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<u><span style="font-size:medium;">'''Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''</span></u>
OU has two main resources for I&E. The first is the Center for Entrepreneurship(http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html) &nbsp;housed in the Price College of Business. They offer undergraduate major and minors, as well as a graduate Entrepreneurship Degree. The core is a three semester New Product Development course that includes Ideation, Feasibility Analysis, and Business Plan Development.The Center for Entrepreneurship offers Venture Strategy Sessions.&nbsp;
The second resource is the Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth. CCEW offers semester long internships for university undergrads to participate in three distinct programs: Software Acceleration, Technology Commericialization, and Social Entrepreneurship.High-performing undergraduate students are paired with an inventor of a product or idea, a mentor, and over the course of a semester they work on the venture and achieve impactful results.&nbsp;
Under the umbrella of CCEW, The the Oklahoma Funding Accelerator is a student-run business consulting organization formed to assist local and student entrepreneurs in starting and expanding their businesses.&nbsp;
Other I&E resources include:&nbsp;
CCEWCenter for Entrepreneurship-&nbsp;[http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html http://www.ou.edu/price/management_entrepreneurship/entrepreneurship.html] CCEW- http://ccew.ou.edu/ C]CEW OFA- www.okfa.org
Sooner Launch Pad-&nbsp;[http://www.ou.edu/slp/ http://www.ou.edu/slp/]
Office of Technology DevelopmentGovenor's Cup Competition-&nbsp;[http://otdwww.oui2e.eduorg/ http:entrepreneurial-development/collegiate-business-plan-competition/otd.ou.edu/]
TedxOU-&nbsp;[http://tedxou.com/ http://tedxou.com/]
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<span style="font-size:medium;">'''F'''</span>'''aculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship'''
The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities has designated OU as an Innovation & Economic Prosperity University for the 2013 school year.&nbsp;
There is a strong emphasis on research at The OU. The main resource is Research Campus was named as the Outstanding Research Park by the Association of University Research Campus which includes Parks for the Office year of Economic Development2013. This office is comprised &nbsp; The Office of three parts: Corporate Engagement Officethe Vice President for Research includes many incentives for faculty to engage with entrepreneurship through a faculty challenge grant program, Office of Technology Developmentawards program, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealthresearch incentives program.&nbsp; The University encourages innovation through their Intellectual Property Declaration, which can be found here:&nbsp;http://otd.ou.edu/pdfs/Intellectual_Property_Policy.pdf
'''University Technology Transfer Function'''
 
There is a strong emphasis on research at OU. The main resource is the University Research Campus which includes the Office of Economic Development. This office is comprised of three parts: Corporate Engagement Office, Office of Technology Development, and Center for the Creation of Economic Wealth.&nbsp;
The Office of Technology Development is the main resource for technology transfer.&nbsp;
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science & Technology offers inventor's assistance, manufacturing assistance, seed capital, federal funding support, and technology commercialization for entrepreneurs.&nbsp;
 
Venture Spur serves as a venture accelerator and offers seed capital to early stage, high-growth ventures. They have an application process to accept start-ups and then have a 12-week program of education and development, office space, mentors, and technical services for the companies. &nbsp;