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= <span style="font-size:smaller;">Overview – University of the People <sup>7</sup></span> =
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill is an original member of “The Triangle,” a group of three universities—North Carolina State University, Duke University, </span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905a-5574-ae7d-1c55d79a87a2"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:smaller;">University </span></span></span><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of North Carolina at Chapel Hill—whose Hill.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The research facilities of these universities </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the educated workforce they provide have historically served as a major attraction for businesses located in and around the region, which came to be known in the 1950s as the Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Currently, the entrepreneurship program at UNC, Chapel Hill is driven by </span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chancellor Folt and Interim Vice Chancellor of Commercialization and Economic Development Judith Cone. Judith Cone was invited to campus in 2010 by our previous Chancellor Holden Thorp, an academician, NACIE member, former entrepreneur Thorpe to create and lead the I&E programming at UNC. Chancellor Thorpe and venture capitalist, who has coJudith Cone assembled the Chancellor’s Innovation Circle--written a book, ''Engines this group along with the Faculty Working Group and the Chancellor’s Student Innovation Team launched what would be an era of Innovation'', about exploration and discovery for UNC’s innovation on university campusescommunity. Even so, before the UNC Chapel Hill community believes that what sets their school apart from others is that “it is, as it was meant university understood it’s potential to bean Innovation Hub, it prided itself on being “</span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the University of the peoplepeople” which now we have discovered to be our key differentiator, both as</span></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905a-5574-ae7d-1c55d79a87a2"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size:smaller;">an university</span></span></span><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and an innovation hub.”</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905a-5574-ae7d-1c55d79a87a2"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The “University of the People” ethos also extends to the current structure of the entrepreneurship programs at UNC, Chapel Hill. Entrepreneurship has moved from the exclusive domains of the business and engineering schools to the people, as the university moves to institutionalize a campus-wide culture of entrepreneurship.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905a-5574-ae7d-1c55d79a87a2"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Along with the students, the faculty is also encouraged to think entrepreneurially. An Since the early days of our I&E ecosystem, an invitation only faculty boot camp sponsored by the Chancellor affords 20 faculty members (at a time) the opportunity to develop their business ideas. Support services include assistance with business plans and workshops. Students are also given opportunities to translate their entrepreneurial plans into viable commercial ventures.</span></span></span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;">'''The Office of Technology Development (OTD)Center for Entrepreneurial Studies ''' at the Kenan-Flagler Business School is UNC, Chapel Hill’s technology transfer officeflagship entrepreneurial program. OTD advances UNCThe Center offers staff, Chapel Hill’s mission to encourage innovation and disseminate knowledge. Principallyfaculty, the OTD serves the UNC Chapel Hill community and especially students the public by licensing innovations developed by faculty, students resources to identify and staffevaluate valuable entrepreneurial opportunities.</span>
<span style="font-size:smaller;">In addition to encouraging university wide entrepreneurial culture, UNC, Chapel Hill believes there is still a strong role for the government in promoting innovation and commercialization at the nation’s universities. This role includes increasing funding for proof-of-concept centers, instituting further patent reform, and revising immigration law to make it easier for American companies to hire bright American university trained immigrant students.</span> <span style="font-size:smaller;">UNC Chapel Hill also welcome and value OIE’s deep dives on university innovation and commercialization. And to realize its commitment to the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university innovation and commercialization letter, UNC, Chapel Hill has adopted the following strategies:</span> = Innovate Carolina = <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9058-83ab-447e-1ca36bf2e29d" style="line-height: 1.2;"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (Innovate Carolina) serves as the strategic center for coordinating and supporting entrepreneurial development at the University. Innovate Carolina functions as the hub of the ecosystem with the various student groups, departments and faculty groups acting as spokes. Five years ago when the innovation efforts were formally launched, Innovate Carolina, with the help of faculty, students and staff, drafted the [http://innovate.unc.edu/site/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Innovate_at_Carolina_Roadmap.pdf Innovation Roadmap]</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.2;">. The 5-year roadmap outlines UNC’s approach towards building an innovation ecosystem and for continually monitoring and updating it. This year (2015) marked the end of the 5-year plan and as a culmination Innovate Carolina in partnership with Chancellor Folt hosted the Innovation Summit. The Innovation Summit was a 2-day event that brought together 100 stakeholders (administrators, students, faculty, alumni, </span>investors<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.2;">and legislators) to reflect on the progress of our I&E ecosystem and our priorities moving forward.</span> <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Innovation Summit marks the beginning of a new 5-year plan that will be assembled by students, faculty and Innovate Carolina to lay out the ambitions moving forward for UNC-CH I&E ecosystem. So far, the following 6 themes have been identified and these will act as the framework for the rest of the report.