TIP funds may be used to acquire equipment and materials to be shared by all members of the project team, but may not support salaries or travel of industrial or non-University System participants. Proposals are first reviewed by the TIP Manager to ensure compliance with the attached guidelines. If a proposal falls short of the guidelines, the principal investigator is contacted to make appropriate changes and resubmit the proposal within a specified period of time. Proposals that comply with the guidelines are forwarded to TIP3 committees for review. Proposals are sorted according to these two areas of focus and forwarded to the appropriate technical committee for evaluation.
Every proposal is given an aggregate committee score.
This review may include brief presentations by research teams. The actual number of proposals receiving an in-depth review varies depending on the total number of proposals submitted. It is expected that each technical committee will review between 8 and 15 proposals. The technical committees report their recommendations for funding to the Coordinating Committee. Historically, the combined recommendations of the two technical committees exceed TIP3's annual budget.