Process Systems Engineering Consortium

University of California, Santa Barbara
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Sponsorship

Direct consortium contribution

• General support for research and education mission
• Divided between the PIs at funded University
• Reduced overhead costs (0-10%)
• Currently $30,000/year
• Membership for an annual fee of $15,000 is available to small businesses

Direct project support

• Funding for student and essential supplies
• Negotiated directly with participating PIs
• Usually involves research contract with full overhead costs (~50%)
• Approximately $50,000/year

Cost Sharing Contribution

• Collaborative research grants for state and federal agencies
• Leverage industrial support
• Support level depends on grant program

PSEC membership benefits

• Free attendance at Research Review Meetings
• Opportunity to network with engineers and scientists at other companies
• Early access for evaluation and recruiting of top students
• Early access to research results
• Opportunity to influence research and training activities
• Access to prototype software tools
• Preferential rates and scheduling of short courses
• Preferential access to faculty consultants
• Leverage of membership fees with other industrial and government funds

Industrial Sponsors

• Amgen
• Bend Research
• Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Eli Lilly
• KSE, Inc.
• Merck
• Procter & Gamble
• Sepracor
• United Technologies Corporation
• Unilever
• Weyerhaeuser

Other Sponsors

• American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
• Department of Energy
• International Fine Particle Research Institute
• National Institutes of Health
• National Science Foundation
• Singapore Agency for Science, Technology, and Research!