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= <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Promoting Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship</span> = <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Chicago seeks to establish a more prominent role in the growing Chicago-area entrepreneurship ecosystem as evinced by numerous developments in programs to stimulate and foster innovation and entrepreneurship. The university recently unveiled its first engineering department the Institute for Molecular Engineering, and a new center for providing services to students and faculty members interested in pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities called the Chicago Innovation Exchange. The following describes various resources that are available to students to explore and develop their own entrepreneurial ventures.</span> == <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">Entrepreneurial Discovery</span></span> == <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Chicago offers various classes and programs to expose students to entrepreneurship.</span> <span style="font-size:large;">Classes</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">MENG 20000. Introduction to Emerging Technologies. 100 Units.</span>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Chicago seeks to establish a more prominent role This course will examine five emerging technologies (stem cells in the growing Chicago-area entrepreneurship ecosystem as evinced by numerous developments in programs to stimulate and foster innovation and entrepreneurshipregenerative medicine, quantum computing, water purification, new batteries, etc.) over two weeks each. The university recently unveiled its first engineering department of the two weeks will present the Institute for Molecular Engineering, and a new center for providing services to students and faculty members interested in pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities called basic science underlying the Chicago Innovation Exchange. In this Landscape Canvas, emerging technology; the various components second of the entrepreneurial ecosystem two weeks will discuss the hurdles that must be explored addressed successfully to convert a good scientific concept into a commercial product that addresses needs in compliance with the Wenger Modelmarket place.</span>

== <span style="colorfont-family:#000000tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Entrepreneurial DiscoveryPHYS 22600. Electronics. 100 Units.</span> ==