</span></span><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teach the skills and build the mindset: How will we elevate UNC’s formal and informal teaching of the skills and mindset necessary in the 21st-century innovation economy and reach even more people?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Build the foundational elements: How can we support and expand the areas of Applied Physical Sciences (APS), Biomedical Engineering (BME), Data Studies, Computer Science, and the new maker space (known as BeAM) to strengthen the building blocks of innovation?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Translate ideas to impact: What is needed to adequately guide and support people as they move ideas to impact?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Provide spaces of I&E: Where can we expand existing and create new spaces on or adjacent to UNC’s campus that support the full innovation process?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Involve mentors and experts: How can we effectively recruit and integrate successful entrepreneurs, experts and advisors into our work?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fund high-potential ideas and the work for the I&E network: What funding do we need to accelerate innovative ideas and sustain the work of the distributed Network?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-9059-ce88-30fc-371a92d6a637"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Evaluate and communicate the impact: How can we evaluate and more effectively convey the collective story of I&E impact both on and off campus?</span></span></li></ol> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.2;"></span> = Chancellor's Student Innovation Team = <span><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; white-space: pre-wrap; line-height: 1.2;">The Chancellor’s Student Innovation Team (CSIT) was launched by Shruti Shah concurrently with the Chancellor Thorpe’s Innovation Circle in 2010. The goal of this team was to contribute the student priorities into the Innovation Roadmap. This group, made up of 33 exceptional student leaders, quickly evolved into a force of change that shaped the student innovation ecosystem. Carolina Creates, a student idea incubator, TedxUNC, the Kairos Chapter at UNC and much of the programming of the Entrepreneurship Minor all came out of this group. However, the most important contribution of this team of students was creating a campus wide awareness of entrepreneurship and its potential. Over the past few years this group has been a forum for student leaders to discuss how to change the administrative policies to make UNC a better launchpad for student entrepreneurs. However, in 2014 the group was rebooted with a vision to be more of an action-oriented group rather than policy-discussion oriented group. This group is now made up of 40 student leaders who are focused on answering and acting on big questions at UNC such as:</span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do we create a more inclusive I&E ecosystem?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Should UNC focus on launching entrepreneurs or focus on ensuring all graduates leave with a sound understanding of the entrepreneurial frameworks?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do we increase early stage ideation on campus?</span></span></li></ul> <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This group tackles 4-5 strategic projects that address specific needs of students. CSIT played a major role in executing the Innovation Summit this October and will continue to be a leader in bringing together and advocating for the student innovation community.</span></span> = <span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Chancellor’s Student Innovation Team (CSIT) was launched by Shruti Shah concurrently with the Chancellor Thorpe’s Innovation Circle in 2010. The goal of this team was to contribute the student priorities into the Innovation Roadmap. This group, made up of 33 exceptional student leaders, quickly evolved into a force of change that shaped the student innovation ecosystem. Carolina Creates, a student idea incubator, TedxUNC, the Kairos Chapter at UNC and much of the programming of the Entrepreneurship Minor all came out of this group. However, the most important contribution of this team of students was creating a campus wide awareness of entrepreneurship and its potential. Over the past few years this group has been a forum for student leaders to discuss how to change the administrative policies to make UNC a better launchpad for student entrepreneurs. However, in 2014 the group was rebooted with a vision to be more of an action-oriented group rather than policy-discussion oriented group. This group is now made up of 40 student leaders who are focused on answering and acting on big questions at UNC such as:</span></span><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do we create a more inclusive I&E ecosystem?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Should UNC focus on launching entrepreneurs or focus on ensuring all graduates leave with a sound understanding of the entrepreneurial frameworks?</span></span></li><li><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How do we increase early stage ideation on campus?</span></span></li></ul><span id="docs-internal-guid-ba375197-905b-e28e-57cd-f299822be54b"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This group tackles 4-5 strategic projects that address specific needs of students. CSIT played a major role in executing the Innovation Summit this October and will continue to be a leader in bringing together and advocating for the student innovation community.</span></span> =
= Student Entrepreneurship =
<li>The Gillings School of Global Public Health established a $50 million fund with a gift from Dennis and Joan Gillings to anticipate emerging public health challenges, accelerate solutions, and improve people’s lives across the state and the world.</li>
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== UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Office of Entrepreneurial Development and Global Engagement (EDGE) ==
The Office of Entrepreneurial Development and Global Engagement (EDGE) facilitates the School's development of entrepreneurial and global initiatives to address unmet needs in human health nationally and internationally.
