<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, Dr. Randal Pinkett, a nationally recognized entrepreneur, 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.
NDSU and UND have a collaborative program to offer students of any major an ''''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''.' This certificate is earned upon completion of five 2 & 300 level entrepreneurship courses. As NDSU does not have a proper Entrepreneurship department, the certificate is offered through the College of Business. In earning the certificate, students can expect to learn about intellectual property, management, marketing, accounting, design thinking, and venture capital- all with the twist of being specifically designed for providing students with the most important areas of those fields they'll need to thrive in a start-up.
It is worth noting that NDSU currently markets itself as a research university.. particularly, a "Student Driven, Land Grant, Research University." Nowhere in the mission statement, core values, or vision of the university will one find the words 'innovation' or 'entrepreneurship' - not explicitly a bad thing, but perhaps something that can be remedied nonetheless! Students at NDSU are provided opportunities to perform '''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.
Amongst all of the student clubs and groups that perform innovative and entrepreneurial activities<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, the author is most intimately familiar with a program known as the serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU's '<nowiki/>''Innovation '<nowiki/>'''''Bison Microventure. Challenge'''BµV competition is the university's most advertised effort for entrepreneurship and innovation. The 5-month annual program focuses on student innovation teams, culminating in a program that brings students from multiple disciplines- primarily Engineering public exhibition and Biosciences but not exclusive panel judging of other majors- together to solve problems ideas. Students form teams of their own volition and develop work on ideas wholly their own; the only faculty involvement is a productrequired faculty mentor, the precise role of whom is up to the individual team. The groupSeminars, brown-bag lunch presentations, structured into 8 separate teams and boot camps are peppered in through the duration of 2-3 students eachthe program, provides allowing students the opportunity to lead learn from industry and manage their own ''de facto ''mini-research teams, complete with all startup veterans alike. At the end of the resource, expertisejudging week, a keynote speaker is brought in to network and intellectual property responsibilities that come with itspeak to students. BµV has been successful in generating multiple patent disclosures$27, numerous presentations at national events000 is distributed amidst winning teams, and victories in local innovation competitionsto be spent however the students wish.</span></span><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"><nowiki/>''<nowiki/>''</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= Faculty "font-size:medium;">NDSU University Innovation Corps is a student lead club that helps to connect students to the innovation and entrepreneurshipthat is on campus. The club provides a stimulating environment to encourage students to pursue innovation on campus, whether it be in the form of a competition, or helping make change on campus. This club allows UI Fellows to get connected with other students on campus who also want to help improve innovation.<br/span></span> ==
Aside <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">After several years of a collaborative ''''Entrepreneurship Certificate'''<nowiki/>' from tenure NDSU and contractual requirementsthe University of North Dakota, innovation and entrepreneurship NDSU is not, now able to offer this solely on their campus based on the writer's knowledge, widely promoted growth of academic offerings connected to facultyentrepreneurship. This certificate is earned upon completion of five 2 & 300 level entrepreneurship courses. The writer wishes to note that there certificate is a growing movement on campus within faculty offered through the College of Business and leadership that hopes is open to change any major. There are also several scholarship opportunities available from the current mindset- a movement that will no doubt find immense value Larson Foundation to enroll in this course. In earning the findings of the UI fellow program and the landscape canvas. This movement gained immense strength with a series of demonstrations of supportcertificate, students can expect to learn about intellectual property, management, vocal and in actionmarketing, by the University Present and Provost. NDSU's innovation atmosphereaccounting, I-Challengedesign thinking, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in venture capital- all with the president's 'State twist of being specifically designed for providing students with the Universitymost important areas of those fields they' addressesll need to thrive in a start-up.</span></span>
The writer <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU is acquainted with two faculty members who a "Student Focused, Land Grant, Research University". Students are directly involved provided opportunities to perform '''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 startups 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 NDSU Research & Technology parkrate of $3 an hour. These projects We are not university driven- they're done also working on the faculty's own timeopening up lab access across majors. </span></span>
Faculty are encouraged <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The '''Bison Microventure '''is a program that brings students from multiple disciplines- primarily Engineering and Biosciences but not exclusive of other majors- together to document solve problems and file develop a product. The group, structured into 5 separate teams of 2-3 students each, provides students the opportunity to lead and manage their own ''de facto ''mini-research teams, complete with all of the resource, expertise, and intellectual property they generateresponsibilities that come with it. BµV has been successful in generating multiple patent disclosures, numerous presentations at national events, and victories in local innovation competitions. While there have been recent vacancies in faculty, some of which the university is forwarded working hard to fill the TTO gaps and processedstart this program up again.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= University technology transfer function"font-size:medium;">NDSU is fortunate enough to be located in a community with a strong innovative culture. There are a number of events such as TedX, Health Pitch, and a large number of events put on by Emerging Praire such as startup weekend, start up drinks, one million cups and many others.<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 and inventors will move forward on patenting the device, idea, or innovationserif;"><span style="font- 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 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% of the total licensed revenue between themselves.size:medium;"> </span></span>
