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<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style= Student innovation "font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Innovation and entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship'''<br/span></span> ==

NDSU's '''Innovation Week and ''''''Innovation Challenge''' competition are continues to advance in the university's most advertized and popular areas of innovation events. I-Week and I-Challenge are part of a 3-month annual program focusing on student innovation teams, culminating entrepreneurship in a public exhibition and panel judging many different areas of ideasthe institution. Students form teams Since the inception of their own volition and work on ideas wholly their own; the only faculty involvement is a required faculty mentorTechnology Incubator in 2007, numerous companies have started in the precise role of whom is up space and have grown to the individual team. Seminars, brownbe multi-bag lunch presentations, and bootcamps are peppered in through the duration billion dollar companies solving many of the program, allowing students worlds greatest concerns related to learn from industry and startup veterans alike. From these ideastechnology, $20health,000 is distributed to the victor teams, to be spent however the students wishand food security.

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= Faculty innovation "font-size:medium;">NDSU is a "Student Focused, Land Grant, Research University". Students are provided opportunities to perform&nbsp;'''undergraduate research''', should they be proactive enough to seek out the correct resources. While this research is certainly innovative, the objective of much of the research is not explicitly to teach the students innovative or entrepreneurial thinking- it is to perform research and generate data. How much the students learn to be innovative themselves in these environments depends on the student in question. Efforts are also hampered by many departments closing off lab space to other majors. This is changing slowly and entrepreneurshipresources are expanding. For example, the library just obtained a new Makerbot 3-Dprinter available to all majors at the rate of $3 an hour. We are also working on opening up lab access across majors.&nbsp;<br/span></span> ==

Aside from tenure and contractual requirements<span style="font-family:times new roman, innovation and entreprenuership is nottimes, to the writerserif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The&nbsp;'''Bison Microventure&nbsp;'''s knowledge, widely promoted to faculty. The writer wishes to note that there is a growing movement on campus within faculty program that brings students from multiple disciplines- primarily Engineering and leadership that hopes Biosciences but not exclusive of other majors- together to change the current mindset- solve problems and develop a movement that will no doubt find immense value in the findings product. The group, structured into 5 separate teams of 2-3 students each, provides students the UI fellow program opportunity to lead and the landscape canvas. This movement gained immense strength manage their own&nbsp;''de facto&nbsp;''mini-research teams, complete with a series all of demonstrations of supportthe resource, vocal and in actionexpertise, by the University Present and Provostintellectual property responsibilities that come with it. NDSU's innovation atmosphereBµV has been successful in generating multiple patent disclosures, I-Challengenumerous presentations at national events, and select outstanding research teams victories in local innovation competitions. While there have recently been mentioned consistently recent vacancies in faculty, the president's 'State of university is working hard to fill the University' addressesgaps and start this program up again.</span></span>

The writer <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU is acquainted fortunate enough to be located in a community with two faculty members who are directly involved in startups at the NDSU Research & Technology parka strong innovative culture. These projects There are not university driven- they're done a number of events such as TedX, Health Pitch, and a large number of events put on the faculty's own timeby Emerging Praire such as startup weekend, start up drinks, one million cups and many others.</span></span>

Faculty are encouraged to document and file all intellectual property they generate<span style="font-family:times new roman, some of which is forwarded to the TTO and processed.times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">&nbsp;</span></span>

=<span style= University technology transfer function"font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship<br/span></span> ==

NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the'''NDSU Research Foundation'''. Through the Research Foundation<span style="font-family:times new roman, faculty staff and students may file invention disclosures. These disclosures are reviewed by staff andtimes, if determined patentable, the foundation serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Aside from tenure and inventors will move forward on patenting the device, ideacontractual requirements, or innovation- it and entrepreneurship is of note that not, to the NDSU TTO does not discriminate or target writer's knowledge, widely promoted to a specific type of innovation or inventive ideafaculty. The TTO will then attempt writer wishes to note that there is a growing movement on campus within faculty and leadership that hopes to license change the ideacurrent mindset- revenue from this is split between a movement that will no doubt find immense value in the findings of the UI fellow program and the TTOlandscape canvas. This movement gained great strength with a series of demonstrations of support, NDSUvocal and in action, by the inventorUniversity President and Provost. NDSU's departmentinnovation atmosphere, I-Challenge, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in the inventors themselves. No particular priority is given to staff or students, invidual revenue share is based solely on contribution to the project. Inventors can expect to split ~30% president's 'State of the total licensed revenue between themselvesUniversity' addresses.</span></span>