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University goal of Chicago offers various classes this hands-on experimental course is to develop confidence, understanding, and programs design ability in modern electronics. This is not a course in the physics of semiconductors. In two lab sessions a week, we explore the properties of diodes, transistors, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, oscillators, field effect transistors, logic gates, digital circuits, analog-to expose students -digital and digital-to entrepreneurship-analog converters, phase-locked loops, and more. Lectures supplement the lab.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">MENG&nbsp;20000BIOS 11140. Introduction to Emerging TechnologiesBiotechnology for the 21st Century. 100 Units.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: inherit;">This course is designed to provide a stimulating introduction to the world of biotechnology. Starting with an overview of the basic concepts of molecular biology and genetics that serve as a foundation for biotechnology, the course will segue into the various applied fields of biotechnology. Topics will examine five emerging technologies (stem cells in regenerative medicineinclude microbial biotechnology, agricultural biotechnology, biofuels, quantum computingcloning, water purificationbioremediation, new batteriesmedical biotechnology, etc.) over two weeks eachDNA fingerprinting and forensics. The first goal of this course is to provide the two weeks will present the basic science underlying the emerging technology; the second Biology non-majors with an appreciation of important biotechnology breakthroughs and the two weeks will discuss the hurdles that must be addressed successfully to convert a good scientific concept into a commercial product that addresses needs in the market place.</span></span></span>associated bioethics issues</span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-styleBIOS 24206. Peering Inside the Black Box: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">PHYS&nbsp;22600. ElectronicsNeocortex. 100 Units.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The goal neocortex is the multilayered outermost structure of this hands-on experimental course the mammalian brain. It is to develop confidence, understanding, the site of higher brain functions including reasoning and design ability in modern electronicscreativity. This However, the complexity of the neocortex—it is not a course in the physics comprised of semiconductors~20 billion neurons which have 0. In two lab sessions 15 quadrillion connections between them—seems to preclude any hope of achieving a week, we explore fundamental understanding of the properties system. Recent technological innovations have opened novel avenues of diodes, transistors, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, oscillators, field effect transistors, logic gates, digital circuits, analog-investigation making realization of the neocortex an increasingly tractable problem. This course will place particular emphasis on how to-digital critically read scientific papers as we evaluate and digital-discuss current experimental approaches to-analog converters, phase-locked loops, and morethe neocortex. Lectures supplement Integral to this evaluation will be the labdetailed discussion of the latest technological approaches.</span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">BIOS&nbsp;11140CMSC 22010. Biotechnology for the 21st CenturyDigital Fabrication. 100 Units.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">This course is designed to provide Digital fabrication involves translation of a digital design into a stimulating introduction physical object. While digital fabrication has been around for decades, only now has it become possible for individuals to the world take advantage of biotechnologythis technology through low cost 3D printers and open source tools for 3D design and modeling. Starting with an overview In this course we will cover the foundations of 3D object design including computational geometry, the basic concepts type of molecular biology models that can and genetics that serve as a foundation for biotechnologycan’t be fabricated, the course will segue into the various applied fields uses and applications of biotechnology. Topics will include microbial biotechnologydigital fabrication, agricultural biotechnology, biofuels, cloningthe algorithms, bioremediation, medical biotechnology, DNA fingerprinting methods and forensics. The goal tools for conversion of this course is 3D models to provide representations that can be directly manufactured using computer controlled machines, the Biology nonconcepts and technology used in additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing) and the research and practical challenges of developing self-majors with an appreciation of important biotechnology breakthroughs replicating machines. We will have several 3D printers available for use during the class and students will design and fabricate several parts during the associated bioethics issues</span></span>course.</span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">BIOS&nbsp;24206CMSC 23400. Peering Inside the Black Box: NeocortexMobile Computing. 100 Units.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: inherit;">The neocortex Mobile computing is the multilayered outermost structure pervasive and changing nearly every aspect of the mammalian brainsociety. It is the site of higher brain functions including reasoning Sensing, actuation, and creativity. However, the complexity mediation capabilities of the neocortex—it is comprised mobile devices are transforming all aspects of ~20 billion neurons which have 0.15 quadrillion connections between them—seems to preclude any hope of achieving a fundamental understanding of the system. Recent technological innovations have opened novel avenues of investigation making realization of the neocortex an increasingly tractable problemcomputing: uses, networking, interface, form, etc. This course will place particular emphasis on how to critically read scientific papers as we evaluate explores new technologies driving mobile computing and their implications for systems and society. Current focus areas include expanded visual experience with computational photography, video and interactive augmented reality, and synchronicity and discuss current experimental approaches proximity-detection to the neocortexenable shared social experiences. Integral Labs expose students to this evaluation will be the detailed discussion software and hardware capabilities of mobile computing systems, and develop the latest technological approachescapability to envision radical new applications for a large-scale course project.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">CMSC&nbsp;2201023800. Digital FabricationGame Construction. 100 Units.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital fabrication involves translation Computer games are one of a digital design into a physical object. While digital fabrication has been around for decades, only now has it become possible for individuals to take advantage the most exciting applications of this computer technology through low cost 3D printers and open source tools for 3D design and modeling.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; fontThey also are large software systems that embody cutting-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;In this course we will cover the foundations of 3D object design including computational geometryedge graphics, the type of models that can and can’t be fabricatedas well as techniques from AI, the uses and applications of digital fabricationscientific simulation, the algorithmsnetworking, methods and tools for conversion of 3D models databases. This course introduces the student to representations that can be directly manufactured using computer controlled machines, the concepts basic algorithms and technology techniques used in additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing) and the research and practical challenges of developing selfcomputer-replicating machinesgame construction.<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;We will have several 3D printers available Students work in teams to design and create games using existing libraries for use during the class and students will design graphics, physics simulation, and fabricate several parts during the courseso forth.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">CMSC&nbsp;23400ECON 22600. Mobile ComputingInnovators. 100 Units.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Mobile computing Economists believe that innovation is pervasive and changing nearly every aspect a primary source of societyeconomic growth. Yet although most innovations are made by individuals or small groups, until recently economists have not studied how those exceptional people produce their discoveries.&nbsp; SensingRecent research has shown that there are two very different types of innovators, actuationwho have different goals and follow different processes. This course surveys this research, examining the careers and mediation capabilities innovations of mobile devices are transforming all aspects important practitioners in a range of computing:&nbsp; usesmodern arts, including painters, novelists, sculptors, networkingpoets, interfacemovie directors, formphotographers, etc.&nbsp; This course explores new technologies driving mobile computing and their implications for systems and society.&nbsp; Current focus areas include expanded visual experience with computational photographysongwriters, video and interactive augmented realityarchitects, as well as entrepreneurs and synchronicity and proximity-detection to enable shared social experiencesscientists.&nbsp; Labs expose students The material covered in this course adds a new dimension to software our understanding of creativity and hardware capabilities of mobile computing systems, how innovators in many different activities produce new forms of art and develop the capability to envision radical new applications for a large-scale course projectscience.</span></span></span>

