<span style= "font-size:x-large;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">NDSU's '''Innovation ''''''Challenge''' competition is continues to advance in the university's most advertised effort for areas of innovation and entrepreneurship and innovation. The 5-month annual program focuses on student innovation teams, culminating in a public exhibition and panel judging many different areas of ideasthe institution. Students form teams of their own volition and work on ideas wholly their own; Since the only faculty involvement is a required faculty mentor, the precise role inception of whom is up to the individual team. Seminars, brown-bag lunch presentationsTechnology Incubator in 2007, and boot camps are peppered numerous companies have started in through the duration of the program, allowing students space and have grown to learn from industry and startup veterans alike. At the end be multi-billion dollar companies solving many of the judging week, a keynote speaker is brought in worlds greatest concerns related to network and speak to students. $27technology,000 is distributed amidst winning teamshealth, to be spent however the students wishand food security.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">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. The certificate is offered through the College of Business and is open to any major. There are also several scholarship opportunities available from the Larson Foundation to enroll in this course. 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.</span></span>
<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">NDSU is a "Student Focused, Land Grant, Research University". Students 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. 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 3d printer available to all majors at the rate of $3 an hour. We are also working on opening up lab access across majors. </span></span>
<span style="font-sizefamily:mediumtimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifmedium;">TheNDSU's '<nowiki/>''Bison MicroventureInnovation '<nowiki/>'''''Challenge''' 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 and develop a productideas. The group, structured into 8 separate Students form teams of 2-3 students each, provides students the opportunity to lead their own volition and manage work on ideas wholly their own ''de facto ''minithe only faculty involvement is a required faculty mentor, the precise role of whom is up to the individual team. Seminars, brown-research teamsbag lunch presentations, complete with all and boot camps are peppered in through the duration of the resourceprogram, expertiseallowing students to learn from industry and startup veterans alike. At the end of the judging 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-sizefamily:mediumtimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-familysize:times new roman,times,serifmedium;">NDSU University Innovation Corps is a student lead club that helps to connect students to the innovation that is fortunate enough on campus. The club provides a stimulating environment to encourage students to pursue innovation on campus, whether it be located in the form of a community competition, or helping make change on campus. This club allows UI Fellows to get connected with a strong innovative culture. There are a number of events such as TedX, Health Pitch, and a large number of events put other students on by Emerging Praire such as startup weekend, start up drinks, one million cups and many otherscampus who also want to help improve innovation. </span></span> =
<span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style= Faculty Innovation "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 also several scholarship opportunities available from the Larson Foundation to enroll in this course. In earning the certificate, students can expect to learn about intellectual property, management, marketing, accounting, design thinking, and Entrepreneurshipventure 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.</span><br/span> =
Aside from tenure and contractual requirements<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, innovation and entrepreneurship serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU is nota "Student Focused, Land Grant, Research University". Students are provided opportunities to the writerperform '''undergraduate research'''s knowledge, widely promoted should they be proactive enough to facultyseek out the correct resources. The writer wishes While this research is certainly innovative, the objective of much of the research is not explicitly to note that there teach the students innovative or entrepreneurial thinking- it is a growing movement on campus within faculty to perform research and leadership that hopes generate data. How much the students learn to change be innovative themselves in these environments depends on the current mindset- a movement that will no doubt find immense value student in the findings of the UI fellow program and the landscape canvasquestion. Efforts are also hampered by many departments closing off lab space to other majors. This movement gained immense strength with a series of demonstrations of support, vocal is changing slowly and in actionresources are expanding. For example, by the University Present and Provost. NDSU's innovation atmosphere, Ilibrary just obtained a new Makerbot 3-Challenge, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in Dprinter available to all majors at the president's 'State rate of the University' addresses$3 an hour. We are also working on opening up lab access across majors. </span></span>
Some faculty members are directly involved in startups at the NDSU Research <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">The '''Bison Microventure& Technology parknbsp;'''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. These projects are not university drivenThe group, structured into 5 separate teams of 2- they3 students each, provides students the opportunity to lead and manage their own 're done on 'de facto ''mini-research teams, complete with all of the resource, expertise, and intellectual property responsibilities 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's own time, the university is working hard to fill the gaps and start this program up again.</span></span>
Faculty <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">NDSU is fortunate enough to be located in a community with a strong innovative culture. There are encouraged to document a number of events such as TedX, Health Pitch, and file all intellectual property they generatea large number of events put on by Emerging Praire such as startup weekend, some of which is forwarded to the TTO start up drinks, one million cups and processedmany others.</span></span>
<span style= University Technology Transfer Function"font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;"> <br/span></span> =
NDSU maintains a Technology Transfer office through the =<span style="font-size:x-large;'''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"><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 TTOfamily:times new roman, NDSU, the inventor's departmenttimes, serif;">Faculty Innovation 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.Entrepreneurship</span></span>=
