University Innovation Fellows - User contributions [en]

Priorities:Berea College Student Priorities

2018-02-04T00:16:43Z

Andreeateban:

= Project Pitch Video =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=r62Q-_R_yRA}}

= Strategy#1  Expose students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

== Tactics#1.1 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet-up ==

'''Description:''' A 1-2 day conference event based in Berea College and free to all students, which will act as an introductory/exploratory course in I&E. The event will include panels, workshops, and discussions highlighting the application of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design Thinking to all disciplines. Students could network with innovators within their field, refine their critical thinking skills, and explore the varieties of entrepreneurship available. 

'''Milestones:'''

*Meet with the Dean and Faculty for partnerships and resources (Spring 2018)
*Establish a date and reach out to off-campus resources (Spring 2018)
*Format and organize panels, workshops, spaces and presenters (Summer 2018)
*Begin marketing to students and encouraging faculty participation (Fall 2018)
*Execute event and receive feedback (Fall 2018)
*Analyze event feedback and pivot (Winter 2018)

== Tactics#1.2 A Date With Design Thinking ==

'''Description:''' A Date With Design Thinking will be a quarterly one-hour long design thinking workshop series for interdisciplinary students. It is intended to familiarize and engage students with the concept of design thinking through a fun series of activities. This workshop is designed to not only expand I&E to a bigger audience on campus but to also engage them in addressing existing problems on campus.

'''Milestones:'''

*Launch A Date With Design Thinking series with a small scale workshop reaching 20 students (Spring 2016 - completed)

*Evaluate the success and failure of the workshop and review feedback of participants to revise the plan of the workshop (Spring 2016)

*Collaborate with different departments such as Dining Services, Café, Sustainability Department, TAD and Computer Science to address problems within the department and design workshops centered towards the issues discussed (Fall 2016)

*Continue series by organizing two workshops per semester (Fall 2017)

= Strategy#2 Create Opportunities for students to learn and experiment =

== Tactics# 2.1 PopUp Classes ==

'''Description: '''PopUp Classes is intended to be short and elective classes and workshops to provide curious students, innovators, problem-solvers and lifetime learnerswith vital soft skills in their toolbox. It is inspired by the interest and need of various innovative, entrepreneurial and practical skills such as blogging and web designing but a lack offlexible and informal environment to teach them in a brief time.

'''Milestones:'''

*Reach out to all clubs & organizations on campus to identify what their community is interested to learn (Mar 15, 2016)

*Develop a format or structure for PopUp Classes (Mar 30, 2016)

*Identify a list of students/faculty who would be interested in conducting the PopUps (Apr 10, 2016)

*Prototype first PopUp (April 15, 2016)

*Develop a strategy to continue offering PopUps once every two weeks ( May 10, 2016)

== Tactics# 2.2 Open Lab Days ==

'''Description:''' Open Lab Days are weekends, where the labs in the Physics and TAD departments (Technology and Applied Design Department) will be open at specific times Students would be given the chance to participate in laboratories on weekends such as  the Physics machine shop with the help of collaboration between the Society of Physics Students and Physics department. Similar collaborations would take place between the Tech club and the Technology department. This will help students from various departments to become more creative with their prototypes which will also encourage them to pursue STEM careers.

'''Milestones:'''

*Initiative to be discussed with Chairs of Physics, Chemistry, TAD department and Laboratory Assistants (March 2016)

*Create Open lab Schedules that accommodates TA’s presence (May 2016)

*Marketing to encourage student participation (August 2016)

= Strategy#3 Provide opportunities for students to test new ideas =

== Tactics#3.1 Idea Bounce ==

'''Description: '''Berea Innovation Studio (BIS)  hosts Idea Bounce every semester. Students from different majors participate in an idea pitch competition. Prior to the actual event, participants attend an hour workshop where they are trained to develop their idea and pitch. This competition was started by last year’s UIFs hunting for creativity and problem-solving skills across campus.    

'''Milestones:'''

*Recruit Judges and Sponsors for the competition (third week of each semester)

*Open submission for initial ideas and thoughts (fourth week of each semester)

*Evaluate the submitted ideas and provide feedback to the selected applicants (sixth week of each semester)

*Coach the applicants: How to pitch ideas in 2 minutes (seventh week of each semester)

*Hold Idea Bounce (eighth week of each semester)

== Tactics#3.2 Idea State U ==

'''Description:''' Idea State U is a Kentucky statewide business competition to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship by rewarding student teams from the Commonwealth’s colleges and universities,  Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program sponsors selected Berea College students to participate in this state idea competition. Students are coached by the director of EPG and guided throughout the whole process. One of the major achievements of past Berea college applicants was last year when a team of two freshman and one sophomore won the third place beating MBA students. This achievement is and will always be an inspiration and empowerment.

'''Milestones:'''

*Start with identifying the problems and recognizing opportunities (early February)

*Finalize Teams (mid-February)

*Organize weekly training sessions with Faculty Sponsor (mid-February - mid-March)

*Conduct customer discovery in order to gain empathy and develop business idea and plan (mid-February - mid-March)

*Participate in Idea State U (end of March)

*Winners follow up with the angel investors (early April)

== Tactics#3.3 StartUp Weekend Berea (New) ==

'''Description:''' Berea Innovation Studio (BIS), in collaboration with Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program, will launch StartUp Weekend Berea during the spring semester. It will be an interdisciplinary event, where participants will work in teams to come up with creative solutions to challenging real-world problems, identified by students. They will develop sustainable Business Models surrounding the solution. A series of workshops will be made available for students to learn and deepen their skills. The event will be gamified to make it also a fun activity.

'''Milestones:'''

*Identity interested facilitators and meet to finalize event date (Sep 2, 2016)

*Design the workshop and action plan (Sep 15, 2016)

*Prototype Startup Weekend Berea Model (Oct 15, 2016)

*Identify organizations and request for funding (Oct 30, 2016)

*Reach out to facilitators to lead different workshops (Oct 30, 2016)

*Devise a marketing campaign (Nov 10, 2016)

== Tactics#3.4   #BCmakerspaces ==

'''Description: '''#BCmakerspaces is a monthly rotational Makerspace workshop, open to students of all majors. The focus of the pop-up styled class is to teach students the design process and how to prototype, by building an object in a specific lab using whatever materials that space is designed to process. Examples include “make-a-mug”, “website 101”, “build-a-box”, etc. The Danforth Technology building currently boasts a variety of makerspaces, including a: Digital Crafts Lab, MAC & 3D Printing Lab, Woods Lab, Metals Lab, Ceramics Lab, Appalachian Crafts Lab, and the Graphics Lab- which features a dark room and a soundproof recording studio. Highlighting the existent Makers Spaces on campus will promote cross-departmental communication, and perhaps expand student interest into new fields previously unconsidered.

'''Milestones:'''
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>
Schedule a meeting in February with I&E champions, TAD & CS Dept. to discuss establishing #BCmakerspaces
</li>
<li>
Partner with sponsors, Faculty & staff to conduct a thorough SWOT analysis with special consideration given to budgeting, staff hours, safety precautions
</li>
<li>
Visit 2-3 other Makerspaces to observe operations & training procedures
</li>
<li>
Conduct extensive customer discovery to determine what needs #BCmakerspaces can satisfy
</li>
<li>
Coordinate with the TAD department to host the first makerspace event in April
</li>
</ul>

= Strategy#4 Inspire students to pursue I&E =

== Tactics#4.1 Inspirational Talks ==

'''Description:''' To encourage students to pursue entrepreneurship we plan to hold TEDxBerea starting the Fall 2016 term. This will create excitement amongst students to learn the value of the entrepreneurial mindset while helping them understand the importance of failure, design thinking and prototyping.