== <span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: small; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit;">CMSC&nbsp;23800. Game Construction. 100 Units.Entrepreneurial Learning</span></span>==

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><font-size: small; line-height: inherit;color="#000000">Computer games are one The University of Chicago is developing a dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem that provides various learning opportunities for undergraduates. Numerous programs integrate with the most exciting applications of computer technology. They also are large software systems that embody cutting-edge graphicsacademic and social sphere, as training students to become well as techniques from AI, scientific simulation, networking, -rounded innovative thinkers who can utilize their knowledge and databases. This course introduces the student skill sets to the basic algorithms and techniques used in computertackle real-game construction. Students work in teams to design and create games using existing libraries for graphics, physics simulation, and so forthworld issues.&nbsp;</font></span>

<span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: smalllarge; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ECON&nbsp;22600. Innovators. 100 Units.Extra-curricular</span></span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: inherit;">Economists believe that innovation is a primary source of economic growthEdge - UChicago's undergraduate entrepreneurship organization. Yet although most innovations are made by individuals or small groups, until recently economists have not studied how those exceptional people produce their discoveriesThey support student ventures and foster an entrepreneurial spirit on campus. Recent research has shown that there are two very different types Their mission is to promote entrepreneurship education at the University of innovators, who have different goals Chicago and follow different processes. This course surveys this research, examining to empower the careers and innovations of important practitioners in a range next generation of modern arts, including painters, novelists, sculptors, poets, movie directors, photographers, songwriters, and architects, as well as entrepreneurs . Edge focuses on providing UChicago students with resources and scientists. The material covered in this course adds a new dimension community to our understanding of creativity and of how innovators in many different activities produce new forms of art help them build skills, companies, and sciencerelationships.</span>

== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line-height: inherit;">Entrepreneurial LearningUncommon Ventures - a student-run venture firm on the UChicago Campus that provides seed funding for early-stage student startups. With a total fund size of $500,000, they exist to provide capital to college entrepreneurs and to help undergraduates start and grow their amazing business.</span> ==

<font color="#000000" facespan style="font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">TedXUChicago - a local, independently organized event at The University of Chicago is developing a dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem that provides various learning opportunities for undergraduates. Numerous programs integrate with strives to re-create the unique experience found at TED, where the academic and social sphereworld´s leaders, training students to become well-rounded innovative thinkers who can utilize their knowledge and skill sets doers congregate to tackle real-world issuesshare what they are most passionate about.&nbsp;</fontspan>

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<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Edge</span>Uncommon Fund - a pool of money allocated by Student Government towards interesting and creative student projects and initiatives on campus. These projects and initiatives range from one day events to large scale initiatives or projects. The goal of the Uncommon Fund is to encourage students to take action on campus in creative and unique ways. The fund is also unique in that all other sources of SG funding require Registered Student Organization status. Additionally, one Uncommon Fund board member and ORCSA staff member are assigned to each project to help ensure it’s success. For more information, check out the Uncommon Fund website.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arialgeneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Edge is UChicago's undergraduate entrepreneurship organization. They support student ventures and foster an entrepreneurial spirit on campus.&nbsp;Their mission App Challenge- the Mobile Apps Challenge is to promote entrepreneurship education at the Univers</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helveticaa joint effort between IT Services, ArialThe Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">ity of Chicago and UChicagoTech to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs.&nbsp;</span>Edge focuses on providing UChicago students with resources and a community to help them build skills, companiescultivate, evaluate and relationshipsdevelop ideas for mobile apps from anywhere in the University.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Uncommon VenturesCollege New Venture Challenge - building off the success of the University of Chicago's Social Innovation Competition, the Career Advancement and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation launched the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) in 2012 to create a supportive and highly rewarding environment for all undergraduate students interested in entrepreneurship. CNVC was designed exclusively for University of Chicago undergraduate students. Through the program, students create a viable plan for a for-profit or nonprofit enterprise with an innovative component.</span>

