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NJIT Research Newsletter includes recent awards, and announcements of research related seminars, webinars, national and federal research news related to research funding, and Grant Opportunity Alerts (with links to sections). The Newsletter is posted on the NJIT Research Website https://research.njit.edu/funding-opportunities.
Special Announcements
Introducing Online Citi Technology Commercialization Foundations Course
Elevate Your Innovation Pathway to Market
Working toward achievement of Priority 3 in the NJIT 2030 strategic plan, we are launching a new, comprehensive course through Citi: Technology Commercialization Foundations. This course will help NJIT innovators become familiar with the IP and technology transfer processes as well as expectations.
We strongly recommend that all researchers and inventors complete this course before submitting a new Invention Disclosure Form via the Inventor Portal.
What You Will Gain
This essential training will transform your working relationship with the TTO, empowering you to become a knowledgeable and equal partner in advancing your discovery. By the end of the course, you will have a comprehensive understanding of:
- Technology Transfer and Commercialization: A full overview of the university's process from lab to market.
- Intellectual Property (IP) Protection: What it is, why it matters, and how we protect your inventions.
- Essential Agreements: Understanding the role of NDAs, MTAs, and other legal instruments.
- Pathways to Impact: The fundamentals of licensing your technology or forming a university start-up company.
This knowledge is crucial for maximizing the societal impact and commercial potential of your research.
Use your UCID login to access the course. Click this link to learn how.
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Recent NJIT Provisional Patent Applications (Filed)
Patent Title: Gait Training Robot and Method for Conducting Gait Training
NJIT Ref No.: 25-028
Inventor(s): Son, Jonsang / Samuel, Marina Wadie / Park, Seoung Hoon / Starzysnki, Sophia / Varela, Ines Guerra / Sefen, Beshoy
Patent Application Status: Filed Provisional Patent Application
Patent Application Filing Date: 11/5/2025
Application Filing No.: 63/911,921
Technology Licensing Status: Available
Grant Opportunity Alerts
NSF: NSF National Innovation Corps Teams (NSF National I-Corps (TM) Teams) program; Accelerating Research Translation (ART)
NIH: Forecast: Bioengineering Research, Innovation and Technology Education (BRITE) Program (R25); BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01)
Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: RFI - Wearable CBRN Threat Monitoring Sensors; Biological Technologies; Young Faculty Award (YFA) 2026
NASA: ROSES 2025: B.4 Space Weather Science Application Research-to-Operations-to-Research
Recent Research Grant and Contract Awards
In the News
Building quantum-safe foundations for federal data resilience: Quantum computing is no longer a distant concept. It is an emerging capability with real implications for national security. The federal government holds some of the most sensitive data in the world, and the question is not if quantum computing will threaten today’s encryption, but when. Data encrypted today could be decrypted tomorrow. This “harvest now, decrypt later” risk has put agencies on the clock. That urgency is why the conversation around post-quantum cryptography (PQC) has accelerated. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) finalized its first three PQC standards in August 2024, setting the foundation for how organizations can protect encrypted data against future quantum decryption. But while PQC is essential, it is not a silver bullet. Encryption is the final layer of protection. If it becomes the only thing standing between your data and an adversary, too many other defenses have already failed. The path to quantum resilience starts deeper, in how data is stored, managed and protected every day. More information is posted on the NextGov website.
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IBM unveils updated quantum computing products: YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NEW YORK — IBM is continuing its journey to scaling fault-tolerant quantum computers to commercial use with two new product launches that enable fast and accurate computation within their qubit architectures. IBM announced on Wednesday that its new quantum processing unit, Nighthawk, and larger Loon lattice architecture are both slated to advance quantum computing’s benefits at two separate layers of the technology stack. “Our goal has always been to deliver fault-tolerant quantum computers, but to go on a path where we're always delivering our best platform,” Jay Gambetta, IBM Fellow and director of IBM Research, told reporters Nov. 7 at the company’s Yorktown Heights facility. Nighthawk, a computing chip anticipated to be ready for use by the end of this year, features 120 qubits connected via 218 next-generation tunable couplers. This increased connectivity between qubits supports seamless data processing to solve intricate calculations that demand up to 5,000 two-qubit gates — the specific operations that manipulate quantum data. IBM said it expects to continue expanding the number of gates Nighthawk can process to 7,500 by the end of 2026, with the goal of reaching 10,000 in 2027. More information is posted on the NextGov website.
Webinars and Events
Research Grant Opportunities:
National Science Foundation
National Institutes of Health
Department of Defense
NASA
Proposal Submission and Streamlyne Information
The NJIT Proposal Submission Guidelines and Policy provides the expected institutional timeline for proposal submission. Streamlyne User Manuals are posted on https://research.njit.edu/streamlyne. For contact information on proposal submission, pre-award services and post-award grant management, please visit research website https://research.njit.edu/researchers and https://research.njit.edu/contact.