'''Milestones:'''

*Talk to Dean/President to get permission (April 2016)

*TEDxBerea license application (April 2016)

*Pick the event type and brainstorm ideas for the program (May 2016)

*Logistic planning and fund allocation (June 2016)

*Choose a tentative date for the event (July 2016)

*Invite speakers (July 2016)

*Branding and marketing (August - September 2016)

== Tactics#4.2 Innovation Coffee Stop ==

'''Description:''' Starting in Fall 2018 we will open a home-made, bring-your-own-mug coffee stop on campus in order to facilitate and ecourage innovation between students on campus. Being in the coffee stop will provide two major benefits to the students:

*Students can work on projects, start new projects, or get help on academic related problems fostering collaboration between majors
*We will be providing monthly events to showcase the power of ideation and innovation including prototyping challenges and pop up classes

'''Milestones:'''

*Present idea to Faculty Champion and discuss the possibility of an allocated neutral space (February 2018)
*Discuss with key head departments - Technology and Applied Design, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Business and Economics, Art (March 2018)
*Submit proposal to the Dean (March 2018)
*Identifying sponsors in the key departments (April - May 2018)
*Invite speakers for grand opening panel (July 2018)
*Plan and organize the grand opening (July - August 2018)
*Marketing efforts around campus (July - August 2018)
*Grand Opening/Panel Event (August 2018)

= Related Links =

[[Berea College]]

'''University Innovation Fellows'''

 Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andreea_Teban Andreea Teban]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Kayla Barbour]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kayla_barbour Julia Roberts]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rodney_Kimbangu Rodney Kimbangu]

Spring 2016:

[[Ishwar Agarwal|Ishwar Agarwal]]

[[Bessaad Syrine]]

[[Minashsha Zareel Lamisa]]

[[Talha Rehman|Talha Rehman]]

Spring 2015:

[[Tran K. Nguyen]]

[[Dylan mullins]]

[[Jacob Heller]]

[[Eugeniu Prodan]]

[[Anthony Ayebiahwea]]

[[Robert Hosking]]

Spring 2014:

[[Ali Djire]]

[[Solomon Alolga]]

Ability Kakama

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Berea College Student Priorities

2018-02-04T00:16:12Z

Andreeateban:

= Project Pitch Video =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=r62Q-_R_yRA}}

= Strategy#1  Expose students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

== Tactics#1.1 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet-up ==

'''Description:''' A 1-2 day conference event based in Berea College and free to all students, which will act as an introductory/exploratory course in I&E. The event will include panels, workshops, and discussions highlighting the application of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design Thinking to all disciplines. Students could network with innovators within their field, refine their critical thinking skills, and explore the varieties of entrepreneurship available. 

'''Milestones:'''

*Meet with the Dean and Faculty for partnerships and resources (Spring 2018)
*Establish a date and reach out to off-campus resources (Spring 2018)
*Format and organize panels, workshops, spaces and presenters (Summer 2018)
*Begin marketing to students and encouraging faculty participation (Fall 2018)
*Execute event and receive feedback (Fall 2018)
*Analyze event feedback and pivot (Winter 2018)

== Tactics#1.2 A Date With Design Thinking ==

'''Description:''' A Date With Design Thinking will be a quarterly one-hour long design thinking workshop series for interdisciplinary students. It is intended to familiarize and engage students with the concept of design thinking through a fun series of activities. This workshop is designed to not only expand I&E to a bigger audience on campus but to also engage them in addressing existing problems on campus.

'''Milestones:'''

*Launch A Date With Design Thinking series with a small scale workshop reaching 20 students (Spring 2016 - completed)

*Evaluate the success and failure of the workshop and review feedback of participants to revise the plan of the workshop (Spring 2016)

*Collaborate with different departments such as Dining Services, Café, Sustainability Department, TAD and Computer Science to address problems within the department and design workshops centered towards the issues discussed (Fall 2016)

*Continue series by organizing two workshops per semester (Fall 2017)

= Strategy#2 Create Opportunities for students to learn and experiment =

== Tactics# 2.1 PopUp Classes ==

'''Description: '''PopUp Classes is intended to be short and elective classes and workshops to provide curious students, innovators, problem-solvers and lifetime learnerswith vital soft skills in their toolbox. It is inspired by the interest and need of various innovative, entrepreneurial and practical skills such as blogging and web designing but a lack offlexible and informal environment to teach them in a brief time.

'''Milestones:'''

*Reach out to all clubs & organizations on campus to identify what their community is interested to learn (Mar 15, 2016)

*Develop a format or structure for PopUp Classes (Mar 30, 2016)

*Identify a list of students/faculty who would be interested in conducting the PopUps (Apr 10, 2016)

*Prototype first PopUp (April 15, 2016)

*Develop a strategy to continue offering PopUps once every two weeks ( May 10, 2016)

== Tactics# 2.2 Open Lab Days ==

'''Description:''' Open Lab Days are weekends, where the labs in the Physics and TAD departments (Technology and Applied Design Department) will be open at specific times Students would be given the chance to participate in laboratories on weekends such as  the Physics machine shop with the help of collaboration between the Society of Physics Students and Physics department. Similar collaborations would take place between the Tech club and the Technology department. This will help students from various departments to become more creative with their prototypes which will also encourage them to pursue STEM careers.

'''Milestones:'''

*Initiative to be discussed with Chairs of Physics, Chemistry, TAD department and Laboratory Assistants (March 2016)

*Create Open lab Schedules that accommodates TA’s presence (May 2016)

*Marketing to encourage student participation (August 2016)

= Strategy#3 Provide opportunities for students to test new ideas =

== Tactics#3.1 Idea Bounce ==

'''Description: '''Berea Innovation Studio (BIS)  hosts Idea Bounce every semester. Students from different majors participate in an idea pitch competition. Prior to the actual event, participants attend an hour workshop where they are trained to develop their idea and pitch. This competition was started by last year’s UIFs hunting for creativity and problem-solving skills across campus.    

'''Milestones:'''

*Recruit Judges and Sponsors for the competition (third week of each semester)

*Open submission for initial ideas and thoughts (fourth week of each semester)

*Evaluate the submitted ideas and provide feedback to the selected applicants (sixth week of each semester)

*Coach the applicants: How to pitch ideas in 2 minutes (seventh week of each semester)

*Hold Idea Bounce (eighth week of each semester)

== Tactics#3.2 Idea State U ==

'''Description:''' Idea State U is a Kentucky statewide business competition to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship by rewarding student teams from the Commonwealth’s colleges and universities,  Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program sponsors selected Berea College students to participate in this state idea competition. Students are coached by the director of EPG and guided throughout the whole process. One of the major achievements of past Berea college applicants was last year when a team of two freshman and one sophomore won the third place beating MBA students. This achievement is and will always be an inspiration and empowerment.

'''Milestones:'''

*Start with identifying the problems and recognizing opportunities (early February)

*Finalize Teams (mid-February)

*Organize weekly training sessions with Faculty Sponsor (mid-February - mid-March)

*Conduct customer discovery in order to gain empathy and develop business idea and plan (mid-February - mid-March)

*Participate in Idea State U (end of March)

*Winners follow up with the angel investors (early April)

== Tactics#3.3 StartUp Weekend Berea (New) ==

'''Description:''' Berea Innovation Studio (BIS), in collaboration with Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program, will launch StartUp Weekend Berea during the spring semester. It will be an interdisciplinary event, where participants will work in teams to come up with creative solutions to challenging real-world problems, identified by students. They will develop sustainable Business Models surrounding the solution. A series of workshops will be made available for students to learn and deepen their skills. The event will be gamified to make it also a fun activity.