== <span style="font-sizefamily:smalltahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Uncommon Ventures is a student-run venture firm on the UChicago Campus that provides seed funding for early-stage student startups. With a total fund size of $500,000, they exist to provide capital to college entrepreneurs and to help undergraduates start and grow their amazing business.Entrepreneurial Experimentation</span>==

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: mediumlarge;">TedXUChicagoExperiential Courses</span></span>

<span style="font-family:arialtahoma,helveticageneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height[http: 18.2000007629395px;">TEDxUChicago</span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18campuscatalyst.uchicago.2000007629395px;">edu/ Campus Catalyst]&nbsp;is a local, independently organized event at The University of Chicago that strives to re-create the unique experience found at TED,&nbsp;</span><span style="lineExposing students to the business of non-height: 21px;">where profit organizations and the world´s leaders, thinkers and doers congregate evolving social sector by having them form consulting teams to share what they are most passionate about.</span></span>tackle issues faced by real non-profit organizations</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Programs D4 Foundations - Teaches students entrepreneurial design thinking by working on hands-on projects to identify unmet needs in education and Competitions&nbsp;healthcare</span>

<font color="#000000" facespan style="font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif" size="3;">The Uncommon FundNew Venture and Small Enterprise Lab - Provides business school students with the opportunity to work with senior management at early-stage companies on tackling issues they face in bringing their product to market</fontspan>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:smalllarge;">The Uncommon Fund is a pool of money allocated by Student Government towards interesting and creative student projects and initiatives on campus. These projects and initiatives range from one day events to large scale initiatives or projects. The goal of the Uncommon Fund is to encourage students to take action on campus in creative and unique ways. The fund is also unique in that all other sources of SG funding require Registered Student Organization status. Additionally, one Uncommon Fund board member and ORCSA staff member are assigned to each project to help ensure it’s success. For more information, [http:Infrastructure<//uncommonfund.uchicago.edu/ check out the Uncommon Fund website].span></span>

<font colorspan style="#000000font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;" face>Hack Arts Lab -&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif" size="3">UChicago App ChallengeThe Hack Arts Lab (HAL) provides an open-access laboratory for creative digital fabrication and visualization. This makerspace-styled workshop is designed to support a breadth of activity ranging from undergraduate projects to faculty-led exploration. HAL resources include 3D printers, laser cutter, advanced graphics, and microcontroller workbenches, all offered at minimal cost.</fontspan>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arialgeneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Chicago Innovation Exchange - The Mobile Apps Challenge is Chicago Innovation Exchange provides entrepreneurs with a joint effort between IT Services, The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, and UChicagoTech space to cultivate, evaluate translate their ideas and develop ideas for mobile apps from anywhere in the Universitytechnologies into startups.</span></span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">College New Venture ChallengePolsky Center Incubators and Workshops</span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)large; font-family: Arialtahoma, Helveticageneva, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Building off the success of the University of Chicago's Social Innovation Competition, the Career Advancement and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation launched the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) in 2012 to create a supportive Extracurricular Formation and highly rewarding environment for all undergraduate students interested in entrepreneurship.&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">CNVC was designed exclusively for University Nurturing of Chicago undergraduate students. Through the program, students create a viable plan for a for-profit or nonprofit enterprise with an innovative component. [http://research.chicagobooth.edu/nvc/collegenvc/ Find more information here]</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Entreprenerial ExperimentationDesign Teams</span>

