'''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Significant Social Impact</span>'''
'''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">1st Place</span>'''<span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">- </span>'''L''''''<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">ove of the Game ($4,000)</span>'''
*<span style="font-family:verdana,geneva,sans-serif;">Jessica Dion - Exercise Physiology '16</span>
== '''Commercial Venture and Intellectual Property Office (CVIP)''' ==
Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) is responsible for the protection and commercialization of intellectual property at UMass Lowell. ==== '''CVIP Mission''' ====
The mission of UMass Lowell’s Office of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property (CVIP) is to facilitate the transfer of technology arising from government, foundation and industrial sponsored university research to the private sector. They facilitate development of inventions toward commercial relevance and utility, nurture mutually beneficial and sustainable relationships between the University and industry, promote an innovative and entrepreneurial culture at the University and contribute to the economic vibrancy and well-being of the Commonwealth. CVIP’s activities enable the successful transfer of commercially viable technology from the laboratory to the marketplace for public use and benefit.
==== '''CVIP Functions''' ====
The main objectives of CVIP are:
The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) is a lifeline for the state’s smaller medical device companies, offering inventors and executives easy, affordable, and coordinated access to world-class researchers and resources at the Lowell and Worcester campuses of the University of Massachusetts.
==== '''M2D2 Available Resources''' ====
*9000 square feet of space on second floor including:
'E for All' is a project of the Deshpande Foundation, which has encouraged the use of entrepreneurship and innovation as catalysts for sustainable change in the United States, India and Canada since 1996. Deshpande supported centers including the MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation, the Deshpande Center for Social Innovation in Hubli, India, the Pond-Deshpande Centre at the University of New Brunswick, and our own 'E For All' at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. 'E for All' includes higher education partners (Middlesex Community College, Merrimack College and Northern Essex Community College) and a host of regional community and business partners.
=== '''E for All Mission''' ===
The mission of 'E For All' is to connect and strengthen the ecosystem in Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts, around entrepreneurship and leadership. This mission is supported by the following three principle 'E For All' programs:
· *'''Catalysts'''-The Catalyst program provides seed funding and mentoring support to foster initiative around new ideas and programs among local high school and college students. · *'''Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship'''-The Entrepreneur Program is a community-wide initiative supporting entrepreneurship. More than 30 partner organizations and institutions are participating in this initiative, which gives entrepreneurs a greater chance at success through pitch contests, workshops and intensive programs. ·*'''Leadership Leadership'''-The 'E For All' Leadership Institute (SLI) offers leadership development for individuals that live, work or are interested in the communities of Lawrence and Lowell.
== Other Organizations ==