'''Milestones:'''

*Identity interested facilitators and meet to finalize event date (Sep 2, 2016)

*Design the workshop and action plan (Sep 15, 2016)

*Prototype Startup Weekend Berea Model (Oct 15, 2016)

*Identify organizations and request for funding (Oct 30, 2016)

*Reach out to facilitators to lead different workshops (Oct 30, 2016)

*Devise a marketing campaign (Nov 10, 2016)

== Tactics#3.4   #BCmakerspaces ==

'''Description: '''#BCmakerspaces is a monthly rotational Makerspace workshop, open to students of all majors. The focus of the pop-up styled class is to teach students the design process and how to prototype, by building an object in a specific lab using whatever materials that space is designed to process. Examples include “make-a-mug”, “website 101”, “build-a-box”, etc. The Danforth Technology building currently boasts a variety of makerspaces, including a: Digital Crafts Lab, MAC & 3D Printing Lab, Woods Lab, Metals Lab, Ceramics Lab, Appalachian Crafts Lab, and the Graphics Lab- which features a dark room and a soundproof recording studio. Highlighting the existent Makers Spaces on campus will promote cross-departmental communication, and perhaps expand student interest into new fields previously unconsidered.

'''Milestones:'''
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>Schedule a meeting in February with I&E champions, TAD & CS Dept. to discuss establishing #BCmakerspaces</li>
<li>Partner with sponsors, Faculty & staff to conduct a thorough SWOT analysis with special consideration given to budgeting, staff hours, safety precautions</li>
<li>Visit 2-3 other Makerspaces to observe operations & training procedures</li>
<li>Conduct extensive customer discovery to determine what needs #BCmakerspaces can satisfy</li>
<li>Coordinate with the TAD department to host the first makerspace event in April</li>
</ul>

= Strategy#4 Inspire students to pursue I&E =

== Tactics#4.1 Inspirational Talks ==

'''Description:''' To encourage students to pursue entrepreneurship we plan to hold TEDxBerea starting the Fall 2016 term. This will create excitement amongst students to learn the value of the entrepreneurial mindset while helping them understand the importance of failure, design thinking and prototyping.

'''Milestones:'''

*Talk to Dean/President to get permission (April 2016)

*TEDxBerea license application (April 2016)

*Pick the event type and brainstorm ideas for the program (May 2016)

*Logistic planning and fund allocation (June 2016)

*Choose a tentative date for the event (July 2016)

*Invite speakers (July 2016)

*Branding and marketing (August - September 2016)

== Tactics#4.2 Innovation Coffee Stop ==

'''Description:''' Starting in Fall 2018 we will open a home-made, bring-your-own-mug coffee stop on campus in order to facilitate and ecourage innovation between students on campus. Being in the coffee stop will provide two major benefits to the students:

*Students can work on projects, start new projects, or get help on academic related problems fostering collaboration between majors
*We will be providing monthly events to showcase the power of ideation and innovation including prototyping challenges and pop up classes

'''Milestones:'''

*Present idea to Faculty Champion and discuss the possibility of an allocated neutral space (February 2018)
*Discuss with key head departments - Technology and Applied Design, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Business and Economics, Art (March 2018)
*Submit proposal to the Dean (March 2018)
*Identifying sponsors in the key departments (April - May 2018)
*Invite speakers for grand opening panel (July 2018)
*Plan and organize the grand opening (July - August 2018)
*Marketing efforts around campus (July - August 2018)
*Grand Opening/Panel Event (August 2018)

= Related Links =

[[Berea College]]

'''University Innovation Fellows'''

 Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andreea_Teban Andreea Teban]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Kayla Barbour]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kayla_barbour Julia Roberts]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rodney_Kimbangu Rodney Kimbangu]

Spring 2016:

[[Ishwar Agarwal|Ishwar Agarwal]]

[[Bessaad Syrine]]

[[Minashsha Zareel Lamisa]]

[[Talha Rehman|Talha Rehman]]

Spring 2015:

[[Tran K. Nguyen]]

[[Dylan mullins]]

[[Jacob Heller]]

[[Eugeniu Prodan]]

[[Anthony Ayebiahwea]]

[[Robert Hosking]]

Spring 2014:

[[Ali Djire]]

[[Solomon Alolga]]

Ability Kakama

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Berea College Student Priorities

2018-02-04T00:15:38Z

Andreeateban:

= Project Pitch Video =

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=r62Q-_R_yRA}}

= Strategy#1  Expose students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

== Tactics#1.1 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet-up ==

'''Description:''' A 1-2 day conference event based in Berea College and free to all students, which will act as an introductory/exploratory course in I&E. The event will include panels, workshops, and discussions highlighting the application of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design Thinking to all disciplines. Students could network with innovators within their field, refine their critical thinking skills, and explore the varieties of entrepreneurship available. 

'''Milestones:'''

*Meet with the Dean and Faculty for partnerships and resources (Spring 2018)
*Establish a date and reach out to off-campus resources (Spring 2018)
*Format and organize panels, workshops, spaces and presenters (Summer 2018)
*Begin marketing to students and encouraging faculty participation (Fall 2018)
*Execute event and receive feedback (Fall 2018)
*Analyze event feedback and pivot (Winter 2018)

== Tactics#1.2 A Date With Design Thinking ==

'''Description:''' A Date With Design Thinking will be a quarterly one-hour long design thinking workshop series for interdisciplinary students. It is intended to familiarize and engage students with the concept of design thinking through a fun series of activities. This workshop is designed to not only expand I&E to a bigger audience on campus but to also engage them in addressing existing problems on campus.

'''Milestones:'''

*Launch A Date With Design Thinking series with a small scale workshop reaching 20 students (Spring 2016 - completed)

*Evaluate the success and failure of the workshop and review feedback of participants to revise the plan of the workshop (Spring 2016)

*Collaborate with different departments such as Dining Services, Café, Sustainability Department, TAD and Computer Science to address problems within the department and design workshops centered towards the issues discussed (Fall 2016)

*Continue series by organizing two workshops per semester (Fall 2017)

= Strategy#2 Create Opportunities for students to learn and experiment =

== Tactics# 2.1 PopUp Classes ==

'''Description: '''PopUp Classes is intended to be short and elective classes and workshops to provide curious students, innovators, problem-solvers and lifetime learnerswith vital soft skills in their toolbox. It is inspired by the interest and need of various innovative, entrepreneurial and practical skills such as blogging and web designing but a lack offlexible and informal environment to teach them in a brief time.

'''Milestones:'''

*Reach out to all clubs & organizations on campus to identify what their community is interested to learn (Mar 15, 2016)

*Develop a format or structure for PopUp Classes (Mar 30, 2016)

*Identify a list of students/faculty who would be interested in conducting the PopUps (Apr 10, 2016)

*Prototype first PopUp (April 15, 2016)

*Develop a strategy to continue offering PopUps once every two weeks ( May 10, 2016)

== Tactics# 2.2 Open Lab Days ==

'''Description:''' Open Lab Days are weekends, where the labs in the Physics and TAD departments (Technology and Applied Design Department) will be open at specific times Students would be given the chance to participate in laboratories on weekends such as  the Physics machine shop with the help of collaboration between the Society of Physics Students and Physics department. Similar collaborations would take place between the Tech club and the Technology department. This will help students from various departments to become more creative with their prototypes which will also encourage them to pursue STEM careers.