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&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: calibri, arialtahoma, sansgeneva, sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Campus Catalyst: The business of nonprofits and the evolving Social sectorInnovation Fund Associates Program</span>

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== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line-height: inherit;">Entrepreneurial PursuitJeff Metcalf Internships</span> ==

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">University Careers in Entrepreneurship</span> == <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit;">Entrepreneurial Pursuit</span></span> == <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Chicago provides various programs to help entrepreneurs begin implementing their startup ideas</span> <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Incubators and Accelerators</span></span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Polsky Center Accelerator Program - The Accelerator Program helps student teams work on their businesses and social enterprises in a collaborative and dynamic environment.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Chicago Innovation Exchange - The Chicago Innovation Exchange provides entrepreneurs with a space to translate their ideas and technologies into startups.</span>ARCH Venture Partners New Venture Incubator <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans- This incubator provides the winners of the New Venture Challenge with space to build up their products and services.serif;">1871 - This co-working facility provides Chicago-area startups with space and amenities to incubate their companies</span>University Technology Park at IIT - This technology park provides more than 300,000 square feet of wet and dry <span style="font-size: 15pxlarge; "><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0tahoma, 0geneva, 0); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: presans-wrapserif;">lab and office spaceSeed Funding</span></span>for growing companies focused on materials and life sciences <span style="font-family:tahoma, biomedical engineeringgeneva, medical devices and diagnostics, green and clean technology, food safety, information technology and many other fields.Seed Fundingsans-serif;">Midway Ventures - Midway Ventures is a student-run venture capital group that connects undergraduate entrepreneurs with world-class investors</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Uncommon Ventures - Uncommon Ventures is a student-run venture capital group that provides undergraduate entrepreneurs with seed fundingInnovation Fund - The Innovation Fund is a university-operated venture philanthropy fund that provides grants to faculty and university affiliated persons with business ideas to prototype and develop proof-of-concept models for these ideasTech Transfer OfficeUChicagoTech - UChicagoTech works with university faculty members to help them develop and launch their research and technology into the market</span>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Chicago also offers several programs to help entrepreneurs (primarily faculty members) fully develop their startup ideas into companies.</span> <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="colorfont-family: rgb(0tahoma, 0geneva, 0)sans-serif; ">Product Creation and Prototyping Resources</span></span> <span style="font-sizefamily: 15pxtahoma,geneva,sans-serif; white">CIE Fabrication Lab (Chicago Innovation Exchange) -spaceA new fabrication lab equipped with a 3D printer to help entrepreneurs prototype their product ideas</span> <span style="font-family: pretahoma,geneva,sans-wrapserif; line">Hack Arts Lab -height: 1The Hack Arts Lab (HAL) provides an open-access laboratory for creative digital fabrication and visualization. This makerspace-styled workshop is designed to support a breadth of activity ranging from undergraduate projects to faculty-led exploration. HAL resources include 3D printers, laser cutter, advanced graphics, and microcontroller workbenches, all offered at minimal cost.15; background</span> <span style="font-colorfamily: transparenttahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Research and National Labs - The University of Chicago also offers several programs to help entrepreneurs (primarily faculty members) fully develop their startup ideas into companiesboasts numerous, state-of-the-art scientific research facilities both on and off campus.Examples include the Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Argonne National Laboratories, and the Marine Biological Laboratory</span> <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Regional Sources of Capital<br/span></span> <span idstyle="docsfont-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-internalserif;">Hyde Park Angels</span> <span style="font-guidfamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-57cb600cserif;">Lightbank</span> <span style="font-3c2afamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-943dserif;">Hyde Park Venture Partners</span> <span style="font-050bfamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-3802fb9e3f0fserif;">Innovation Fund - The Innovation Fund is a university-operated venture philanthropy fund that provides grants to faculty and university affiliated persons with business ideas to prototype and develop proof-of-concept models for these ideas</span> <span style="font-size: 15pxlarge; color"><span style="font-family: rgb(0tahoma, 0geneva, 0)sans-serif; ">Advisory Networks</span></span> <span style="font-weightfamily: boldtahoma,geneva,sans-serif; vertical">Chicago Innovation Mentors - The Chicago Innovation Mentors support university-based and local new technology ventures through the use of mentor teams.