Their mission is supported by:
*Cultivating strategic international collaborations around pharmacy education, practice and research
*Enabling global education and service learning opportunities that promote professional development
*Developing and sustaining external relationships within the R&D community
*Enhancing intellectual property development and start-up formation to improve economic growth
=== EDGE Fellowships ===
==== Innovation and Entrepreneurship Fellow ====
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<li>The I&E Fellow program is an two year position for graduate students and/or post-doctoral fellows who wish to learn more about intellectual property and technology commercialization. </li>
</ul>
==== Global Engagement Fellow ====
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<li>The GE Fellow program is a two year position that aims to expand the School's excellence in pharmacy education, practice, and research worldwide. This aspiration is achieved through the engagement of our faculty, students, and staff in global activities and through the collaboration with other UNC health science schools.</li>
</ul>
=== EDGE Opportunities ===
EDGE sponsors two business consulting internships for graduate and professional students every summer. Students get to work with local companies in the pharmaceutical field that are in need of help commercializing their venture.
= University-Industry Collaboration =
*Is innovation an integral part of UNC Chapel Hill’s institutional culture?
**The [http://innovate.unc.edu/ Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship] is a campus-wide initiative to promote this culture change.
*Why is it important? And how does it influence entrepreneurship and tech transfer?
**Ideas aren't born in a vacuum. It is rare for a good idea to meet a driven person and see that to fruition. It's important to bring those resources together to facilitate their ideation and development.
*How do you envision your program in the future?
*What *The program is your vision for each on the verge of exponential growth. Innovation is springing up around the case study’s bucket?university, but collaboration and communication remains to be developed.
*How does your institution leverage (or intend to leverage) geographic endowment?
**Close connections with Research Triangle Park, budding developments with public-private partnerships, and collaborations with neighboring University entrepreneurship initiatives
*Are your entrepreneurship and tech transfer programs integrated?
= Conclusion =
UNC, Chapel Hill appears to have on-going initiatives in all areas of its commitment to initiate and expand technology commercialization processes, encourage entrepreneurship, and institute policies and programs that support regional economic development. However, there does not appear to be a formal collaborative relationship between the various initiatives in OTD and the Center for Entrepreneurial studies.
Even so, a central challenge for UNC Chapel Hill would be how to better leverage its geographic and human capital endowments. The region’s Research Triangle Park (RTP) offers robust high-tech research and development centers that serve as incubators for new ideas, as well as opportunities for entrepreneurial faculty and students to gain invaluable practical experience. UNC Chapel Hill should also continue to better cultivate and leverage the financial and professional support of successful alumni, entrepreneurs, and investors to provide a sustainable source of funding for innovative commercialization and entrepreneurship programs, as well as guidance to help it reach the market place.
The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship thanks UNC, Chapel Hill’s assistance with this case study, and looks forward to a continued close and collaborative relationship in building America’s innovation infrastructure.
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<sup>7 </sup>Comments by: Judith Cone, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Charles Kuralt, at the UNC Bicentennial in 1993:
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Source: "The Center for Innovative and Entrepreneurial StudiesUniversity:</div><div id="edn4"></div><div id="edn5">Programs:</div><div id="edn6">PE-HUB:</div><div id="edn7">Ibid</div><div id="edn8">Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Concentration:</div><div id=in Focus"edn9">Launch the Venture:</div><div id="edn10">Technology Transfer Overview:</div><div id="edn11">CED:</div><div id="edn12"></div><div id="edn13">SBTDC:</div><div id="edn14">NCI, Department of Commerce, October 2013.D.E.A:</div><div id="edn15">Innovation, Entrepreneurship Plan…:
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</div><br/>Source: "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus", Department of Commerce, October 2013.
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