'''Milestones:'''

*Initiative to be discussed with Chairs of Physics, Chemistry, TAD department and Laboratory Assistants (March 2016)

*Create Open lab Schedules that accommodates TA’s presence (May 2016)

*Marketing to encourage student participation (August 2016)

= Strategy#3 Provide opportunities for students to test new ideas =

== Tactics#3.1 Idea Bounce ==

'''Description: '''Berea Innovation Studio (BIS)  hosts Idea Bounce every semester. Students from different majors participate in an idea pitch competition. Prior to the actual event, participants attend an hour workshop where they are trained to develop their idea and pitch. This competition was started by last year’s UIFs hunting for creativity and problem-solving skills across campus.    

'''Milestones:'''

*Recruit Judges and Sponsors for the competition (third week of each semester)

*Open submission for initial ideas and thoughts (fourth week of each semester)

*Evaluate the submitted ideas and provide feedback to the selected applicants (sixth week of each semester)

*Coach the applicants: How to pitch ideas in 2 minutes (seventh week of each semester)

*Hold Idea Bounce (eighth week of each semester)

== Tactics#3.2 Idea State U ==

'''Description:''' Idea State U is a Kentucky statewide business competition to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship by rewarding student teams from the Commonwealth’s colleges and universities,  Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program sponsors selected Berea College students to participate in this state idea competition. Students are coached by the director of EPG and guided throughout the whole process. One of the major achievements of past Berea college applicants was last year when a team of two freshman and one sophomore won the third place beating MBA students. This achievement is and will always be an inspiration and empowerment.

'''Milestones:'''

*Start with identifying the problems and recognizing opportunities (early February)

*Finalize Teams (mid-February)

*Organize weekly training sessions with Faculty Sponsor (mid-February - mid-March)

*Conduct customer discovery in order to gain empathy and develop business idea and plan (mid-February - mid-March)

*Participate in Idea State U (end of March)

*Winners follow up with the angel investors (early April)

== Tactics#3.3 StartUp Weekend Berea (New) ==

'''Description:''' Berea Innovation Studio (BIS), in collaboration with Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program, will launch StartUp Weekend Berea during the spring semester. It will be an interdisciplinary event, where participants will work in teams to come up with creative solutions to challenging real-world problems, identified by students. They will develop sustainable Business Models surrounding the solution. A series of workshops will be made available for students to learn and deepen their skills. The event will be gamified to make it also a fun activity.

'''Milestones:'''

*Identity interested facilitators and meet to finalize event date (Sep 2, 2016)

*Design the workshop and action plan (Sep 15, 2016)

*Prototype Startup Weekend Berea Model (Oct 15, 2016)

*Identify organizations and request for funding (Oct 30, 2016)

*Reach out to facilitators to lead different workshops (Oct 30, 2016)

*Devise a marketing campaign (Nov 10, 2016)

== Tactics#3.4   #BCmakerspaces ==

'''Description: '''#BCmakerspaces is a monthly rotational Makerspace workshop, open to students of all majors. The focus of the pop-up styled class is to teach students the design process and how to prototype, by building an object in a specific lab using whatever materials that space is designed to process. Examples include “make-a-mug”, “website 101”, “build-a-box”, etc. The Danforth Technology building currently boasts a variety of makerspaces, including a: Digital Crafts Lab, MAC & 3D Printing Lab, Woods Lab, Metals Lab, Ceramics Lab, Appalachian Crafts Lab, and the Graphics Lab- which features a dark room and a soundproof recording studio. Highlighting the existent Makers Spaces on campus will promote cross-departmental communication, and perhaps expand student interest into new fields previously unconsidered.

'''Milestones:'''
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>Schedule a meeting in February with I&E champions, TAD & CS Dept. to discuss establishing #BCmakerspaces</li>
<li>Partner with sponsors, Faculty & staff to conduct a thorough SWOT analysis with special consideration given to budgeting, staff hours, safety precautions</li>
<li>Visit 2-3 other Makerspaces to observe operations & training procedures</li>
<li>Conduct extensive customer discovery to determine what needs #BCmakerspaces can satisfy</li>
<li>Coordinate with the TAD department to host the first makerspace event in April</li>
</ul>

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= Strategy#4 Inspire students to pursue I&E =

== Tactics#4.1 Inspirational Talks ==

'''Description:''' To encourage students to pursue entrepreneurship we plan to hold TEDxBerea starting the Fall 2016 term. This will create excitement amongst students to learn the value of the entrepreneurial mindset while helping them understand the importance of failure, design thinking and prototyping.

'''Milestones:'''

*Talk to Dean/President to get permission (April 2016)

*TEDxBerea license application (April 2016)

*Pick the event type and brainstorm ideas for the program (May 2016)

*Logistic planning and fund allocation (June 2016)

*Choose a tentative date for the event (July 2016)

*Invite speakers (July 2016)

*Branding and marketing (August - September 2016)

== Tactics#4.2 Innovation Coffee Stop ==

'''Description:''' Starting in Fall 2018 we will open a home-made, bring-your-own-mug coffee stop on campus in order to facilitate and ecourage innovation between students on campus. Being in the coffee stop will provide two major benefits to the students:

*Students can work on projects, start new projects, or get help on academic related problems fostering collaboration between majors
*We will be providing monthly events to showcase the power of ideation and innovation including prototyping challenges and pop up classes

'''Milestones:'''

*Present idea to Faculty Champion and discuss the possibility of an allocated neutral space (February 2018)
*Discuss with key head departments - Technology and Applied Design, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Business and Economics, Art (March 2018)
*Submit proposal to the Dean (March 2018)
*Identifying sponsors in the key departments (April - May 2018)
*Invite speakers for grand opening panel (July 2018)
*Plan and organize the grand opening (July - August 2018)
*Marketing efforts around campus (July - August 2018)
*Grand Opening/Panel Event (August 2018)

= Related Links =

[[Berea College]]

'''University Innovation Fellows'''

 Spring 2018:

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Andreea_Teban Andreea Teban]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Julia_Roberts Kayla Barbour]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Kayla_barbour Julia Roberts]

[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rodney_Kimbangu Rodney Kimbangu]

Spring 2016:

[[Ishwar Agarwal|Ishwar Agarwal]]

[[Bessaad Syrine]]

[[Minashsha Zareel Lamisa]]

[[Talha Rehman|Talha Rehman]]

Spring 2015:

[[Tran K. Nguyen]]

[[Dylan mullins]]

[[Jacob Heller]]

[[Eugeniu Prodan]]

[[Anthony Ayebiahwea]]

[[Robert Hosking]]

Spring 2014:

[[Ali Djire]]

[[Solomon Alolga]]

Ability Kakama

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Priorities:Berea College Student Priorities

2018-02-01T01:26:08Z

Andreeateban:

= Project Pitch Video =

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= Strategy#1  Expose students to Innovation and Entrepreneurship =

== Tactics#1.1 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Meet-up ==

'''Description:''' A 1-2 day conference event based in Berea College and free to all students, which will act as an introductory/exploratory course in I&E. The event will include panels, workshops, and discussions highlighting the application of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Design Thinking to all disciplines. Students could network with innovators within their field, refine their critical thinking skills, and explore the varieties of entrepreneurship available. 

'''Milestones:'''

*Meet with the Dean and Faculty for partnerships and resources (Spring 2018)
*Establish a date and reach out to off-campus resources (Spring 2018)
*Format and organize panels, workshops, spaces and presenters (Summer 2018)
*Begin marketing to students and encouraging faculty participation (Fall 2018)
*Execute event and receive feedback (Fall 2018)
*Analyze event feedback and pivot (Winter 2018)

== Tactics#1.2 A Date With Design Thinking ==

'''Description:''' A Date With Design Thinking will be a quarterly one-hour long design thinking workshop series for interdisciplinary students. It is intended to familiarize and engage students with the concept of design thinking through a fun series of activities. This workshop is designed to not only expand I&E to a bigger audience on campus but to also engage them in addressing existing problems on campus.