In the event <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Some faculty members are directly involved in startups at the TTO rejects the idea, NDSU releases ownership of the intellectual property to the inventors who Research & Technology park. These projects are not university driven- they are free to file patents done on their own and thus the faculty's own full sharetime.</span></span>

The NDSU TTO<span style="font-family:times new roman, to the knowledge of the UI fellow penning thistimes, has not made any particular studentserif;"><span style="font-aware effort size:medium;">Faculty are encouraged to promote the development of document and file all intellectual property on campus. It they generate, some of which is not yet as proactive as certain other programs around the country- the inventors are expected to come forwarded to the TTO, not the other way aroundand processed.</span></span>

== UniversityWithin the College of Business, the NDSU Center for Entrepreneurship and Family Business provides substantial support for faculty members working on entrepreneurship research projects. With an endowed chair to lead this area, and funding for faculty fellows, the support is long-Industry collaboration<br/> ==lasting for ongoing innovation amongst our faculty. Students are also able to participate in this center by putting into practice what they learn in the classroom.

All engineering majors complete what is known as a ''''capstone'''' or senior design project. This project is commonly backed financially by a local industry presence in the aim of solving a particular problem. Students form small group teams and are given two semesters to prepare and present a solution to the problem as best they can. The process is assisted by regular interaction (personal and digital) with the host company as well as reporting to the student's faculty capstone mentor. It is of note that while the program does not explicitly require an innovative solution to the given problem=<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, the use of students to provide a newtimes, fresh way of thinking is one of the value-added services of the program for the host company.serif;">University Technology Transfer Function</span></span>=

Occasionally<span style="font-family:times new roman, students will form capstone groups with times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the&nbsp;'''NDSU Research Foundation'''. Through the intent to develop Research Foundation, faculty staff and market their own projectstudents may file invention disclosures. In this caseThese disclosures are reviewed by staff and, if determined patentable, funding the foundation and resources inventors will be limited only to donations and grants move forward on patenting the device, idea, or innovation- it is of note that the students and mentor can acquire from donor companies and grant programs- generally NDSU TTO does not discriminate or target to a tight budgetspecific type of innovation or inventive idea. The TTO will then attempt to license the idea- revenue from this is split between the TTO, NDSU, the inventor's engineering program department, and the inventors themselves. No particular priority is not structured given to prepare staff or students , individual revenue share is based solely on contribution to the project. Inventors can expect to start and run their own firms and thus, while not completely unheard split ~30% of, this practice is fairly uncommonthe total licensed revenue between themselves.</span></span>

The College of Business offers a program known as ''''Student Consulting Teams'''.' These teams offer small business in particular <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">In the event the opportunity to receive TTO rejects the aid idea, NDSU releases ownership of students the intellectual property to assist and council them in their journey- the students, of course, receive experience and knowledge in return. Students inventors who are chosen by application and are not automatically assigned free to a team. Instead, the student is contacted when a project that suits file patents on their experience, interest, own and expertise becomes available. Through this method, assigning students with irrelevant knowledge or lack of interest can be midigated. While this program is not explicitly innovative or entreprenurial in nature, it does provide valuable assistance to those looking to engage in those activities in the form of expertise they may not otherwise possessthus own full share.</span></span>

=<span style= Regional and local economic development efforts"font-size:x-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">University-Industry Collaboration<br/span></span> ==

