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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 innovation events. I-Week and I-Challenge are part areas of a 3-month annual program focusing on student innovation teams, culminating in a public exhibition and panel judging of ideas. Students form teams of their own volition and work on ideas wholly their own; the only faculty involvement is a required faculty mentor, the precise role of whom is up to the individual team. Seminars, brown-bag lunch presentations, and bootcamps are peppered entrepreneurship in through the duration many different areas of the program, allowing students to learn from industry and startup veterans alikeinstitution. At Since the end inception of the judging weekTechnology Incubator in 2007, a keynote speaker is brought numerous companies have started in to network the space and speak have grown to students. Last year,&nbsp; Dr. Randal Pinkett, a nationally recognized entreprenuer, scholar, and author agreed to speak to students. The author be multi-billion dollar companies solving many of this wiki page was fortunate enough to meet Dr. Pinkett in person and will attest that the ability to do so is a huge boost worlds greatest concerns related to inspiration for student innovation. From the ideastechnology, $20health,000 is distributed to the victor teams, to be spent however the students wishand food security.

Aside from tenure and contractual requirements<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, innovation and entreprenuership serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU's&nbsp;'<nowiki/>''Innovation&nbsp;'<nowiki/>'''''Challenge'''&nbsp;competition is not, to the writeruniversity's knowledgemost advertised effort for entrepreneurship and innovation. The 5-month annual program focuses on student innovation teams, widely promoted to culminating in a public exhibition and panel judging of ideas. Students form teams of their own volition and work on ideas wholly their own; the only faculty. The writer wishes to note that there involvement is a growing movement on campus within required faculty and leadership that hopes mentor, the precise role of whom is up to change the current mindsetindividual team. Seminars, brown- a movement that will no doubt find immense value bag lunch presentations, and boot camps are peppered in through the findings duration of the UI fellow program , allowing students to learn from industry and startup veterans alike. At the landscape canvas. This movement gained immense strength with a series end of demonstrations of supportthe judging week, vocal a keynote speaker is brought in to network and in actionspeak to students. $27,000 is distributed amidst winning teams, by to be spent however the University Present and Provoststudents wish. NDSU's innovation atmosphere</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times, Iserif;"><span style="font-Challenge, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in the presidentsize:medium;"><nowiki/>''s <nowiki/>'State of the University' addresses.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU University Innovation Corps is a student lead club that helps to connect students to the innovation that is on campus. The writer is acquainted with two faculty members who are directly involved club provides a stimulating environment to encourage students to pursue innovation on campus, whether it be in startups at the NDSU Research & Technology parkform of a competition, or helping make change on campus. These projects are not university driven- they're done This club allows UI Fellows to get connected with other students on the faculty's own timecampus who also want to help improve innovation.</span></span>

Faculty <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">After several years of a collaborative ''''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''<nowiki/>' from NDSU and the University of North Dakota, NDSU is now able to offer this solely on their campus based on the growth of academic offerings connected to entrepreneurship. This certificate is earned upon completion of five 2 & 300 level entrepreneurship courses. The certificate is offered through the College of Business and is open to any major. There are encouraged also several scholarship opportunities available from the Larson Foundation to enroll in this course. &nbsp;In earning the certificate, students can expect to document and file all learn about intellectual property they generate, some management, marketing, accounting, design thinking, and venture capital- all with the twist of which is forwarded being specifically designed for providing students with the most important areas of those fields they'll need to the TTO and processedthrive in a start-up.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= "font-size:medium;">NDSU is a "Student Focused, Land Grant, Research University technology transfer function". 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 resources 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> ==

NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The&nbsp;'''NDSU Research FoundationBison Microventure&nbsp;'''is a program that brings students from multiple disciplines- primarily Engineering and Biosciences but not exclusive of other majors- together to solve problems and develop a product. Through the Research FoundationThe group, faculty staff and structured into 5 separate teams of 2-3 students may file invention disclosures. These disclosures are reviewed by staff and, if determined patentableeach, provides students the foundation opportunity to lead and inventors will move forward on patenting manage their own&nbsp;''de facto&nbsp;''mini-research teams, complete with all of the deviceresource, ideaexpertise, or innovation- and intellectual property responsibilities that come with it is of note that the NDSU TTO does not discriminate or target to a specific type of innovation or inventive idea. The TTO will then attempt to license the idea- revenue from this is split between the TTOBµV has been successful in generating multiple patent disclosures, NDSU, the inventor's departmentnumerous presentations at national events, and the inventors themselvesvictories in local innovation competitions. No particular priority is given to staff or studentsWhile there have been recent vacancies in faculty, invidual revenue share the university is based solely on contribution working hard to fill the project. Inventors can expect to split ~30% of the total licensed revenue between themselvesgaps and start this program up again.</span></span>

In the event the TTO rejects the idea<span style="font-family:times new roman, times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU releases ownership of the intellectual property is fortunate enough to the inventors who be located in a community with a strong innovative culture. There are free to file patents a number of events such as TedX, Health Pitch, and a large number of events put on their own by Emerging Praire such as startup weekend, start up drinks, one million cups and thus own full sharemany others.</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 to promote the development of intellectual property on campus. It is not yet as proactive as certain other programs around the country- the inventors are expected to come to the TTO, not the other way around.size:medium;">&nbsp;</span></span>