'''Milestones:'''

*Launch A Date With Design Thinking series with a small scale workshop reaching 20 students (Spring 2016 - completed)

*Evaluate the success and failure of the workshop and review feedback of participants to revise the plan of the workshop (Spring 2016)

*Collaborate with different departments such as Dining Services, Café, Sustainability Department, TAD and Computer Science to address problems within the department and design workshops centered towards the issues discussed (Fall 2016)

*Continue series by organizing two workshops per semester (Fall 2017)

= Strategy#2 Create Opportunities for students to learn and experiment =

== Tactics# 2.1 PopUp Classes ==

'''Description: '''PopUp Classes is intended to be short and elective classes and workshops to provide curious students, innovators, problem-solvers and lifetime learnerswith vital soft skills in their toolbox. It is inspired by the interest and need of various innovative, entrepreneurial and practical skills such as blogging and web designing but a lack offlexible and informal environment to teach them in a brief time.

'''Milestones:'''

*Reach out to all clubs & organizations on campus to identify what their community is interested to learn (Mar 15, 2016)

*Develop a format or structure for PopUp Classes (Mar 30, 2016)

*Identify a list of students/faculty who would be interested in conducting the PopUps (Apr 10, 2016)

*Prototype first PopUp (April 15, 2016)

*Develop a strategy to continue offering PopUps once every two weeks ( May 10, 2016)

== Tactics# 2.2 Open Lab Days ==

'''Description:''' Open Lab Days are weekends, where the labs in the Physics and TAD departments (Technology and Applied Design Department) will be open at specific times Students would be given the chance to participate in laboratories on weekends such as  the Physics machine shop with the help of collaboration between the Society of Physics Students and Physics department. Similar collaborations would take place between the Tech club and the Technology department. This will help students from various departments to become more creative with their prototypes which will also encourage them to pursue STEM careers.

'''Milestones:'''

*Initiative to be discussed with Chairs of Physics, Chemistry, TAD department and Laboratory Assistants (March 2016)

*Create Open lab Schedules that accommodates TA’s presence (May 2016)

*Marketing to encourage student participation (August 2016)

= Strategy#3 Provide opportunities for students to test new ideas =

== Tactics#3.1 Idea Bounce ==

'''Description: '''Berea Innovation Studio (BIS)  hosts Idea Bounce every semester. Students from different majors participate in an idea pitch competition. Prior to the actual event, participants attend an hour workshop where they are trained to develop their idea and pitch. This competition was started by last year’s UIFs hunting for creativity and problem-solving skills across campus.    

'''Milestones:'''

*Recruit Judges and Sponsors for the competition (third week of each semester)

*Open submission for initial ideas and thoughts (fourth week of each semester)

*Evaluate the submitted ideas and provide feedback to the selected applicants (sixth week of each semester)

*Coach the applicants: How to pitch ideas in 2 minutes (seventh week of each semester)

*Hold Idea Bounce (eighth week of each semester)

== Tactics#3.2 Idea State U ==

'''Description:''' Idea State U is a Kentucky statewide business competition to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship by rewarding student teams from the Commonwealth’s colleges and universities,  Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program sponsors selected Berea College students to participate in this state idea competition. Students are coached by the director of EPG and guided throughout the whole process. One of the major achievements of past Berea college applicants was last year when a team of two freshman and one sophomore won the third place beating MBA students. This achievement is and will always be an inspiration and empowerment.

'''Milestones:'''

*Start with identifying the problems and recognizing opportunities (early February)

*Finalize Teams (mid-February)

*Organize weekly training sessions with Faculty Sponsor (mid-February - mid-March)

*Conduct customer discovery in order to gain empathy and develop business idea and plan (mid-February - mid-March)

*Participate in Idea State U (end of March)

*Winners follow up with the angel investors (early April)

== Tactics#3.3 StartUp Weekend Berea (New) ==

'''Description:''' Berea Innovation Studio (BIS), in collaboration with Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program, will launch StartUp Weekend Berea during the spring semester. It will be an interdisciplinary event, where participants will work in teams to come up with creative solutions to challenging real-world problems, identified by students. They will develop sustainable Business Models surrounding the solution. A series of workshops will be made available for students to learn and deepen their skills. The event will be gamified to make it also a fun activity.

'''Milestones:'''

*Identity interested facilitators and meet to finalize event date (Sep 2, 2016)

*Design the workshop and action plan (Sep 15, 2016)

*Prototype Startup Weekend Berea Model (Oct 15, 2016)

*Identify organizations and request for funding (Oct 30, 2016)

*Reach out to facilitators to lead different workshops (Oct 30, 2016)

*Devise a marketing campaign (Nov 10, 2016)

== Tactics#3.4 Inter-Departmental Prototyping Challenges ==

'''Description:''' Berea College has a lot of resources relevant to Innovation and Entrepreneurship on multiple levels. The problem is that those resources are not accessible to the campus at large and only students in taking classes in these departments have access to those. The inter-departmental prototyping challenges are a way to foster cross-collaboration between departments in a fun, engaging and insightful way. 

Idea State U is a Kentucky statewide business competition to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship by rewarding student teams from the Commonwealth’s colleges and universities,  Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program sponsors selected Berea College students to participate in this state idea competition. Students are coached by the director of EPG and guided throughout the whole process. One of the major achievements of past Berea college applicants was last year when a team of two freshman and one sophomore won the third place beating MBA students. This achievement is and will always be an inspiration and empowerment.

'''Milestones:'''

*Start with identifying the problems and recognizing opportunities (early February)

*Finalize Teams (mid-February)

*Organize weekly training sessions with Faculty Sponsor (mid-February - mid-March)

*Conduct customer discovery in order to gain empathy and develop business idea and plan (mid-February - mid-March)

*Participate in Idea State U (end of March)

*Winners follow up with the angel investors (early April)

= Strategy#4 Inspire students to pursue I&E =

== Tactics#4.1 Inspirational Talks ==

'''Description:''' To encourage students to pursue entrepreneurship we plan to hold TEDxBerea starting the Fall 2016 term. This will create excitement amongst students to learn the value of the entrepreneurial mindset while helping them understand the importance of failure, design thinking and prototyping.

'''Milestones:'''

*Talk to Dean/President to get permission (April 2016)

*TEDxBerea license application (April 2016)

*Pick the event type and brainstorm ideas for the program (May 2016)

*Logistic planning and fund allocation (June 2016)

*Choose a tentative date for the event (July 2016)

*Invite speakers (July 2016)

*Branding and marketing (August - September 2016)

== Tactics#4.2 Innovation Coffee Stop ==

'''Description:''' Starting in Fall 2018 we will open a home-made, bring-your-own-mug coffee stop on campus in order to facilitate and ecourage innovation between students on campus. Being in the coffee stop will provide two major benefits to the students:

*Students can work on projects, start new projects, or get help on academic related problems fostering collaboration between majors
*We will be providing monthly events to showcase the power of ideation and innovation including prototyping challenges and pop up classes

'''Milestones:'''

*Present idea to Faculty Champion and discuss the possibility of an allocated neutral space (February 2018)
*Discuss with key head departments - Technology and Applied Design, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Business and Economics, Art (March 2018)
*Submit proposal to the Dean (March 2018)
*Identifying sponsors in the key departments (April - May 2018)
*Invite speakers for grand opening panel (July 2018)
*Plan and organize the grand opening (July - August 2018)
*Marketing efforts around campus (July - August 2018)
*Grand Opening/Panel Event (August 2018)

= Related Links =

[[Berea College]]

'''RTENOTITLE'''

 University Innovation Fellows

Spring 2016:

[[Ishwar Agarwal|Ishwar Agarwal]]

[[Bessaad Syrine]]

[[Minashsha Zareel Lamisa]]

[[Talha Rehman|Talha Rehman]]

Spring 2015:

[[Tran K. Nguyen]]

[[Dylan mullins]]

[[Jacob Heller]]

[[Eugeniu Prodan]]

[[Anthony Ayebiahwea]]

[[Robert Hosking]]

Spring 2014:

[[Ali Djire]]

[[Solomon Alolga]]

Ability Kakama

[[Category:Student Priorities|b]]

Fellow:Andreea Teban

2018-01-24T00:43:44Z

Andreeateban:

Born and raised in Romania, Andreea decided to pursue excellence in higher education in the middle of Kentucky at the historic Berea College. Currently a Junior, she is a Business Administration major with a focus on Marketing and Finance. Passionate about people, Andreea is striving to be an excellent communicator and to use her Marketing passion to elevate into the world ideas that matter.