In <span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size:medium;">Aside from tenure and contractual requirements, innovation and entrepreneurship is not, to the writer's knowledge, widely promoted to faculty. The 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 event findings of the TTO rejects UI fellow program and the idealandscape canvas. This movement gained great strength with a series of demonstrations of support, vocal and in action, by the University President and Provost. NDSU releases ownership 's innovation atmosphere, I-Challenge, and select outstanding research teams have recently been mentioned consistently in the president's 'State of the intellectual property to the inventors who are free to file patents on their own and thus own full shareUniversity' addresses.</span></span>
NDSU IP Policies are available here<span style="font-family: [httptimes new roman,times,serif;"><span style="font-size://wwwmedium;">Some faculty members are directly involved in startups at the NDSU Research & Technology park.ndsuThese projects are not university driven- they are done on the faculty's own time.edu</fileadminspan></policy/190.pdf http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/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 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 '''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 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 possessthus 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= Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts"apple-converted-space"> </span>here: https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf <br/span></span> =
'''InnovateND'''<span style="font-family:times new roman, put on by the North Dakota Department of Commercetimes, is the largest and most public program for assisting in economic development via startups and innovationserif;"><span style="font- it says so right in the name. size:medium;">The purpose of InnovateND is NDSU TTO, to provide a full kit the knowledge of assistance the UI fellow penning this, has not made any particular student-aware effort to an idea- planning, investing, market research, etc... all promote the development of this is ''assisted'' and counseled by connections through InnovateNDintellectual property on campus. It is, of course, still up to not yet as proactive as certain other programs around the country- the entrepreneur inventors are expected to do the grunt work. In an effort come to increase the utility and usefulness of TTO, not the program, InnovateND recently made a key change to their program, shifting from a 'venture competition' to an educational and entrepreneurial experienceother way around.</span></span>
'''Start=<span style="font-up Weekend'''size:x-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman, a 72 hour event focused on rapid creationtimes, maturation, and launching of business concepts. It targeted primarily at applicationserif">University-Industry Collaboration</span></service development, as 'engineered' ideas generally require far more time and work to become market-viable.span>=
The 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'''<span class="st">Greater Fargo Moorhead Economic Development Corporation</span>''' focuses s canola and flax seed for the country, North Dakota relies heavily on the 50research generated through North Dakota State University to increase production,000ft view of developing Fargo/Moorhead as a whole. While it may not get involved reduce diseases in nurturing any specific businessplants and animals, what it does do is work and create new plants that can thrive in our climate. There continues to provide a vibrant be numerous partnerships with industry as precision agriculture grows and growing environment ripe opens doors for business creation and expansionNorth Dakota to truly feed the world. While this may not sound quite as flashy to an entreprenuerIn 2022, a ̩one-to-be, it is nonetheless extremely important to ensure startups have million dollar grant was awarded from the ability USDA for NDSU to survivepartner with Grand Farm which will advance technology and research within agriculture.
<span style="font-sizefamily:small;times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-familysize:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;medium">All engineering majors complete what is known as a '<nowiki/>''Funding and support 'capstone''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 '''Fargo Startup House''', found at<span class="apple-converted-space"> [http:<//wwwspan>or senior design project.fargostartuphouseThis project is commonly backed financially by a local industry presence in the aim of solving a particular problem.com/, offer http://www.fargostartuphouse.com/, offer] Students form small group teams and are given one-two semesters to prepare and present a place where innovators solution to the problem as best as they can live for at least six months for free . The process is assisted by regular interaction (personal and digital) with the only stipulation being host company as well as reporting to work full time on their start upthe student's faculty capstone mentor. The Fargo Startup House also offers memberships It is of note that while the program does not explicitly require an innovative solution to CoCothe given problem, the use of students to provide a collaborative working space that new, fresh way of thinking is partnered with Google one of the value-added services of the program for Entrepreneursthe host company. CoCo can be found at: [http:</span></cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/.  httpspan><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif"><span style="font-size:medium"><nowiki//cocomsp.com/locations/fargo/.&nbsp]; ></span></span>
'''Pratie Den''' Fargo's Only open collaboration space. This second floor to a chinese restraunt<span style="font-family:times new roman,times, venueserif"><span style="font-size:medium">Occasionally, has been taking on on students will form capstone groups with the corner of two of the busiest streets in downtown Fargointent to develop and market their own project. The region has been refered In this case, funding and resources will be limited only to as donations and grants that the miniature Silicone Valley students and the inhabitants of the den are justifiying that termmentor can acquire from donor companies and grant programs- generally a tight budget. Simpy opening spcae for professionals NDSU's engineering program is not structured to work prepare students to start and bounce ideas off run their own firms and thus, while not completely unheard of each other has proven effective, It recently hit a membership milestone and has proven itself an asset to the Fargo Communitythis practice is fairly uncommon. </span></span>
<span style= Other "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>
'''Take=<span style="font-Away message'''size: NDSU has yet to get huge innovation momentum goingx-large"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times, but the resources are there to make it happen. By focusing on building a community of people at NDSU first serif">Regional and connecting them with the Fargo Startup Community we will see everything start to fall in plae. Local Economic Development Efforts</span></span>=
= Landscape Canvas =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.
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<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"> </span>''assisted''<span class="apple-converted-space"> </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"> </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/.&nbsp];</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;"><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<br/> =
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