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www.nciia.org
Supporting technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education
Supporting technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to
create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially
beneficial innovations and businesses
www.nciia.org
Funding technology innovation and entrepreneurship
Grants awarded since 1995:• 304 Course and Program grants• 347 E-Team grants• XX Sustainable Vision grants
40+ patents applied for
75 companies established, in manufacturing, wireless, energy, safety, mobility,
Bull-Ex Digital Safety. Former E-Team from RPI.
Course & Program GrantsEducation + innovation + entrepreneurship
Improve existing programs or build new programs in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Up to $50,000
Annual deadlines in May & December
Next Deadline: December 4, 2009
Teaching Structural Design, Construction Practices, and Sustainable Technologies for Mitigation of Natural Disaster Damages in Coastal and Fault Areas of Developing Regions – Catholic University
E-Team Grantsteam + technology + market
Advanced E-Team grants support commercial outcomes by moving innovative products from the idea stage to prototype and market.
An E-Team is a multidisciplinary group of faculty, students, and industry mentors.
Up to $20,000
Deadlines in May & December
Next Deadline: December 4, 2009
Intelligent Mobility – California Institute of Technology
E-Team Grantsteam + technology + market
Sustainable Vision GrantsEducation + innovation + social impact
Fund transformational educational programs where breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.
Up to $50,000 Annual deadline in October
Next Deadline: October 16, 2009Mashavu project, Penn State
Sustainable Vision GrantsEducation + innovation + social impact
Engagement:24 US universities have received funding through the program to develop, commercialize, and disseminate technologies
Projects based in 23 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Industries:Health, food security, clean water, and affordable energy
Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan – University of Colorado-Boulder
Invention2VentureTraining for technology entrepreneurs
www.invention2venture.org
New to entrepreneurship?
Learn technology entrepreneurship basics:
-Idea validation-Sales and marketing-Team building-IP and licensing-Finding investors
Build your network, find advisors
Invention2VentureTraining for technology entrepreneurs
Advanced Invention2VentureAccelerate your company
Getting a start-up off and running?
Critical and strategic thinking to advance your business
Detailed instruction and coaching
Perfect your pitch in front of investors
Eight weeks of follow-up strategy development sessions
Venture development and seed investment for start-ups emerging from universities
Advice and funding for scalable market-oriented solutions to health and environmental problems
Venture teams selected each year for involvement
Venture WellWanted: companies that will change the world!
Ecovative Design, 2009 Venture Well cohort
www.venturewell.org
Olympus Innovation AwardsRecognizing faculty excellence in Innovation in higher education
Mike Camp, Ohio State University
2009 Olympus Innovation Awards Winners
BMEidea CompetitionEncouraging biomed students to move their ideas from lab to market
2009 Winner: Lab-on-a-Stick
- Stanford University
BMEidea CompetitionEncouraging biomed students to move their ideas from lab to market
Entries address a medical clinical need with a clearly defined solution that can be taken to market.
• First place: $10,000• Second place: $2,500• Third place: $1,000
Call for submission open now Competition deadline: April 2, 2010 Winners announced: June, 2010
New in 2010 - BMEStart CompetitionAn award recognizing undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation
Entries address a medical clinical need with a clearly defined solution that can be taken to application
• First place: $10,000• Second place: $5,000• Third place: $2,500
Call for submission opens: November 1, 2009 Competition deadline: May 14, 2010 Winners announced: Summer, 2010
A network of the country’s leading thinkers in technology innovation and entrepreneurship
A network of the country’s leading thinkers in technology innovation and entrepreneurship
150 member institutions
Annual membership:•$500 universities•$300 colleges
Benefits include:•Access to NCIIA grants•Access to entrepreneurship training resources•Reduced fees for workshops and annual conference
March Madness for the MindAnnual showcase of student innovation