Massachusetts Institute of Technology was founded in 1861 as a “teaching laboratory,” to couple teaching and research and focus on real-world problems. This mission has provided a setting for one of the most respected technology transfer programs in the country, as well as many research units that focus on interdisciplinary research.

MIT is one of the four institutions that came together in 1998 to found CIMIT. In addition to the CIMIT-funded projects MIT researchers have pursued, CIMIT and MIT have been working together to provide meaningful training in medical device development for graduate students in the MIT 2.75 class.

In addition to general CIMIT grants, MIT graduate students in engineering are eligible for the CIMIT/MIT Fellowship.

Recent CIMIT-Funded Projects Awarded
to MIT Investigators

YEAR	PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR	PROJECT TITLE	PROGRAM AREA
2011	Bizzi, Emilio	A Fully Autonomous Brain-Body Interface for Patients with Neuromuscular Injury or Disease	NeuroHealth
2011	Edelman, Elazer R.	Multi-Parameter Assay For Modulating Thrombotic Therapy	New Initiatives
2010	Edelman, Elazer, MD, PhD	Tissue engineering therapies for inhalation injury	Inhalation Technology
2011	Moss, Frank	Collaborative Virtual Rehabilitation Interface with Home Treatment Integration	Clinical Systems Innovation / Integrated Clinical Environment
2008	Demirci, Utkan, PhD	Interdigitated Electrodes for Disposable HIV Diagnostics	New Initiatives
2008	Pang, Trudy, MD	Initial Clinical Implementation of a Novel, Non-Invasive, Patient-Specific Electrographic Seizure Detection System with Two Outputs: An Audible Alarm and Energized Electromagnets for Activation of Vagus Nerve Stimulation	Neurotechnology

Contact Haleh Armian, CIMIT Senior Business Development Manager
for more information regarding Commericalization Opportunities.