While at Berea, Andreea had the opportunity to be part of Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (Cohort 13) and facilitate for Berea Innovation Studio, while prototyping the first innovation space at Berea. She is currently one of the 3 Social Media Associates for the college, using her passion for photography and people to convey the greater mission of Berea College across all social media platforms. One of the causes Andreea is deeply passionate about is human trafficking and the fight against political coruption in Eastern European countries.

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2018-01-24T00:41:55Z

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Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T22:04:30Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.

VentureWell's mission i<cite>s to cultivate a pipeline of inventors, innovators, and entrepreneurs driven to solve the world’s biggest challenges and to create lasting impact</cite>. They <cite>foster collaboration among the best minds from research labs, classrooms, and beyond to advance innovation and entrepreneurship education and to provide unique opportunities for STEM students and researchers to fully realize their potential to improve the world. </cite>

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship. 

= Resources =

== For Institutions ==
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.</li>
<li>'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.</li>
<li>'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.</li>
<li>'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.</li>
<li>'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.</li>
<li>'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.</li>
</ul>

== For Student Ventures ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: '''An intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 
*'''BMEidea:''' With the BMEidea competition, the nation’s leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need
*'''DEBUT: '''The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, a project that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

== Partnerships ==

*'''GIST''': VentureWell is supporting delivery of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, which empowers young innovators through networking, skills building, mentoring, and access to financing to develop startup solutions that address economic and development challenges.
*The '''I-Corps™ '''program was created by the NSF in 2011 to help move academic research it has funded to market. Through a dynamic collaboration with VentureWell, the NSF offers select participants from US academic laboratories the opportunity to participate in a special, accelerated version of Stanford University’s Lean LaunchPad course.
*'''Innovate Egypt:''' The goal of Innovate Egypt is to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the lab and into the market. The program is designed for three-person teams located in Egypt that are comprised of: a Technical Lead, an Entrepreneurial Lead, and a Business Mentor. This program is focused on Graduate Students, Faculty, or Researchers in Science and Engineering in Egypt.
*'''Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)''': Business plan competitions provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the mentorship, business development skills and training, and investor feedback to transform their clean energy ideas into impactful businesses. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Energy.

= Impact for Students and Campus =

*With VentureWell’s support, almost 600 new courses and programs have been established across 160 campuses nationwide.
*VentureWell has invested over $7.5 million in grants to over 500 student teams – and with that they’ve raised more than $620 million to launch new businesses.
*More than half of the startup ventures VentureWell invested in are still in business today, operating in over 50 countries and reaching millions of people with ground breaking innovations.

 '''2017 by the numbers:'''

*$230,000 in grants awarded to 34 E-Teams
*30 global teams attended the Xcelerator program in Nepal and Malawi
*41 GIST Boot Camp teams in Peru and Vietnam
*19 Moroccan Innovators attended the first CleanTech Innovation Chllenge
*355 total teams have been trained in their programs 
*$115 mil. in funds raised by teams 
*$363,000 awarded in grants to faculty

= Contact Information =

To connect with VentureWell with a general inquiry, [https://venturewell.org/contact-us/ click here.] For more information, visit the VentureWell's website at [https://venturewell.org/ http://venturewell.org].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:59:23Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.
<div> </div>
VentureWell's mission is ''"to support technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially beneficial innovations and businesses."''

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bUbBoGRwBEA}}

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship. 

= Resources =

== For Institutions ==
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.</li>
<li>'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.</li>
<li>'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.</li>
<li>'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.</li>
<li>'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.</li>
<li>'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.</li>
</ul>

== For Student Ventures ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: '''An intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 
*'''BMEidea:''' With the BMEidea competition, the nation’s leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need
*'''DEBUT: '''The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, a project that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

== Partnerships ==

*'''GIST''': VentureWell is supporting delivery of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, which empowers young innovators through networking, skills building, mentoring, and access to financing to develop startup solutions that address economic and development challenges.
*The '''I-Corps™ '''program was created by the NSF in 2011 to help move academic research it has funded to market. Through a dynamic collaboration with VentureWell, the NSF offers select participants from US academic laboratories the opportunity to participate in a special, accelerated version of Stanford University’s Lean LaunchPad course.
*'''Innovate Egypt:''' The goal of Innovate Egypt is to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the lab and into the market. The program is designed for three-person teams located in Egypt that are comprised of: a Technical Lead, an Entrepreneurial Lead, and a Business Mentor. This program is focused on Graduate Students, Faculty, or Researchers in Science and Engineering in Egypt.
*'''Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)''': Business plan competitions provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the mentorship, business development skills and training, and investor feedback to transform their clean energy ideas into impactful businesses. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Energy.

= Impact for Students and Campus =

*With VentureWell’s support, almost 600 new courses and programs have been established across 160 campuses nationwide.
*VentureWell has invested over $7.5 million in grants to over 500 student teams – and with that they’ve raised more than $620 million to launch new businesses.
*More than half of the startup ventures VentureWell invested in are still in business today, operating in over 50 countries and reaching millions of people with ground breaking innovations.

 '''2017 by the numbers:'''

*$230,000 in grants awarded to 34 E-Teams
*30 global teams attended the Xcelerator program in Nepal and Malawi
*41 GIST Boot Camp teams in Peru and Vietnam
*19 Moroccan Innovators attended the first CleanTech Innovation Chllenge
*355 total teams have been trained in their programs 
*$115 mil. in funds raised by teams 
*$363,000 awarded in grants to faculty

= Contact Information =

To connect with VentureWell with a general inquiry, [https://venturewell.org/contact-us/ click here.] For more information, visit the VentureWell's website at [https://venturewell.org/ http://venturewell.org].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:58:53Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.
<div> </div>
VentureWell's mission is ''"to support technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially beneficial innovations and businesses."''

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bUbBoGRwBEA}}

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship. 

= Resources =

== For Institutions ==
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.</li>
<li>'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.</li>
<li>'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.</li>
<li>'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.</li>
<li>'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.</li>
<li>'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.</li>
</ul>

== For Student Ventures ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: '''An intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 
*'''BMEidea:''' With the BMEidea competition, the nation’s leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need
*'''DEBUT: '''The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, a project that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

== Partnerships ==

*'''GIST''': VentureWell is supporting delivery of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, which empowers young innovators through networking, skills building, mentoring, and access to financing to develop startup solutions that address economic and development challenges.
*The '''I-Corps™ '''program was created by the NSF in 2011 to help move academic research it has funded to market. Through a dynamic collaboration with VentureWell, the NSF offers select participants from US academic laboratories the opportunity to participate in a special, accelerated version of Stanford University’s Lean LaunchPad course.
*'''Innovate Egypt:''' The goal of Innovate Egypt is to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the lab and into the market. The program is designed for three-person teams located in Egypt that are comprised of: a Technical Lead, an Entrepreneurial Lead, and a Business Mentor. This program is focused on Graduate Students, Faculty, or Researchers in Science and Engineering in Egypt.
*'''Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)''': Business plan competitions provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the mentorship, business development skills and training, and investor feedback to transform their clean energy ideas into impactful businesses. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Energy.

