[mNovak]

To be fair, most universities are great at interesting research but are also terrible at even preliminary productization. I highly doubt this $1.2M will go towards DOT paperwork and UL listing. This will go to a research prototype, then either get dropped off at the tech transfer IP office (good luck there), or spin out a startup. In the latter case, I'd have much rather seen this grant go directly to the startup, than pay the high Uni overhead.