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| − | <p>Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, co-educational and historically black university located in Washington, D.C. It has a Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education status of RU/H: Research Universities, which signifies high research activity.
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| − | </p><p>The President of Howard University is Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau, and the Dean of the Business School is Barron H. Harvey, Ph.D. Dr Harvey, who is a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE) and is a major advocate for the innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization programs at Howard.
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| − | </p><p>As a comprehensive, research-oriented university, Howard’s mission is to provide a high quality educational experience at a reasonable cost to people of both genders and all races. In addition to the undergraduate program, Howard has several graduate schools and colleges. Howard’s business school facilitates several entrepreneurship programs and competitions, while several technology based initiatives are managed by the science schools and colleges.
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| − | </p><p>Howard has many of the foundational pieces that are necessary to realize its innovation and commercialization potential. The university is a member of the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN), an integrated partnership of fourteen user facilities that is supported by National Science Foundation (NSF). Howard’s research lab provides opportunities for nanoscience and nanotechnology research. The Howard Nanoscale Science and Engineering Facility (HNF) facilitates research and development in diverse areas including electronics, materials science, optics, polymer science, membrane technology, medicine, physics and chemistry.
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| − | </p><p>NNIN laboratories including Howard’s HNF have been accessed by over 6,000 users, and over 1,500 small companies use the facility as incubator; this has been resulting in the spinoff of several small companies. Academic users, such as university faculty and students who primarily use the facility for research, are charged a nominal fee. Corporate fees are marginally higher, and the relatively small fee negates the need for price discrimination between large and small firms. Companies may also permanently station staffers at the lab, without losing full rights to their research and development (R&D). Many federally funded facilities are now modeled after the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network.
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| − | </p><p>The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) affiliated businesses are encouraged by Howard to conduct their Federal Research/Research and Development (R/R&D) activities at HNF. Student involvement is encouraged either through individual projects or partnerships with faculty and HNF corporate clients. This model of a “shared research lab facility” represents a cultural shift, especially for typically sheltered corporate research. Paradoxically, scarce and increasingly competitive research grants and high equipment costs are barriers that have been fostering this collaborative culture. Even so, hiccups remain. Despite being in operation for decades, the lab - just like many others around the country - is not yet self-sustaining.
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| − | </p><p>These hiccups are not limited to HNF facilities. Several entrepreneurship programs and competitions at Howard’s Business School may be shrunk or eliminated due to limited funding. Consequently, the evolved philosophy at Howard is to build a staple of research that would interest industry. A professional outside party now has marketing responsibilities for research outputs, and outside counsel has been retained to handle patent filings for the Tech Transfer Office.
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| − | </p><p>Howard University intends to establish a culture of entrepreneurship throughout the university and considers OIE’s outreach an affirmation of on-going innovation and entrepreneurship advocacy within the university. However, uncertainty over the long-term prospect of several innovation and entrepreneurship programs suggests that Howard’s chances of reaching its innovation potential will be better enhanced by unequivocal, strong, and consistent support by the university president and his leadership team. The foundations of innovation and entrepreneurship are present; they now require a strong commitment by the president and his team.
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| − | </p><p>Below is an enumeration of Howard University programs and initiatives that support the five buckets in the NACIE sponsored university commitment letter.
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| − | <h1> Student Entrepreneurship </h1>
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| − | <p>Howard University was one of eight institutions selected by <i><b>the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation</b></i> in a nationwide competition to receive a multi-million dollar grant as part of the <i><b>Kauffman Campuses Initiative</b></i> to develop an entrepreneurial climate across college campuses in America. The program seeks to transform the way entrepreneurship is taught and experienced so that any student, regardless of their field of study, will have the opportunity to participate.
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| − | </p><p><b>The Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Innovation Institute (ELI)</b> was thus created, with matching support from Howard University and other partners. ELI seeks to provide the skills, tools and orientation required for entrepreneurial development and success in the African-American and minority communities with particular emphasis on providing educational opportunities for all stakeholders. The ELI’s Executive Director is Ms. Johnetta Boseman Hardy, and she has oversight of the following initiatives:
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| − | <ul><li><b>Entrepreneurship at Howard</b> actively counsels and mentors students with ideas for new businesses, or seeking assistance in improving their business model
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| − | </li><li>Each month, the ELI Institute features a student start-up at Howard University
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| − | <li>Featured start-ups are ventures that are innovative, have participated in the bi-weekly <i><b>BlackMarketplace</b></i>, or have had considerable growth in clientele, sales, or visibility on-campus or in the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area</li>
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| − | <ul><li><b>Black Market Place</b> showcases businesses owned by Howard students, alumni, faculty, and staff
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| − | </li><li><b>Entrepreneur of the Year</b> is an ELI Institute award given to prominent and exceptional on-campus entrepreneurs. The award recognizes Howard students who have built impactful and worthwhile business ventures, excelled in academics, and exhibited a meaningful dedication to the community at-large through service.
