Application: You can send your draft application for review prior to final submission to the Engine's associate director, katya.marc@mcgill.ca or to one of the Ronald Chwang Entrepreneurs-in-Residence.

An application to be considered complete, it must include:

• Submitted online application form, including the confirmation of the proposal review by the TTM;
• Completed proposal;
• Completed budget form

Lead Applicant: Tenure-track professors from McGill's Faculty of Engineering and/or those that hold a tenure-track appointment in a department or school formally affiliated with McGill's Faculty of Engineering. Team collaborators can be students and/or professors.

Invention: A report of Invention (ROI) that is health care related, must have been filed by the lead applicant with the Innovation and Partnerships Office at McGill (I+P). Your Technology Transfer Manager’s assessment and commercialization plan will need to be included in this grant application. If a invention has already received funding from the William and Rhea Seath Awards in Engineering Innovation (WRSA) or the Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowships programs, then it is not eligible for funding under the Baylis Health Care Grant program. 

Project Timeline: Projects can last up to 12 months maximum.

Project Expenses: Applicants must use the funds to advance the technology in accordance with their project technical milestones. The McGill Engine team can make recommendations for changes to the budget and uses of funds that are required for the acceptance and funding of the project. Once the grant is awarded, if your milestones and project expenses change significantly from what was in your project proposal (e.g. greater than 10% on any allowed budget item), you must discuss with your mentor and provide the revised milestone(s) and budget to Engine's Associate Director for approval.

Eligible Expenses: Product and process development costs towards achieving technical milestones, e.g., personnel (stipends, salaries & benefits), materials and supplies, testing fees, small equipment.

Non-Eligible Expenses: Costs related to non-technical milestones, e.g., publication costs, patent fees, incorporation fees, travel costs.

Applications will be judged and ranked according to the following criteria.

Applicants will need to attach the following documents in the application form.

• Baylis Application Project Proposal

• Baylis Project Budget by milestones

If you have any questions and/or wish to have your application reviewed prior to final submission, please contact katya.marc@mcgill.ca

Timeline: Teams have up to 12 months maximum to complete their project milestones and deliverables. Unused funds will need to be returned.

Award: The award will be dispersed into a new account under the PI and entitled Baylis Health Grant. Once the grant is awarded, if your milestones and project expenses change significantly from what was in your project proposal (e.g. greater than 10% on any allowed budget item), you must discuss with your mentor and provide the revised milestone(s) and budget to Engine's Associate Director for approval.

Reporting: Mid-term and final reports are due to the Engine's Associate Director and the team's assigned mentor showing the project’s current status, status of IP, commercialization and development plan progress/next steps, and the use of funds.

Participation: Participate in surveys and requests for feedback in connection with the procedures and services provided by the McGill Engine, with the aim of collaborating in the continuous development of its global offer, research commercialization support, and student experience.

Mentorship & Training: Meet with assigned business mentor on a regular basis throughout the program (minimum once per month). Attend Engine's entrepreneurial skills development workshops or other entrepreneurial training as suggested by mentor.

Outreach Activities: Willingness to assist the McGill Engine in outreach activities pertaining to technological innovation and entrepreneurship.

Promotion: Acknowledgement and promotion of the award and the McGill Engine in publications and communications arising from the project through your own networks and events.

Consent: Consent to the publication of your picture, name, as well as pictures and names of collaborators and team members, the title of the project, and amount of funding.

Giving back: The McGill Engine does not take equity in McGill spin-off companies. There is an expectation, but no requirement, that participating researchers will make a non-binding charitable pledge to McGill Engine aimed at sustaining the activities of the McGill Engine Centre and helping the next generation of technological innovators and entrepreneurs that the Centre supports. Funding is not conditional on a researcher signing a pledge.