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The [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ <u>The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship</u> ] provides undergraduate and graduate certificates for entrepreneurship.&nbsp;Unfortunately, the undergraduate certificate is limited to undergraduate students in Mays Business School. Only the graduate certificate is available to students across colleges. The Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, however, does&nbsp;support student entrepreneurship as well as faculty and the local community with competitions and lecture series to inspire and educate across campus. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]] Some of its popular programs include:

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[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator <u>Startup Aggieland</u> ] is a brand new student incubator designed to provide students who have launch-ready concepts with the opportunity to receive co-working spaces, mentors, and a supportive community.&nbsp; They lack laboratories, equipment, and funding. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/accelerator/]]&nbsp;

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[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html <u>Aggies in Business (AiB)</u> ] is another brand new program that provides business consulting for local businesses, and enables students to be employed by the university to perform this consulting work.&nbsp; The student employees are overseen by leadership.&nbsp; [[http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html http://www.txaib.org/images/txaib/pages/aib_consulting.html]]

   [[File:Tamuhack.jpg|thumb|]] <u>[https://engineering.tamu.edu/aggiesinvent Aggies Invent]&nbsp;</u>is a monthly,&nbsp;48 hour&nbsp;intensive design experience offered at the Engineering Innovation Center (EIC), a 20,000 square foot rapid prototyping lab. The format of the experience is to engage 60 or more students in multidiscipline/multi-level teams in&nbsp;hands on&nbsp;projects that will push their innovation, creativity, and communication skills. Each event will have a specific theme and will be designed in collaboration with industry and faculty. At the final presentations, Aggies Invent teams will compete for cash awards. 1st place - $1,000, 2nd place - $750, and 3rd place - $500 per team. The end goal is to provide students the opportunity to acquire skills essential to becoming successful innovation leaders and support them in founding startup companies. [http://tamuhack.com/ TAMUHack 2016]&nbsp;is the official&nbsp;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon hackathon]&nbsp;of the university, where 700 students across the world get together on our campus to build amazing products quickly and intelligently. TAMUHack brings relevant industrial partners such as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Rackspace to connect with our students and helps them to meet the needs of&nbsp;a world&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;incessantly expanding. This event particularly allows the students to exercise their sense of entrepreneurship and innovation by rapidly developing solutions to modern problems in an efficient&nbsp;manner,&nbsp;and also helps our students to learn to work with a diverse set of team members. Additionally, this event exposes our students to the rapid construction/deployment framework, such as&nbsp;[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development agile development], that is one of the hallmarks of modernly relevant powerhouses in&nbsp;tech&nbsp;such as Square, Uber, Facebook, AirBnB, and others. [[File:14560175 886476334817112 3754447765034671670 o.jpg|thumb|Student from Texas A&M University and University of Texas, Austin working together14560175 886476334817112 3754447765034671670 o.jpg]]

The [http://vpr.tamu.edu/about <u>The Division of Research</u> ] at A&M is a library of resources in the university and surrounding network.&nbsp; They accept grant proposals and funnel research opportunities to the correct institutions (most of which are listed under Entrepreneurship and Funding Resources).&nbsp; [[http://vpr.tamu.edu/about http://vpr.tamu.edu/about]]

<u>[https://engineering.tamu.edu/easa/areas/enrichment/aggie-challenge The Aggi-E Challenge Program]</u>&nbsp;is a program designed to actively engage engineering undergraduate students with multidisciplinary team projects related to the engineering challenges facing our society. The grand challenges include, but are not limited to, the 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering (articulated by the National Academy of Engineering), the 14 Grand Challenges for Global Health (articulated by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), and Engineering World Health: Projects That Matter. The program provides engineering undergraduates with opportunities to engage in multidisciplinary team projects addressing elements of some of the most important engineering challenges. Since fall 2012, more than 680 students have participated in the AggiE_Challenge program. [https://engineering.tamu.edu/programs/gcsp <u>The Grand Challenges Scholars Program</u>]&nbsp;(GCSP) is a selective, three-year program that will attract, retain, and graduate future leaders who are equipped to solve engineering grand challenges facing our society today and in the future. The Grand Challenge Scholar (GCS) will achieve in-depth understanding of their technical areas in the context of research related to a Grand Challenge problem while also gaining interdisciplinary, entrepreneurial, global, and service learning expertise and experiences. Grand Challenge Scholars will be prepared to be global leaders, in all sectors: academe, government, and industry. The program assists proactive and dedicated students to hone their academic aptitude into producing solutions to modern engineering problems. [http://otc.tamu.edu/ <u>The Texas A&M Office of Technology Commercialization</u> ] identifies and supports the transition of academic research into a monetized product by linking researchers with entrepreneurs and investors.&nbsp; Businesses are spin-outs of the A&M System research and licensed through A&M. [[http://otc.tamu.edu/ http://otc.tamu.edu/]]

  [http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ <u>Texas A&M AgriLife Research</u> ] is a hub for agricultural entrepreneurs.&nbsp; They have existing relationships with sponsors in order to quickly develop startups where researchers can remain scientists and hand over project management to a sponsor.&nbsp; [[http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/ http://agriliferesearch.tamu.edu/corporaterelations/about-corporate-relations/]]