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| − | </li><li><b>Annual Business Plan Competition</b> is an ELI Institute co-sponsored business plan competition for Howard University students. The top 4 winners receive cash prizes. First place winner(s) receive $10,000, Second place winner(s) receive $6,500, Third place winner(s) receive $3,000, and lastly an Award for Special Presentation of $500
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| − | </li><li><b>Concept 120</b> is a business plan contest held each semester that emphasizes the elevator pitch. Students develop their ideas and sales pitch as if they were in front of a potential investor or business client – the bulk of the contest depends on the contestants’ ability to sell an idea
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| − | </li><li><b>The StartUp Scramble DC University Challenge</b> brings entrepreneurially-minded college students from DC universities together for a weekend-long event to build and launch sustainable ventures that address social issues affecting local communities
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| − | </li><li>ELI Institute offers an array of academic programs for the students
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| − | <li>Undergraduate non-business majors can elect to minor in entrepreneurship;</li>
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| − | <li>Graduate students can elect to concentrate in entrepreneurship; and</li>
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| − | <li>All students are able to gain a certificate in entrepreneurship.</li>
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| − | <p><br />In addition to current students, ELI Institute contributes to the entrepreneurial success of many Howard University alums including Ike C. Nwaneri, one of the two co-founders of <b>KEADWORKS LLC</b> and <b>KOJAMI Inc</b>.
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| − | </p><p>Keadworks is a creative marketing and technology agency in the Washington DC Metro Area which has launched successful campaigns for various industry clients.
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| − | </p><p>Kojami Inc. is a company spawned out of Keadworks LLC to provide the following electronic services: It is an events platform that has been widely adopted by event organizers, businesses and organizations especially in the Washington metro region
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| − | <ul><li>The platform allows both individual and corporate event organizers to create an event in 3 minutes or less and easily manage and track multiple elements of the event in one simple dashboard;
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| − | </li><li>Scheduled events can then be easily propagated through mobile phones as a mobile application—recipients of the mobile event can also interact and SHOVE (share) the mobile event; and
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| − | </li><li>Recipients can also complete a one-touch GPS navigation search, view and join conversations of each event in real-time, purchase and receive mobile tickets and most importantly stay connected to the category of events desired.
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| − | <p><br />Kojami in many ways is re-inventing the way people use mobile devices to create, manage, interact or share (SHOVE) events.
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| − | <p>The ELI Institute also specializes in faculty training, and serves which enhance their role as repository for a wide range of internal and external research. Additionally, ELI Institute’s Lecture Series, Annual Conference on Entrepreneurship, and Fund for Academic Excellence spearheads innovation in teaching entrepreneurship, and documenting trends.
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| − | </p><p><b>ELI Institute</b> features two dedicated research directions for faculty:
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| − | </li><li>African-American/Urban Demographics—Identifies key trends in the community’s purchasing power and habits that shape this trillion-dollar market. As well as explore ways for African-American business to derive value from these trends 
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| − | </p><p>The ELI Center for Research provides a national forum for learning about African-American entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial ventures.  The Center for Research will:
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| − | <ul><li>Provide fellowships for faculty, students, and other scholars to engage in fundamental and practical research on entrepreneurship as it relates to the African-American community (through fellowships and grants);
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| − | </li><li>Publish a research journal, case studies, and white papers;
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| − | </li><li>Host an annual symposium and conduct several conferences on critical research topics;
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| − | </li><li>Create a clearinghouse for valuable data and information about African-American entrepreneurs, market opportunities, and business development trends; and
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| − | </li><li>HBCU Faculty Conference on Entrepreneurship will advise Howard University faculty and their HBCU colleagues on methods to introduce concepts of entrepreneurship into their courses, while also assuming leadership roles in infusing such thinking into the broader curriculum on their campuses.
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| − | </p><p>In addition to the ELI Center, <b>The Research Administration Services</b> facilitates and administers interdisciplinary research capacity growth and indirect cost recovery at Howard University. This includes integrated education and research strategies, professional development, and internal controls of sponsored activities.
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| − | <p><b>The Intellectual Property Center </b>is the central technology transfer resource for Howard University researchers, inventors and investors. While Howard University Trademarks works to promote, enhance and elevate the image of Howard University by authorizing the use of the university's name and logos on merchandise, Howard University requires that all individuals, organizations, departments and companies -both internal and external - obtain prior approval before using any Howard indicia.
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| − | </p><p>Notable inventions from research conducted at Howard University include:
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| − | </p><p>Additionally, the Intellectual Property Center manages research outputs from several Howard University Institutions, these include:
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| − | </li><li>The Howard University Center for Sickle Cell Disease; and Center for Energy Systems and Controls (CESaC);
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| − | </li><li>The NOAA Center for Atmospheric Sciences (NCAS); and The Center for Drug Abuse Research (CDAR);
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| − | </li><li>The Institute for Multimedia Applications (IMA); and The Collaborative Alcohol Research Center (CARC);
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| − | </li><li>The Capstone Institute; and The Center for Pre-Professional Education;
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| − | </li><li>The Center for Urban Progress (CUP) and The Howard University District of Columbia Small Business Development Center (DCSBDC); and
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| − | <p>Howard University is an educational outreach partner of <b>the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center</b>. The Center develops new technologies and applications that will change the way society uses lighting. Beyond illumination, Smart Lighting Systems will simultaneously provide high speed data access and scan for biological and biochemical hazards.
