<span style="font-size:small;">There are many opportunities for faculty members to engage in service-learning and community-based research. The Office of Service-Learning supports the faculty development through training workshops, conferences, publications, retreats, as well as the annual US Delegation. It recognizes the faculty members' achievements through the Service-Learning Award and Mini-Grant, supporting them to continue their research and community involvement. As part of its mission to cultivate engagement, the OSL aims to help the faculty members in finding the resources they need to participate in Service-Learning opportunities, collaborate with others, or initiate a great idea.</span>
== <span style="font-size:larger;">OSL in encouraging students innovation Encouraging Students Innovation and entrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship </span><br/> ==
==== <span style="font-size:small;">''''LU Soc-Tech Development Scheme: Build'‧'Chat'‧'Help'''</span> ====
<span style="font-size:small;">LU Soc-Tech Development Scheme is a 5-week training program which aims to develop our students’ innovation mindset and technology skills to make tangible products to impact our society. The program will cover learning on how to utilize interesting technology such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, iBeacon and Charbot. It also generate generates innovative ideas into practical gargets to address social challenges.</span>
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==== <span style="font-size:small;">Entrepreneurial Knowledge Transfer Fund (EKT) Fund</span> ====
<span style="font-size:small;">To encourage and support Lingnan students to start their innovative and meaningful businessbusinesses, Lingnan University has provided the Entrepreneurship Knowledge Transfer (EKT) Fund to enthusiastic students with a maximum amount of HK$20,000 per project. The primary purpose of the EKT Fund is to sponsor students to develop prototypes for new products and proof of a new concept that will lead to a new service, product or business.</span>
== <span style="display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial,Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 18.06px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">'''Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts'''</span> ==