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Call for Nominations: 2004 Inventor of the Year
Please Note: Tech Day 2004 has been postponed. However, nominations will continue to be accepted for the 2004 Inventor of the Year.
The UIC Office of Technology Management is now receiving nominations for the UIC Inventor of the Year 2004. Nominations may be submitted by anyone from the UIC community who is knowledgeable about a successful UIC inventor.
A nominee is eligible for nomination when the following criteria are satisfied:
- The nominee must be at least a 50% time UIC faculty, student or staff member, or a Professor Emeritus;
- The nominee must be a primary inventor or creator of a University of Illinois at Chicago technology, which is patented or copyrighted, and for which significant research effort conducted at UIC contributed to the advancement of knowledge in the field; and
- The technology has been developed into a product or process that has had or shows significant potential for benefit to society.
Any information disclosed during the nomination process will be considered confidential and will be used only for Inventor of the Year Award 2004 review and nomination purposes by the UIC Office of Technology Management, the UIC Intellectual Property Advisory Committee, and the Vice Chancellor for Research who will determine the awardee.
Required nomination information:
- Name of nominee, College/Dept and telephone/fax e-mail address;
- Identity of the invention for which the nomination is being made;
- Description of candidate's inventiveness; his/her inventive accomplishments and his/her impact upon and benefit to society (500 words or less);
- Candidate's curriculum vitae or resume;
- Documentation of candidate's patent(s). If more than five, list only patent numbers, titles, and issue dates;
- Name of nominating individual and their telephone/fax/e-mail address;
- Two letters supporting the candidate's nomination from individuals other than the Nominator, which individuals have knowledge of the field of the invention and who are not directly involved in the research that led to the invention. Address, telephone and fax numbers, email address and a brief description of the recommender’s affiliation must accompany each letter of recommendation with the candidate.
- No more than ten pages of other materials supporting the candidate's achievements, such as professional articles and press clippings.
Please send the nomination and supporting documents to Cherie Weinewuth.
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