= Impact for Students and Campus =

*With VentureWell’s support, almost 600 new courses and programs have been established across 160 campuses nationwide.
*VentureWell has invested over $7.5 million in grants to over 500 student teams – and with that they’ve raised more than $620 million to launch new businesses.
*More than half of the startup ventures VentureWell invested in are still in business today, operating in over 50 countries and reaching millions of people with ground breaking innovations.

 '''2017 by the numbers:'''

*$230,000 in grants awarded to 34 E-Teams
*30 global teams attended the Xcelerator program in Nepal and Malawi
*41 GIST Boot Camp teams in Peru and Vietnam
*19 Moroccan Innovators attended the first CleanTech Innovation Chllenge
*355 total teams have been trained in their programs 
*$115 mil. in funds raised by teams 
*$363,000 awarded in grants to faculty

= Contact Information =

To connect with VentureWell with a general inquiry, [https://venturewell.org/contact-us/ click here.] For more information, visit the VentureWell's website at [https://venturewell.org/contact-us/ http://venturwell.org].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:57:08Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.
<div> </div>
VentureWell's mission is ''"to support technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially beneficial innovations and businesses."''

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bUbBoGRwBEA}}

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship. 

= Resources =

== For Institutions ==
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.</li>
<li>'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.</li>
<li>'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.</li>
<li>'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.</li>
<li>'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.</li>
<li>'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.</li>
</ul>

== For Student Ventures ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: '''An intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 
*'''BMEidea:''' With the BMEidea competition, the nation’s leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need
*'''DEBUT: '''The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, a project that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

== Partnerships ==

*'''GIST''': VentureWell is supporting delivery of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, which empowers young innovators through networking, skills building, mentoring, and access to financing to develop startup solutions that address economic and development challenges.
*The '''I-Corps™ '''program was created by the NSF in 2011 to help move academic research it has funded to market. Through a dynamic collaboration with VentureWell, the NSF offers select participants from US academic laboratories the opportunity to participate in a special, accelerated version of Stanford University’s Lean LaunchPad course.
*'''Innovate Egypt:''' The goal of Innovate Egypt is to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the lab and into the market. The program is designed for three-person teams located in Egypt that are comprised of: a Technical Lead, an Entrepreneurial Lead, and a Business Mentor. This program is focused on Graduate Students, Faculty, or Researchers in Science and Engineering in Egypt.
*'''Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)''': Business plan competitions provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the mentorship, business development skills and training, and investor feedback to transform their clean energy ideas into impactful businesses. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Energy.

= Impact for Students and Campus =

*With VentureWell’s support, almost 600 new courses and programs have been established across 160 campuses nationwide.
*VentureWell has invested over $7.5 million in grants to over 500 student teams – and with that they’ve raised more than $620 million to launch new businesses.
*More than half of the startup ventures VentureWell invested in are still in business today, operating in over 50 countries and reaching millions of people with ground breaking innovations.

 '''2017 by the numbers:'''

*$230,000 in grants awarded to 34 E-Teams
*30 global teams attended the Xcelerator program in Nepal and Malawi
*41 GIST Boot Camp teams in Peru and Vietnam
*19 Moroccan Innovators attended the first CleanTech Innovation Chllenge
*355 total teams have been trained in their programs 
*$115 mil. in funds raised by teams 
*$363,000 awarded in grants to faculty

= Contact Information =

To connect with the NCIIA with a general inquiry, [http://nciia.org/contact/General%20inquiry/General%20inquiry%20about%20NCIIA click here.] For more information, visit the NCIIA's website at [http://nciia.org/ http://nciia.org/].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:49:57Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.
<div> </div>
VentureWell's mission is ''"to support technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially beneficial innovations and businesses."''

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bUbBoGRwBEA}}

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship. 

= Resources =

== For Institutions ==
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.</li>
<li>'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.</li>
<li>'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.</li>
<li>'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.</li>
<li>'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.</li>
<li>'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.</li>
</ul>

== For Student Ventures ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: '''An intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 
*'''BMEidea:''' With the BMEidea competition, the nation’s leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need
*'''DEBUT: '''The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, a project that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

== Partnerships ==

*'''GIST''': VentureWell is supporting delivery of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, which empowers young innovators through networking, skills building, mentoring, and access to financing to develop startup solutions that address economic and development challenges.
*The '''I-Corps™ '''program was created by the NSF in 2011 to help move academic research it has funded to market. Through a dynamic collaboration with VentureWell, the NSF offers select participants from US academic laboratories the opportunity to participate in a special, accelerated version of Stanford University’s Lean LaunchPad course.
*'''Innovate Egypt:''' The goal of Innovate Egypt is to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the lab and into the market. The program is designed for three-person teams located in Egypt that are comprised of: a Technical Lead, an Entrepreneurial Lead, and a Business Mentor. This program is focused on Graduate Students, Faculty, or Researchers in Science and Engineering in Egypt.
*'''Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)''': Business plan competitions provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the mentorship, business development skills and training, and investor feedback to transform their clean energy ideas into impactful businesses. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Energy.

= Impact for Students and Campus =

'''Since 1995 the NCIIA has:'''

*Funded 341 experiential courses and programs at hundreds of institutions throughout the United States
*Funded 465 E-Team (innovative product development) projects that have resulted in more than 180 new businesses
*These businesses have leveraged more than $365 million in additional funding
*Engaged 2,000 students via E-Teams
*Partnered with government agencies and corporates to advance our mission
*Gained significant coverage from national media outlets and specialty outlets

 '''2011-12 by the numbers:'''

*23 Course and Programs grants awarded ($606,640)
*37 Advanced E-Team grants awarded ($544,623)
*11 Sustainable Vision grants awarded ($446,774)
*$1,598,037 total grants awarded

= Contact Information =

To connect with the NCIIA with a general inquiry, [http://nciia.org/contact/General%20inquiry/General%20inquiry%20about%20NCIIA click here.] For more information, visit the NCIIA's website at [http://nciia.org/ http://nciia.org/].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:49:24Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.
<div> </div>
VentureWell's mission is ''"to support technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially beneficial innovations and businesses."''

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bUbBoGRwBEA}}

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship. 

= Resources =

== For Institutions: ==
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.</li>
<li>'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.</li>
<li>'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.</li>
<li>'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.</li>
<li>'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.</li>
<li>'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.</li>
</ul>

== For Student Ventures: ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: '''An intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 
*'''BMEidea:''' With the BMEidea competition, the nation’s leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need
*'''DEBUT: '''The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, a project that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

== Partnerships: ==

*'''GIST''': VentureWell is supporting delivery of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, which empowers young innovators through networking, skills building, mentoring, and access to financing to develop startup solutions that address economic and development challenges.
*The '''I-Corps™ '''program was created by the NSF in 2011 to help move academic research it has funded to market. Through a dynamic collaboration with VentureWell, the NSF offers select participants from US academic laboratories the opportunity to participate in a special, accelerated version of Stanford University’s Lean LaunchPad course.
*'''Innovate Egypt:''' The goal of Innovate Egypt is to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the lab and into the market. The program is designed for three-person teams located in Egypt that are comprised of: a Technical Lead, an Entrepreneurial Lead, and a Business Mentor. This program is focused on Graduate Students, Faculty, or Researchers in Science and Engineering in Egypt.
*'''Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)''': Business plan competitions provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the mentorship, business development skills and training, and investor feedback to transform their clean energy ideas into impactful businesses. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Energy.