'''InnovateND''', put on by the North Dakota Department of Commerce, is State University has become a leader in collaboration with industry in the largest region and most public program for assisting truly the nation. With over 39 million acres in economic development via startups the state and innovation- it says so right nearly 90 percent of ND Land area is in farms and ranches. As the name. The purpose number one producer of InnovateND is to provide a full kit of assistance to an idea- planninghoney and dry navy and pinto beans, investing, market research, etc... all and providing more than 90 percent of this is ''assisted'the nation' s canola and counciled by connections flax seed for the country, North Dakota relies heavily on the research generated through InnovateND. It isNorth Dakota State University to increase production, of coursereduce diseases in plants and animals, still up and create new plants that can thrive in our climate. There continues to the entreprenuer be numerous partnerships with industry as precision agriculture grows and opens doors for North Dakota to do truly feed the grunt workworld. In an effort to increase the utility and usefulnes of the program2022, InnovateND recently made a key change to their program, shifting ̩one-million dollar grant was awarded from a 'venture competition' the USDA for NDSU to an educational partner with Grand Farm which will advance technology and entreprenurial experienceresearch within agriculture.

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">All engineering majors complete what is known as a '<nowiki/>'''capstone'Start-up Weekend''', <span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>or senior design project. This project is commonly backed financially by a local industry presence in the aim of solving a 72 hour event focused on rapid creation, maturation, particular problem. Students form small group teams and are given one-two semesters to prepare and launching of business conceptspresent a solution to the problem as best as they can. It targeted primarily at application/service development, The process is assisted by regular interaction (personal and digital) with the host company as well as reporting to the student'engineered' ideas generally s faculty capstone mentor. It is of note that while the program does not explicitly require far more time and work an innovative solution to the given problem, the use of students to become marketprovide a new, fresh way of thinking is one of the value-viableadded services of the program for the host company.</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><nowiki/></span></span>

