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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 3-Dprinter available to all majors at the rate of $3 an hour. We are also working on opening up lab access across majors.

The '''Bison Microventure '''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. 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 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, the university is working hard to fill the gaps and start this program up again.

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.

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