In the event the TTO rejects the idea=<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman, NDSU releases ownership of the intellectual property to the inventors who are free to file patents on their own times,serif;">Faculty Innovation and thus own full share.Entrepreneurship</span></span>=
NDSU IP Policies are available here<span style="font-family: [httptimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size://wwwmedium;">Aside from tenure and contractual requirements, innovation and entrepreneurship is not, to the writer's knowledge, widely promoted to faculty.ndsuThe writer wishes to note that there is a growing movement on campus within faculty and leadership that hopes to change the current mindset- a movement that will no doubt find immense value in the findings of the UI fellow program and the landscape canvas.edu/fileadmin/policy/190This movement gained great strength with a series of demonstrations of support, vocal and in action, by the University President and Provost.pdf http://www.ndsuNDSU's innovation atmosphere, I-Challenge, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in the president's 'State of the University' addresses.edu</fileadminspan></policy/190.pdf]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 size:medium;">Some faculty members are directly involved in startups at the development of intellectual property on campusNDSU Research & Technology park. It is These projects are not yet as proactive as certain other programs around the countryuniversity driven- the inventors they are expected to come to the TTO, not done on the other way aroundfaculty's own time.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= University"font-Industry collaborationsize:medium;">Faculty are encouraged to document and file all intellectual property they generate, some of which is forwarded to the TTO and processed.<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 Within the aim College of solving a particular problem. Students form small group teams and are given two semesters to prepare and present a solution to Business, the problem as best they can. The process is assisted by regular interaction (personal NDSU Center for Entrepreneurship and digital) with the host company as well as reporting to the student's Family Business provides substantial support for faculty capstone mentormembers working on entrepreneurship research projects. It is of note that while the program does not explicitly require With an innovative solution endowed chair to the given problemlead this area, and funding for faculty fellows, the use of students to provide a new, fresh way of thinking support is one of the valuelong-added services of the program 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 host companyclassroom.
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=<span style="font-size:x-large;"><span style="font- generally a tight budget. NDSU's engineering program is not structured to prepare students to start and run their own firms and thusfamily:times new roman, while not completely unheard oftimes, this practice is fairly uncommon.serif;">University Technology Transfer Function</span></span>=
The College of Business offers <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU maintains a program known as Technology Transfer office through the ''''Student Consulting TeamsNDSU Research Foundation'''.' These teams offer small business in particular Through the opportunity to receive the aid of students to assist Research Foundation, faculty staff and council them in their journey- the students, of course, receive experience and knowledge in returnmay file invention disclosures. Students These disclosures are chosen reviewed by application staff and are , 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 automatically assigned discriminate or target to a teamspecific type of innovation or inventive idea. Instead, The TTO will then attempt to license the student idea- revenue from this is contacted when a project that suits their experiencesplit between the TTO, NDSU, interestthe inventor's department, and expertise becomes availablethe inventors themselves. Through this method, assigning students with irrelevant knowledge or lack of interest can be mitigated. While this program No particular priority is not explicitly innovative given to staff or entrepreneurial in naturestudents, it does provide valuable assistance individual revenue share is based solely on contribution to those looking the project. Inventors can expect to engage in those activities in split ~30% of the form of expertise they may not otherwise possesstotal licensed revenue between themselves.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">In the event the TTO rejects the idea, NDSU releases ownership of the intellectual property to the inventors who are free to file patents on their own and thus own full share.</span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU IP Policies are available<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>here: https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf </span></span>
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= Regional and local economic "font-size:medium;">The NDSU TTO, to the knowledge of the UI fellow penning this, has not made any particular student-aware effort to promote the development effortsof 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.<br/span></span> ==
'''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=<span style="font-size:x- it says so right in the name. The purpose of InnovateND is to provide a full kit of assistance to an idealarge"><span style="font- planningfamily:times new roman, investingtimes, market research, etc... all of this is ''assisted'' 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.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'''Start-up Weekend'''s canola and flax seed for the country, a 72 hour event focused North Dakota relies heavily on rapid creationthe research generated through North Dakota State University to increase production, maturationreduce diseases in plants and animals, and launching of business conceptscreate new plants that can thrive in our climate. It targeted primarily at application/service development, There continues to be numerous partnerships with industry as 'engineered' ideas generally require far more time precision agriculture grows and work opens doors for North Dakota to become markettruly feed the world. In 2022, a ̩one-viablemillion dollar grant was awarded from the USDA for NDSU to partner with Grand Farm which will advance technology and research within agriculture.
