OTOM Co., Ltd., a company specializing in portable X ray manufacturing

 

 

Our Focus

We view our global corporate funding as an opportunity for OTOM to help improve AI techniques in human imaging and patients’ lives by filling unmet needs, demonstrating our commitment to the communities we serve, and making an impact through meaningful support to organizations, initiatives, and causes that reflect our mission, values and strategic focus.

 

Overview

This website may be used for unsolicited corporate funding requests from non-profit organizations only. Applicants must demonstrate a strong commitment to, and capacity for, providing the services for which they are requesting support. 

Across all corporate grants, funding must be consistent with our compliance policies and corporate objectives, and such funding cannot violate any applicable FDA, federal, individual country, or international health care program requirements. The marketing, use, purchase or prescription of OTOM’s products and/or the recipient’s potential to influence the marketing use, purchase or prescription of those products are independent from corporate funding and will not be considered when deciding on a corporate funding request. 

Eligibility

 

Eligible Applicants

We accept applications from Principal Investigators (PIs) who meet the eligibility criteria below.

• PI's institution: PIs must belong to a university, educational institution, or governmental/non-profit research institute. (E.g., we accept submissions from research institutes that are categorized as governmental and NPO/NGO in nature index tables.)
• PI's position: PIs must be a full-time faculty member (adjunct professors and adjunct researchers are not eligible) or researcher and be eligible to supervise Ph.D. students at the PI's institution. Full professors, associate professors, and assistant professors are eligible to apply. 
• Countries: The PI's institution must be in the United States of America.

Target Award

Focused Research Award  : $150K USD* per year for 2 years

Research Agreement

A sponsored research agreement is required that is mutually agreed upon by OTOM, the PI, and his/her institution on all program terms including objectives, milestones, publication, use of research, and patent rights before any award is made or funding is available. This sponsored research agreement is negotiable at the award stage and must be between OTOM, the PI, and the PI's university/institution only. The sponsored research agreement will be for the benefit of the OTOM legal entity specifically contracting with the PI's university/institution.

Minimum Deliverables

One yearly reports and a final research summary report are required at a minimum.

Confidentiality

Proposal authors or universities/institutions must ensure that no confidential or proprietary information is included in submitted proposals. OTOM will treat all information submitted in proposals as non-confidential and non-proprietary.

 

Intellectual Property (IP) Rights

IP rights are negotiable at the award stage and will be specified in the sponsored research agreement. At a minimum, OTOM requires the right to utilize the results of the research that OTOM sponsor for commercial and noncommercial purposes, including results that describe potentially patentable subject matter. 

Budget Guidelines

The Focused Research Award is limited to a maximum of $150K USD* per proposal. This funding is a sponsored research grant that is to be used to conduct the research described in the proposal, and includes no more than 20% indirect costs related to this research needed to carry out the research.  

 

How to apply

• Grant requests to support fellowship programs should be submitted to email address: contact@theotom.com 
• The grant team will guide applicants through the process of determining the funding decision.
• All decisions regarding support are at the discretion of OTOM and will be communicated by email.
• Submission of a request does not guarantee support.
• For more information, or for questions regarding the status of a grant request, please email contact@theotom.com

 

Deadline : May, 31, 2024