<br/>[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ <u>Texas A&M Transport Institution</u> ] provides networking for innovators to research institutions regarding the transportation profession as a whole, including construction and safety. [[http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/ http://tti.tamu.edu/group/tog/]]&nbsp;

[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ <u>Research Valley</u> ] is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.&nbsp; [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ <u>Research Valley</u> ] is a hub that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry. They are built on strong industry relationships that enables enable&nbsp;the quick move to industry.&nbsp; [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]]

The [http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ <u>The Mays Business School Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship</u> ] has an advisory council built from industry leaders, including leaders in finance, construction, banking, law, technology, and marketing. Additionally, they have strong relationships with local I&E institutions in the local community and the&nbsp;state of Texas. [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/about/advisory-council/]]&nbsp;

The [http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa <u>The Dwight D. Look College of Engineering</u> ]&nbsp;within the university supports and fosters industry and nonprofit relationships within the realm of engineering.&nbsp; In addition, the individual departments within the school have close ties with industry leaders and a campus presence from representatives of those businesses.&nbsp; [[http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa http://engineering.tamu.edu/contact/easa]]

Texas A&M University has a relationship with a number of local institutions that are fostering local entrepreneurs and innovators. <u>Research Valley</u> is a&nbsp;hub&nbsp;that provides support to early stage startups as well as networking to quickly bring startups and technology ventures to the industry.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.&nbsp; <u>CNVE</u> has ties with <u>Research Valley</u>’s leadership.&nbsp; [[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/]] <u>BCS Chamber</u> is the local chamber of commerce.&nbsp; The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the local community.&nbsp; <u>CNVE</u> is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from <u>Startup Aggieland</u>) as members. [[http://www.bcschamber.org/ http://www.bcschamber.org/]]&nbsp;

The [http://hackdfw.com <u>May’s Business School Center for New Ventures and EntrepreneurshipHackDFW</u> provides programs for ] is the sister organization to TAMUHack and sponsors the event by connecting our thinkers and builders with a myriad of diverse students and faculty, but also opens access to the doors of their lectures DFW area's most competitive tech companies, and programs connecting the Texas regional hackathons together in order to members of the local community (see [http://cnveincrease participation and competitiveness.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]). [[http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/]]&nbsp;

The [http://binaryspace.co/ <u>Aggie 100Binary Space</u> recognizes ] is a professional workspace & community for entrepreneurs, creatives, and celebrates the top 100 fastest growing Aggie-owned or Aggiego-led businesses getters in the worldcore of Downtown Bryan, Texas.&nbsp; The annual gathering hosts nearly Their vision as a thousand attendeesdiverse community of goofy, and aims creative individuals, is to pass the successes equip, collaborate, and strategies of the top businesses to the next generation of Aggie entrepreneursmotivate each other in a holistic environment. [[http://www.aggie100.com/ http://www.aggie100.com/]]&nbsp;

[http://researchvalley.org/who-we-are/ <u>Texas A&M AgriLife ResearchValley</u> ] is a&nbsp;hub&nbsp;that provides a community development program support to early stage startups as well as networking to provide technical assistance, grants, quickly bring startups and workshops technology ventures to communities to strengthen the foundation for economic developmentindustry.&nbsp; [[http://communities&nbsp; They are built on strong industry relationships that enables the quick move to industry.tamu.edu&nbsp; <u>CNVE</ http:u> has ties with <u>Research Valley<//communities.tamuu>’s leadership.edu/]]&nbsp;

[http://www.bcschamber.org/ <u>Texas A&M Engineering Experiment StationBCS Chamber</u> provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all ] is the other research-capable universities local chamber of commerce.&nbsp; The BCS Chamber is unique in its very strong commitment and involvement in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunitieslocal community.&nbsp; [[http:<u>CNVE</u> is developing a stronger relationship with the chamber, the first steps being induction of several student startups (primarily from <u>Startup Aggieland</teesu>) as members.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/]]&nbsp;

*Grants provided [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ <u>The May’s Business School Center for**3 school districts**1 New Ventures and Entrepreneurship</u>] provides programs for students and faculty, but also opens the doors of their lectures and programs to members of the local community center**4 hospitals(see [http://cnve.tamu.edu/programs/ebv/ Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans]).&nbsp;

=== [http://tees.tamu.edu/about/rpc/ <u>Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station<br/u> ===] provides networking to all Texans to find a research partner, including all the other research-capable universities in the state, and to pursue higher research opportunities.&nbsp;Grants provided for 3 school districts, 1 community center, and 4 hospitals.&nbsp;

a. Canvas from the Fall 2016 University Innovation Fellows [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9fjAcExTxNoLWpZdTdTZ0NZMVU F][https://drivedocs.google.&lt;wbr&gt;com/openspreadsheets/d/1qa6gNU7XoOp4aswj1ZLC_I8Rmc29A5yzMurlh2L4OEE/edit?idusp=&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;sharing all 2016 Canvas]

= Landscape Presentation =

a[https://docs. google.com/presentation/d/1guZPj9TNkbHlm4i9gQLGil3IpHG-RQ6VR6lOVKxDW5M/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 Fall 2016 Landscape Presentation Fall 2015 University Innovation Fellows]&nbsp;

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