The <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="stapple-converted-space">Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation </span>''' focuses on or senior design project. This project is commonly backed financially by a local industry presence in the 50,000ft view aim of developing Fargo/Moorhead as solving a wholeparticular problem. While it may not get involved in nurturing any specific business, what it does do is work Students form small group teams and are given one-two semesters to provide prepare and present a vibrant solution to the problem as best as they can. The process is assisted by regular interaction (personal and growing environment ripe for business creation and expansiondigital) with the host company as well as reporting to the student's faculty capstone mentor. While this may It is of note that while the program does not sound quite as flashy explicitly require an innovative solution to an entreprenuer-the given problem, the use of students to-beprovide a new, it fresh way of thinking is nonetheless extremely important to ensure startups have one of the value-added services of the program for the ability to survivehost 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= Other =="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 ''''Take-Away messageStudent Consulting Teams''': NDSU .' These teams offer small business in particular the opportunity to receive the aid of students to assist and Fargo Moorhead have yet to get huge innovation momentum going, but council those in their journey- the environmentstudents, peopleof course, receive experience and resources knowledge in return. Students are falling in chosen by application and are not automatically assigned to place to make it happen in a team. Instead, the near futurestudent is contacted when a project that suits their experience, interest, and expertise becomes available. A fair amount Through this method, assigning students with irrelevant knowledge or lack of opportunities exist but there is yet to interest can be a good mitigated. While this program is not explicitly innovative or entrepreneurial in nature, it does provide valuable assistance to aggregate and advertise them those looking to studentsengage in those activities in the form of expertise they may not otherwise possess.</span></span>
=<span style= Impact"font-size:x-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif">Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts<br/span></span> ==
{| cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="1" width="811"|-| Date <br/>| Impact Name <br/>| Impact Type <br/>| StudentsThe growing list of regional and local economic developments includes '''Ignite''', faculty or both 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 ppl served this is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>''assisted''<span class="apple-converted-space"> <br/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 undergraduate engineersbusiness 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"> </span><span class="st">'''Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation'''</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </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 '''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"> </span>'''Fargo Startup House''', found at [http://www.fargostartuphouse.com/, offer http://www.fargostartuphouse.com/, offer]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>a 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: [http://cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/. http://cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/. amp; ];</span></span> <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium">'''The Prairie Den''' 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.  </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; served  "><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><br/span> =Landscape Canvas= https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Pm1ie5e6xDDB4qKJGZI7kJPH0MzPjF_fLC7bmCK85Us/edit#slide=id.gded0dd295_2_14 =Project Pitch Videos= Fall 2015 Cohort - [[| Desired outcomes[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 <brfeature=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]|-| <br[https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/>Fellow:Alyssa_Teubner Alyssa Teubner] | <br[https://universityinnovation.org/wiki/>Fellow:Emily_Schubert Emily Schubert] Fall 2017: [[Ted Zipoy| <br/>Ted Zipoy]] [[Jackson Gleason| <br/>Jackson Gleason]] [[Timothy Straus| <br/>Timothy Straus]] Fall 2016: [[Samantha Schultz| <br/>Samantha Schultz]] [[David Syverson| <br/>David Syverson]] Spring 2016: [[Denielle Danielson|-Denielle Danielson]] [[Ben Ferguson| <br/>Benjamin Ferguson]] [[Kyle Stapleton| <br/>Kyle Stapleton]] Fall 2015: [[Diedrich Harms| <br/>Diedrich Harms]] [[Robert Kringler| <br/>Robert Kringler]] Fall 2014: [[Jordan Brummond| <br/>Jordan Brummond]] [[Jacob Larson| <br/>Jacob Larson]] [[Drew Spooner| <br/>Drew Spooner]] Fall 2013: [[Andrew Dalman|}Andrew Dalman]] Information coming soon.
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