= Impact for Students and Campus =

'''Since 1995 the NCIIA has:'''

*Funded 341 experiential courses and programs at hundreds of institutions throughout the United States
*Funded 465 E-Team (innovative product development) projects that have resulted in more than 180 new businesses
*These businesses have leveraged more than $365 million in additional funding
*Engaged 2,000 students via E-Teams
*Partnered with government agencies and corporates to advance our mission
*Gained significant coverage from national media outlets and specialty outlets

 '''2011-12 by the numbers:'''

*23 Course and Programs grants awarded ($606,640)
*37 Advanced E-Team grants awarded ($544,623)
*11 Sustainable Vision grants awarded ($446,774)
*$1,598,037 total grants awarded

= Contact Information =

To connect with the NCIIA with a general inquiry, [http://nciia.org/contact/General%20inquiry/General%20inquiry%20about%20NCIIA click here.] For more information, visit the NCIIA's website at [http://nciia.org/ http://nciia.org/].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:48:33Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.
<div> </div>
VentureWell's mission is ''"to support technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially beneficial innovations and businesses."''

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bUbBoGRwBEA}}

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship education training and networking.

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= Resources =

== For Institutions: ==
<ul style="list-style-type:square;">
<li>'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.</li>
<li>'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.</li>
<li>'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.</li>
<li>'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.</li>
<li>'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.</li>
<li>'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.</li>
</ul>

== For Student Ventures: ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: '''An intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 
*'''BMEidea:''' With the BMEidea competition, the nation’s leading competition for biomedical and bioengineering students, we challenge students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need
*'''DEBUT: '''The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) and VentureWell support the Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) challenge, a project that recognizes undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation. DEBUT challenges teams of students in undergraduate biomedical education to solve real world problems in healthcare. Prizes of up to $20,000 will be awarded.

== Partnerships: ==

*'''GIST''': VentureWell is supporting delivery of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Innovation through Science and Technology (GIST) initiative, which empowers young innovators through networking, skills building, mentoring, and access to financing to develop startup solutions that address economic and development challenges.
*The '''I-Corps™ '''program was created by the NSF in 2011 to help move academic research it has funded to market. Through a dynamic collaboration with VentureWell, the NSF offers select participants from US academic laboratories the opportunity to participate in a special, accelerated version of Stanford University’s Lean LaunchPad course.
*'''Innovate Egypt:''' The goal of Innovate Egypt is to provide innovators with the training, mentoring, and resources they need to bring their ideas out of the lab and into the market. The program is designed for three-person teams located in Egypt that are comprised of: a Technical Lead, an Entrepreneurial Lead, and a Business Mentor. This program is focused on Graduate Students, Faculty, or Researchers in Science and Engineering in Egypt.
*'''Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)''': Business plan competitions provide aspiring student entrepreneurs with the mentorship, business development skills and training, and investor feedback to transform their clean energy ideas into impactful businesses. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Energy.

= Impact for Students and Campus =

'''Since 1995 the NCIIA has:'''

*Funded 341 experiential courses and programs at hundreds of institutions throughout the United States
*Funded 465 E-Team (innovative product development) projects that have resulted in more than 180 new businesses
*These businesses have leveraged more than $365 million in additional funding
*Engaged 2,000 students via E-Teams
*Partnered with government agencies and corporates to advance our mission
*Gained significant coverage from national media outlets and specialty outlets

 '''2011-12 by the numbers:'''

*23 Course and Programs grants awarded ($606,640)
*37 Advanced E-Team grants awarded ($544,623)
*11 Sustainable Vision grants awarded ($446,774)
*$1,598,037 total grants awarded

= Contact Information =

To connect with the NCIIA with a general inquiry, [http://nciia.org/contact/General%20inquiry/General%20inquiry%20about%20NCIIA click here.] For more information, visit the NCIIA's website at [http://nciia.org/ http://nciia.org/].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:36:38Z

Andreeateban:

= Overview =

Founded in 1995, VentureWell (originally called the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, or NCIIA) with support from The Lemelson Foundation, founded by prolific independent U.S. inventor Jerome Lemelson had from its beginnings invention at its heart. Lemelson, a man who believed that invention was essential to American economic success and vitality, envisioned a program that would foster the next generation of collegiate inventors and help them bring their ideas to impact.
<div> </div>
VentureWell's mission is ''"to support technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially beneficial innovations and businesses."''

{{#Widget:Youtube|id=bUbBoGRwBEA}}

With a growing membership of more than 200 colleges and universities from all over the United States, VentureWell engages more than 5,000 student and faculty innovators and entrepreneurs each year, helping them to bring their concepts to commercialization.

VentureWell ‘pipeline’ provides nascent student start-ups with early stage funding, helps with business strategy development, mentoring and investment. VentureWell provides faculty with funding for courses and programs in technology entrepreneurship, opportunities for recognition and entrepreneurship education training and networking.

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= Resources =

== For Institutions: ==

*'''University Innovation Fellows:''' Leadership training for students focused on expanding the entrepreneurship ecosystem on campus.
*'''Course & Program Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs that support the development of market-driven, technology-based inventions and innovations.
*'''Sustainable Vision Grants:''' $50,000 for courses or programs in which breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.
*'''OPEN Conference:''' Annual convening of faculty and students focused on expanding entrepreneurship and innovation in STEM and Engineering disciplines within academia.
*'''Lean Launchpad Educators Training:''' Training for faculty to integrate customer and business model development techniques into entrepreneurship education.
*'''Research to Innovation:''' Training for research scientists to adopt skills for translating research into commercially valuable innovation.

== For Student Ventures: ==

*'''E-Team Program:''' The E-Team Program provides funding, immersive workshops, and specialized coaching to student STEM innovators to help them move their inventions into the marketplace. Up to $25,000 funding per team. 
*'''Xcelerator Program''': Part of the VentureWell pipeline that cultivates creators and entrepreneurs who can turn ideas into successful commercial products, The eight-month program provides necessary knowledge and skills, networking/partnership opportunities and coaching/mentoring to help innovators introduce products and services to target markets.
*'''ASPIRE: A'''n intensive week-long workshop that prepares startups for the investments and partnerships necessary to launch their ventures. 

= Impact for Students and Campus =

'''Since 1995 the NCIIA has:'''

*Funded 341 experiential courses and programs at hundreds of institutions throughout the United States
*Funded 465 E-Team (innovative product development) projects that have resulted in more than 180 new businesses
*These businesses have leveraged more than $365 million in additional funding
*Engaged 2,000 students via E-Teams
*Partnered with government agencies and corporates to advance our mission
*Gained significant coverage from national media outlets and specialty outlets

 '''2011-12 by the numbers:'''

*23 Course and Programs grants awarded ($606,640)
*37 Advanced E-Team grants awarded ($544,623)
*11 Sustainable Vision grants awarded ($446,774)
*$1,598,037 total grants awarded

= Contact Information =

To connect with the NCIIA with a general inquiry, [http://nciia.org/contact/General%20inquiry/General%20inquiry%20about%20NCIIA click here.] For more information, visit the NCIIA's website at [http://nciia.org/ http://nciia.org/].

[[Category:Resources]]

Organization:VentureWell (formerly NCIIA)

2018-01-22T21:11:04Z

Andreeateban: