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<span style="font-family:georgia,serif;">[[File:Villanovamdl.png|thumb|Villanovamdl.png]]Villanova currently has an '''Office of Sponsored Research Program (OSRP) '''that has potential for expansion'''. '''This program helps students who are looking to patent an idea or license a p</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">roduct. They facilitate the process in accordance with the University policies for intellectual property, and assist in the student’s search for external resources and sponsors.</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">The college of Engineering has recently renovated two labs as&nbsp;'''Interdisciplinary Innovation Labs'''. These rooms contain smart technology, open space, and are available for all Villanova Students to utilize. Members of the&nbsp;'''Engineering Entrepreneurship Minor'''&nbsp;meet in those labs for their classes. The layouts of these rooms are used to help inspire creativity in the students who utilize them. The college of Engineering also plans to expand the building to include a new&nbsp;'''Student Learning Commons''' and&nbsp;'''Innovation Wing.'''&nbsp;These areas will be designed to help students realize their fullest potential.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Villanova has recently built the&nbsp;'''C.A.V.E.''', a virtual reality room that is open to all students and is using&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">KEEN Foundation grants to create an '''Idea Accelerator&nbsp;'''space and a tinkerer’s lab. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Another&nbsp;</span>'''Tinkerer's Lab'''<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">&nbsp;is also currently in the the processes of being built in the engineering college, which was included through Villanova's newest campus expansion plan.</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">There will be workshops and speakers for student interested in pursuing an entrepreneurial path.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Villanova University has an incredible amount of resources to offer its students. From courses, clubs and competitions, an incredibly talented faculty and number of available mentors, to external resources offered by businesses and many more. Students have everything they need to let their inner innovator grow and flourish. &nbsp;Just a few years ago, such entrepreneurial activity would not have been so evident. Thanks to a grant by the KEEN Foundation, the Engineering Entrepreneurship Program and many of the competitions have been born and sponsored within the past few years. </span> <span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Furthermore, due to the efforts of the Beyond Ideas Committee all of the colleges have been recently linked to create an influx of entrepreneurial communication and networking across the school.</span> <span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">This rapid progression of entrepreneurial development at Villanova continues with no sign of slowing. Within the next few years Villanova hopes to offer an expand resources in the idea accelerator, a create more pre-capstone experience experiences and tinkerer’s lab, an increase in innovator and artist in residencepresence on campus, an expansion of the OSRP, a relocation for the ICE Center, &nbsp;a Forum for Innovation, Research and Entrepreneurship, additional summer faculty workshops, and more. Villanovans recognize the importance of developing their innovative and creative abilities and look forward to expanding the entrepreneurial offerings available on and off campus.</span>

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[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki//Erik_Koehr Erik Koehr]