Office of Sponsored Research & Economic Development (SRED) Office of the Provost

1. Office of Sponsored Research & Economic Development (SRED)Office of the Provost Victor Goldsmith Ph. D. Associate Provost (SRED) & Executive Director Second Century Innovation and Ideas (SCI²) Eric Torres Senior Administrator SCI² William Fontana Incubator Manager Jacob Mizrahi Graduate Assistant Jwalant Dholakia Graduate Assistant Sponsored Research Edward Leight Director of Administration Deanah Springer-Ishmael Information Associate

2. Office of Sponsored Research & Economic Development (SRED) Office of the Provost The primary research mission is to assist Pace faculty and staff in grantsmanship and to process external funding proposals. We submit over 92 proposals a year. Here are the results. Proposal Comparison and Results: FY2003/2004 and 2004/2005 For more information on these specific projects to Pace grantees and funders, go to our website: External Funding to Pace:http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=12623 SRED 11/05

3. Office of Sponsored Research & Economic Development (SRED)Office of the Provost Proposal Development Activities We Currently: • Market grant opportunities to the Pace Community through a variety of mediums such as: • Departmental and School Presentations • Funding Opportunities Newsletter (1-2/month) • Trips to federal agencies in Washington • Other • Aid faculty & staff in funding searches by utilizing search tools such as: • Foundation Center Online Directory • SPIN and Dialogue (keyword searches) • Assist PI’s with the funding submission process, including proposal formulation, approvals and electronic submission through: • NSF (FastLane), NIH and Grants.gov SRED 11/05

4. Office of Sponsored Research & Economic Development (SRED) Office of the Provost The Released Time Program for Writing a Grant Proposal Since Spring 2004 Twenty two Pace Faculty have been awarded Released Time Total cost to Pace: $70,000 Total return to Pace: 3 proposals funded for $922,217 External Funding to Pace:http://appserv.pace.edu/execute/page.cfm?doc_id=10973 SRED 11/05 *Only 17 faculty have had sufficient time to obtain results from their submissions.

5. Second Century Innovation and Ideas (SCI²) • Second Century Innovation and Ideas (SCI²) is a commercialization accelerator at Pace for early stage companies seeking funding, intellectual capital, business development expertise, state of the art office facilities and strategic relationships. • SCI² maintains accelerator sites both in Yonkers and in Lower Manhattan. Westchester County was recently ranked nationally 17th overall – 3rd in the Northeast—1st in the Tri-state area—in Inc. Magazine’s 2004 “Top 25 Cities for Business”. • We are committed to being a student-centered business accelerator program that provides rich learning experiences for our students, keeps faculty at the cutting edge, and outstanding quality and customer service to our resident companies. More information at http://sci2.org/

6. Second Century Innovation and Ideas (SCI²)Incubator Companies (Total of 4) DAVID’S COMMUNICATIONS, INC. David’s Communications, Inc. was formed in May 2002 to leverage the network operations experience in the deployment of international voice networks. The Company is licensed facilities based carrier headquartered in New York, with a Network Operations Center and switching facilities in China. David’s Communications network is providing "next generation" packet based telephony and value added services to carriers, businesses and individuals in the US and throughout the world, to exploit cost advantages over existing monopoly carriers in the $700 billion worldwide telecommunications marketplace. NETBONDS, INC. Netbonds Inc. is creating the Bond Trading Network, a complete, affordable, online bond trading system for small institutions that serve high net worth individuals. In contrast to the stock market, the bond market has no central exchange where buy and sell orders are collected, executed, and then made public. So, there is a significant market opportunity to serve a large, underserved retail bond market by creating an affordable service that gives small market participants the same quality of information, analysis and trading that large institutions enjoy. More information at http://sci2.org/

7. Second Century Innovation and Ideas (SCI²) HOMELAND ENERGY RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, INC. Homeland Energy Resources Development, Inc. (Homeland Energy) is a New York corporation that develops power production facilities using multiple, clean sources of energy. Homeland Energy incorporates in its projects every recognized and tested green energy technology – including biofuel, biomass, fuel-cell, geothermal, solar, sustainable hydropower, and wind. Homeland Energy has offices in New York City (headquarters), Albany, Syracuse, and Rockaway, NJ, and works with clients in the advisory and development phases of renewable energy projects. SKILLPROOF, INC. SkillPROOF Inc. has developed a proprietary technology and database to collect and store detailed and complete information regarding jobs and job seekers with unprecedented quality and quantity. Skillproof’s information products come at a time when global labor markets undergo a radical shift, newly distributing jobs around the world. This shift makes it more important than ever to have accurate, timely and complete job market information available. SkillPROOF is developing information products for these markets, and out of the three products so far developed, two have paying customers. More information at http://sci2.org/