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| − | <ul><li>More than 40 faculty members from multiple institutions with diverse backgrounds and disciplines work together in teams on the Center’s research programs.
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| − | </li><li>Constant contact with industrial and scientific advisory boards ensures projects are relevant, and work output is benchmarked to insure they are cutting edge.
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| − | <p><br />Howard University has also partnered with <i><b>the Center for Applied High Performance Computing</b></i> (CAHPC) on a project that applies data fusion to make supercomputing applications easy to use.
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| − | </p><p>Howard University is also a participating member of <b>the Power Systems Engineering Research Center</b> <b>(PSERC), </b>a university-industry collaboration focusing on research and education needs in the electric power industry.
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| − | <ul><li>The Industrial Advisory Board (IAB), composed of PSERC industry members, meets twice per year with PSERC researchers and students to conduct Center business, and engage in discussions about the Center’s research and education activities.
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| − | <p><br /><b>The Georgetown-Howard Universities Center for Clinical and Translational Science</b> (GHUCCTS) is a private industry-backed cooperative between the two universities. <i><b>Bridgeline Digital, Inc</b></i>., developer of the award-winning iAPPS web experience management (WEM) platform and interactive technology solutions, launched a new comprehensive website developed to support medical research collaboration between Georgetown and Howard Universities: . GHUCCTS seeks to advance public health by performing research that has positive impact on human health and well-being.
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| − | <p><b>The Georgia Avenue, Development, Growth, and Enterprise Transformation Center</b> <b>(GADGET Center)</b> at <i><b>Howard University School of Business</b></i> is located on Georgia Avenue, and staffed by graduate students and counselors from the <i><b>DC SBDC at Howard University</b></i>. GADGET provides free consulting services to local businesses and will focus on growth and development of the commercial district adjacent to Howard University.
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| − | </p><p>More broadly, <b>the District of Columbia Small Business Development Center Network</b> (DC SBDC), an outreach program of Howard University, has joined forces with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), other District of Columbia universities, and community organizations. This collaborative provides free management, technical assistance, and affordable training in all phases of business development to small businesses based in the District of Columbia.
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| − | </p><p>DC SBDC provides confidential, one-on-one management assistance at no cost to DC-based small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs. Business consulting services include but are not limited to cash flow analysis, financial forecasting, market research, procurement assistance, proposal cost analysis, overall business assessment "the business health checkup," startup feasibility analysis, business plan assessments, strategic planning and business start-up information. 
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| − | </p><p>In addition to the above mentioned initiatives, Howard University also confers a <b>Minor in Community Development</b> which is an interdisciplinary program intended to provide students with the knowledge, tools, and practical experience to play a proactive role in community revitalization in cities throughout the world.
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| − | </p><p>Howard University also plays an integral role in neighborhood revitalization initiatives. As an example, it partnered with the Washington, D.C., government, Fannie Mae, and other corporations to transform 45 abandoned, university-owned properties in a crime-ridden neighborhood into more than 300 housing units and $65 million in commercial development.
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| − | </p><p>Additionally, in 2010 Howard University had a workforce totaling 6,934 full—and part—time employees (excluding students) of which approximately 28 percent (based on payroll disbursements) resided in the District of Columbia representing an annual payroll of $103.8 million. Howard University also made an estimated $94.5 million in non-payroll expenditures for goods and services to vendors and contractors located within the District. As previously indicated, Howard University undertakes capital projects that employ DC-based contractors and workers who reside in the City. Combined, payroll and non-payroll in 2010 within the District of Columbia totaled $198.3 million.
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| − | <p>Howard University continues to outperform many HBCU universities in several critical categories and recognition. It is, for example, the only HBCU University classified as a RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity) by Carnegie’s Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
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| − | </p><p>Howard University also appears to leverage its Washington, D.C. location to attract public and private funding. Howard is a private university which also enjoys partial funding by the U.S. Department of Education to the tune of $235 million annually. The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, through its Kauffman Campuses Initiative, is also a major funder of several Howard University entrepreneurship and innovation initiatives.
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| − | </p><p>Howard University appears to be on the cusp of realizing its potential. However the University’s leadership must now make a commitment to institute and promote cohesive innovation and entrepreneurship programs, and institutional culture. And there is reason for optimism; The Dean of Howard University School of Business, Barron H. Harvey, Ph.D., is a member of the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship (NACIE). Dr. Harvey is also a tireless advocate for the innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization programs at Howard.
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| − | </p><p>Comments by Dr. Harvey and his colleagues have been instructive in better understanding Howard’s various innovative entrepreneurship, research and technology transfer programs, as well as understanding the impact of the NACIE commitment letter in framing Howard’s strategic plans and institutional culture.
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| − | </p><p>The Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship thanks Howard University’s assistance with this case study, and looks forward to a continued close and collaborative relationship in building America’s innovation infrastructure.
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| − | </p><p><br />Source: "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus", Department of Commerce, October 2013.
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