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

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 <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Aside from tenure and are given two semesters to prepare contractual requirements, innovation and present a solution to the problem as best they can. The process entrepreneurship is assisted by regular interaction (personal and digital) with the host company as well as reporting not, to the studentwriter's knowledge, widely promoted to faculty capstone mentor. It The writer wishes to note that there is of note a growing movement on campus within faculty and leadership that while the program does not explicitly require an innovative solution hopes to change the given problem, current mindset- a movement that will no doubt find immense value in the use findings of students to provide the UI fellow program and the landscape canvas. This movement gained great strength with a new, fresh way series of thinking is one demonstrations of support, vocal and in action, by the valueUniversity President and Provost. NDSU's innovation atmosphere, I-added services Challenge, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in the president's 'State of the program for the host companyUniversity' addresses.</span></span>

Occasionally<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, students will form capstone groups with serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Some faculty members are directly involved in startups at the intent to develop and market their own projectNDSU Research & Technology park. In this case, funding and resources will be limited only to donations and grants that These projects are not university driven- they are done on the students and mentor can acquire from donor companies and grant programs- generally a tight budget. NDSUfaculty's engineering program is not structured to prepare students to start and run their own firms and thus, while not completely unheard of, this practice is fairly uncommontime.</span></span>

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 them in their journey<span style="font- the studentsfamily:times new roman, of coursetimes, receive experience and knowledge in return. Students serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Faculty are chosen by application and are not automatically assigned encouraged to a team. Instead, the student is contacted when a project that suits their experience, interest, document and expertise becomes available. Through this methodfile all intellectual property they generate, assigning students with irrelevant knowledge or lack some of interest can be midigated. While this program which is not explicitly innovative or entreprenurial in nature, it does provide valuable assistance forwarded to those looking to engage in those activities in the form of expertise they may not otherwise possessTTO and processed.</span></span>

<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= Regional "font-size:medium;">NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the&nbsp;'''NDSU Research Foundation'''. Through the Research Foundation, faculty staff and students may file invention disclosures. These disclosures are reviewed by staff and, if determined patentable, the foundation and inventors will move forward on patenting the device, idea, or innovation- it is of note that the NDSU TTO does not discriminate or target to a specific 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 department, and local economic development effortsthe inventors themselves. No particular priority is given to staff or students, individual revenue share is based solely on contribution to the project. Inventors can expect to split ~30% of the total licensed revenue between themselves.</span><br/span> ==

'''InnovateND'''<span style="font-family:times new roman, put on by times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">In the North Dakota Department of Commerce, is event the largest and most public program for assisting in economic development via startups and innovation- it says so right in TTO rejects 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 ''assisted'' and counciled by connections through InnovateND. It is, NDSU releases ownership of course, still up to the entreprenuer to do the grunt work. In an effort intellectual property to increase the utility and usefulnes of the program, InnovateND recently made a key change inventors who are free to file patents on their program, shifting from a 'venture competition' to an educational own and entreprenurial experiencethus own full share.</span></span>

'''Start<span style="font-up Weekend'''family:times new roman, a 72 hour event focused on rapid creationtimes, maturation, and launching of business conceptsserif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU IP Policies are available<span class="apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span>here:&nbsp;https://www.ndsu. It targeted primarily at applicationedu/fileadmin/policy/service development, as 'engineered' ideas generally require far more time and work to become market-viable190.pdf &nbsp;</span></span>

The '''<span classstyle="stfont-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation</spanstyle="font-size:medium;">''' focuses on The NDSU TTO, to the knowledge of the 50UI fellow penning this,000ft view of developing Fargo/Moorhead as a whole. While it may has not get involved in nurturing made any specific business, what it does do is work particular student-aware effort to provide a vibrant and growing environment ripe for business creation and expansionpromote the development of intellectual property on campus. While this may It is not sound quite yet as flashy proactive as certain other programs around the country- the inventors are expected to an entreprenuer-come to-bethe TTO, it is nonetheless extremely important to ensure startups have not the ability to surviveother way around.</span></span>

=<span style= "font-size:x-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">University-Industry Collaboration</span></span>= North Dakota State University has become a leader in collaboration with industry in the region and truly the nation. With over 39 million acres in the state and nearly 90 percent of ND Land area is in farms and ranches. As the number one producer of honey and dry navy and pinto beans, and providing more than 90 percent of the nation's canola and flax seed for the country, North Dakota relies heavily on the research generated through North Dakota State University to increase production, reduce diseases in plants and animals, and create new plants that can thrive in our climate. There continues to be numerous partnerships with industry as precision agriculture grows and opens doors for North Dakota to truly feed the world. In 2022, a ̩one-million dollar grant was awarded from the USDA for NDSU to partner with Grand Farm which will advance technology and research 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''''<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 particular problem. Students form small group teams and are given one-two semesters to prepare and present a solution to the problem as best as 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, the use of students to provide a new, fresh way of thinking is one of the value-added 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> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">Occasionally, students will form capstone groups with the intent to develop and market their own project. In this case, funding and resources will be limited only to donations and grants that the students and mentor can acquire from donor companies and grant programs- generally a tight budget. NDSU's engineering program is not structured to prepare students to start and run their own firms and thus, while not completely unheard of, this practice is fairly 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}}