The '''<span classstyle="stfont-family:times new roman,times,serif">Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation</spanstyle="font-size:medium">''' focuses on Occasionally, students will form capstone groups with the 50,000ft view of developing Fargo/Moorhead as a wholeintent to develop and market their own project. While it may not get involved in nurturing any specific businessIn this case, what it does do is work funding and resources will be limited only to provide a vibrant donations and grants that the students and growing environment ripe for business creation mentor can acquire from donor companies and expansiongrant programs- generally a tight budget. While this may NDSU's engineering program is not sound quite as flashy structured to an entreprenuer-prepare students to-bestart and run their own firms and thus, while not completely unheard of, it this practice is nonetheless extremely important to ensure startups have the ability to survivefairly uncommon.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style= "font-size:medium">The College of Business offers a program known as ''''Student Consulting Teams'''.' These teams offer small business in particular the opportunity to receive the aid of students to assist and council those in their journey- the students, of course, receive experience and knowledge in return. Students are chosen by application and are not automatically assigned to a team. Instead, the student is contacted when a project that suits their experience, interest, and expertise becomes available. Through this method, assigning students with irrelevant knowledge or lack of interest can be mitigated. While this program is not explicitly innovative or entrepreneurial in nature, it does provide valuable assistance to those looking to engage in those activities in the form of expertise they may not otherwise possess.</span></span> =<span style="font-size:x-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span></span>= The growing list of regional and local economic developments includes '''Ignite''', which is a collaboration between the Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation to help resolve the workforce shortage that has been constant in our state. NDSU is heavily involved with helping resolve this concern. '''Campus FM''' is also a part of this initiative which connects the local college campuses with the culture of the community to help attract and retain talent to this area.  <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''InnovateND''', put on by the North Dakota Department of Commerce, is the largest and most public program for assisting in economic development via startups and innovation- it says so right in the name. The purpose of InnovateND is to provide a full kit of assistance to an idea- planning, investing, market research, etc... all of this is<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>''assisted''<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>and counseled by connections through InnovateND. It is, of course, still up to the entrepreneur to do the grunt work. In an effort to increase the utility and usefulness of the program, InnovateND recently made a key change to their program, shifting from a 'venture competition' to an educational and entrepreneurial experience.</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Start-up Weekend''', a 72 hour event focused on rapid creation, maturation, and launching of business concepts. It targeted primarily at application/service development, as 'engineered' ideas generally require far more time and work to become market-viable.</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">The<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span><span class="st">'''Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation'''</span><span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>focuses on the 50,000ft view of developing Fargo/Moorhead as a whole. While it may not get involved in nurturing any specific business, what it does do is work to provide a vibrant and growing environment ripe for business creation and expansion. While this may not sound quite as flashy to an entrepreneur-to-be, it is nonetheless extremely important to ensure startups have the ability to survive.</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''Funding and support&nbsp;'''is not bursting from the seams from the university directly for innovation but it is available in many areas in the community and state. Grants such as InnovateND are available and local places such as the<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>'''Fargo Startup House''', found at&nbsp;[http://www.fargostartuphouse.com/, offer http://www.fargostartuphouse.com/,&nbsp;offer]<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>a&nbsp;place where innovators can live for at least six months for free with the only stipulation being to work full time on their start up. The Fargo Startup House also offers memberships to CoCo, a collaborative working space that is partnered with Google for Entrepreneurs. CoCo can be found at:&nbsp;[http://cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/.&nbsp http://cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/.&amp;nbsp];</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''The Prairie Den'''&nbsp;is one of Fargo's open collaboration spaces as it has been taking on the corner of two of the busiest streets in downtown Fargo. The region has been referred to as the miniature Silicone Valley and the inhabitants of the den are justifying that term. Simply opening space for professionals to work and bounce ideas off of each other has proven effective, it recently hit a membership milestone and has proven itself an asset to the Fargo Community.&nbsp;</span></span> =<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Other </span></span>= <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Take-Away message''': NDSU, located within Fargo, ND has become a place where innovation occurs and a true feeling of entrepreneurship is alive and well. Between the robust collaborations related to engineering and agriculture and the technology connected to the Federal Grand Sky project an hour north of Fargo, North Dakota is poised to become a leader in the nation with heavy support from federal, state, and private entities.</span></span> =Landscape Canvas= https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Pm1ie5e6xDDB4qKJGZI7kJPH0MzPjF_fLC7bmCK85Us/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 =Project Pitch Videos= Fall 2015 Cohort - [[|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS5XLLUjGeE&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS5XLLUjGeE&amp;feature=youtu.be]]] Fall 2014 Cohort -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_Cmm6l5iUY&feature=youtu.be =Fall 2017 Op-Ed Article=https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Br1V8pci25sG06EFJP0nL2GHwUx4QudK_LSdrQSL7Pc/edit?usp=sharing =Related Links= North Dakota State University [[North Dakota State University Student Priorities]] University Innovation Fellows  Fall 2022 [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Melissia_Law Melissia Law] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Cailin_Shovkoplyas Cailin Shovkoplyas] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Becky_Bahe Becky Bahe] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Melissia_Law Maggie Latterell] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Alyssa_Teubner Alyssa Teubner] [https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Fellow:Emily_Schubert Emily Schubert]  Fall 2017: [[Ted Zipoy|Ted Zipoy]] [[Jackson Gleason|Jackson Gleason]] [[Timothy Straus|Timothy Straus]]   Fall 2016: [[Samantha Schultz|Samantha Schultz]] [[David Syverson|David Syverson]] Spring 2016: [[Denielle Danielson|Denielle Danielson]] [[Ben Ferguson|Benjamin Ferguson]] [[Kyle Stapleton|Kyle Stapleton]] Fall 2015: [[Diedrich Harms|Diedrich Harms]] [[Robert Kringler|Robert Kringler]] Fall 2014: [[Jordan Brummond|Jordan Brummond]] [[Jacob Larson|Jacob Larson]] [[Drew Spooner|Drew Spooner]] Fall 2013: [[Andrew Dalman|Andrew Dalman]] Information coming soon. [[Category:Universities]][[Category:Schools]][[Category:North_Dakota_State_University]]{{CatTree|North_Dakota_State_University}}