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== '''Overview  =''' =

<span style="font-size: medium;">Florida International University (FIU) is a public research institution that was founded in 1972. There are around 54000 54,000 enrolled undergraduate students and more than half of them are Hispanic. FIU uses the semester base academic system. The current tuition rate are $6000 for in-state and around $19000 for out-of-state. The university is in an urban setting offering many opportunities for students to find jobs quickly after obtaining their degree. FIU has two main campuses; the Modesto A. Maidique Campus in West Miami-Dade County and the Biscayne Bay Campus in North Miami. There is also the Engineering Center where all engineering majors take classes. The total endowment for the year of 2013 was $234,364,817.&nbsp;</span>

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== Discover '''Promoting student Innovation and & Entrepreneurship (I&E) =''' =

='''Regional and local development efforts''' = '''<span style="font-size:medium;">Life Sciences South Florida</span>''' '''<span style= <u"font-size:medium;">Internships[[File:LSSF.jpg]]</uspan> ===='''   Inspired by the success of several regional economic development partners/clusters, such as the Silicon Valley in California, the Florida High Tech Corridor in Central Florida, and the Research Triangle in North Carolina. The Life Sciences South Florida (LSSF) looks to get involved in a similar manner. LSSF collaborates with regional, state, national and international governments, to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. It mainly focuses on biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, and information technology. Below you can visit their webpage.&nbsp;

[http://lifesciencessf.org/ http://lifesciencessf.org/] = '''Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration''' = <span style="font-size:medium;"><u>The Industrial Advisory Board</u> serves as a mediator between the current local, and state industries and the university. It has a crucial role of focusing the current university’s research and tailor it to the needs of the industry. This board produces significant impact on the design of the current university programs, students training and placement, research collaboration and funding. &nbsp;</span> <u>'''<span style="font-size: medium;">Career fairs</span>'''</u> <span style="font-size:medium;">Career fairs offered on campus are a great way for students to get involved directly in the market - industry and gain valuable knowledge. These opportunities also provide ways for the industry to get involved in the university and perhaps increase innovation on campus. These are some of the tools that FIU students may use to obtain such internships:</span>

== Mentoring & Advisory ='''Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship''' =

<span style="font-size:medium;">FIU &nbsp;faculty as well as students and faculty looking for help and advisory in protection of intellectual property or patenting their innovative projects may turn to one of these offices or workshop:</span>

*<span style="font-size:medium;">Technology Management and Commercialization*</span>

 <span style="font-size:medium;">*The Office of Research FIU’s Pino Global Entrepreneurship Center hosts the Entrepreneurship Workshop Series to&nbsp;<br/>deliver real world knowledge and Economic Development handles all patent related issues, regarding filling them and creating them encourage faculty as well as work on the intellectual property protection students towards innovation and marketability adviceentrepreneurship.Aside from these tools there is really not many other events that encourage faculty and student I&E on campus</span>

== Landscape Canvas ='''University Technology Transfer Function'''<br/> =

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helveticasans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;"><u>The Technology Management and Commercializationn within the Office of Research and Economic Development</u> is primarily responsible for the evaluation and management of inventions,</span>invention disclosures<span style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px;">Here is &nbsp;and the link to overall patenting process for FIU innovations. The unit manages the Florida International University Landscape Canvasevaluation of disclosed technology through assessment of patentability, economic value, and other factors that could affect its commercialization. There you will find all The unit also handles the individual links negotiations and people to contact in case you are looking for more information regarding any licensing of FIU innovations. Additionally, the Office works with the above mentioned University community to foster collaboration with industry with particular focus on promoting research, student research opportunities, and economic development.You can visit their webpage here,&nbsp;</span>[http://research.fiu.edu/dor/pages/otmc.html http://research.fiu.edu/dor/pages/otmc.html]</span>[[File:FIU Seal.jpg|border|FIU Seal.jpg]]

<span style="font-size:medium;">[https://docs.google.com/a/fiu.edu/spreadsheets/d/1CTQBuPgm4gvsYg1eUnc0P__jyEJh2ZArw-BXPTvEO0Y/edit#gid'''Landscape Canvas''' =0 https://docs.google.com/a/fiu.edu/spreadsheets/d/1CTQBuPgm4gvsYg1eUnc0P__jyEJh2ZArw-BXPTvEO0Y/edit#gid=0]</span>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style= "font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the Florida International University Landscape Canvas. Here you will find all the individual links and people to contact in case you are looking for more information regarding any of the above mentioned opportunities. This document serves as a map that can be used to navigate between all the resources available in FIU.&nbsp;</span></span> {{#widget:Google Spreadsheet|key=1CTQBuPgm4gvsYg1eUnc0P__jyEJh2ZArw-BXPTvEO0Y|width=1300|height=700}} = '''Reference Links =''' =

<span style="font-size:medium;">'''Landscape Canvas(direct link)'''</span>&nbsp;=&nbsp;<span style="font-size:medium;">[https://docs.google.com/a/fiu.edu/spreadsheets/d/1CTQBuPgm4gvsYg1eUnc0P__jyEJh2ZArw-BXPTvEO0Y/edit#gid=0 https://docs.google.com/a/fiu.edu/spreadsheets/d/1CTQBuPgm4gvsYg1eUnc0P__jyEJh2ZArw-BXPTvEO0Y/edit#gid=0]</span>