 universities.
“Opening up our innovation process helps bring an important external perspective to our research, as well as providing opportunities for academic and business collaboration,” commented Prith Banerjee, head of HP Labs. “Disruptive innovation comes from great minds working together, which includes HP’s researchers as well as people from the best universities in the world."
Important dates:
Week of 2 January 2012: Proposal submission system opens
Friday, 27 January 2012: Deadline for abstract submissions
Monday 27 February 2012: Notification of abstract decision begins
Friday, 30 March 2012: Deadline for invited full proposal submissions
Monday, 23 April 2012: Notification of 2012 award decision begins