</span> <span style="font-alignfamily: baselinetahoma,geneva,sans-serif; white">Chicago Innovation Exchange -spaceThe Chicago Innovation Exchange holds office hours for its members to discuss business ideas and issues in startup development</span> <span style="font-family: pretahoma,geneva,sans-wrapserif; background">Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship -colorThe Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship holds office hours for entrepreneurs on campus to discuss business ideas and issues in startup development</span> <span style="font-family: transparenttahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Product Creation UChicagoTech - UChicagoTech hosts Executives-in-Residence who help faculty members in the development of their technologies</span> = Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Prototyping ResourcesEntrepreneurship = <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Chicago offers a plethora of resources to help faculty translate their research into viable startup businesses.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:large;">Entrepreneurial Exposure</span><br/span> <span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-guidserif;">Big Ideas Generator</span> <span style="font-57cb600cfamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-3c2aserif;">Arete</span> <span style="font-943dfamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-050b-3802fb9e3f0fserif;">Chicago Innovation Exchange</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 15pxlarge; color">Entrepreneurial Training</span> <font face="tahoma, geneva, sans-serif">New Venture Challenge</font> <span style="font-family: rgbtahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (0i-Corps) Site Program</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, 0geneva, 0)sans-serif; vertical">Chicago Innovation Mentors</span> <span style="font-alignsize: baselinelarge; whitefont-spacefamily: pretahoma, geneva, sans-wrapserif; background">Entrepreneurial Creation</span> <span style="font-colorfamily: transparenttahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">CIE Fabrication Lab (Chicago Innovation Exchange) Fund - The Innovation Fund is a university- A new fabrication lab equipped operated venture philanthropy fund that provides grants to faculty and university affiliated persons with a 3D printer business ideas to help entrepreneurs prototype their product and develop proof-of-concept models for these ideasTech Transfer Office</span> </spanstyle="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">UChicagoTech: Center for Technology Development and Ventures&nbsp;<br/span><span idstyle="docsfont-internalfamily: tahoma, geneva, sans-guidserif;">-57cb600cUChicagoTech works with university faculty members to help them develop and launch their research and technology into the market</span> <span style="font-3c2afamily: tahoma, geneva, sans-943dserif;">Hyde Park Angels</span> <span style="font-050b-3802fb9e3f0fsize:large;"><span style="font-sizefamily: 15pxtahoma, geneva, sans-serif; color">Entrepreneurial Incubation</span></span> <span style="font-family: rgb(0tahoma, 0geneva, 0)sans-serif; vertical">ARCH Venture Partners New Venture Incubator -alignThis incubator provides the winners of the New Venture Challenge with space to build up their products and services.</span> <span style="font-family: baselinetahoma, geneva, sans-serif; white">University Technology Park at IIT -This technology park provides more than 300,000 square feet of wet and dry lab and office spacefor growing companies focused on materials and life sciences, biomedical engineering, medical devices and diagnostics, green and clean technology, food safety, information technology and many other fields.</span> = <span style="font-family: pretahoma,geneva,sans-wrapserif; background">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</span> = <span style="font-colorfamily: transparenttahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Hack Arts Lab The University of Chicago boasts an active technology transfer department called UChicagoTech: Center for Technology Development and Ventures, which caters to the needs of faculty members who are interested in bringing their research to market either through partnerships with startups and large businesses or through new venture creation and patent filing.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans- serif;">More specifically, UChicagoTech</span> <span style="font-sizefamily: 15pxtahoma,geneva,sans-serif; color">- Collaborates with its extensive network of commercial and venture contacts, making connections that advance innovation within the University and the Chicago region</span> <span style="font-family: rgb(35tahoma, 31geneva, 32)sans-serif; vertical">- Supports science and technology development through specialized mentorship, proof-of-alignconcept funding, and venture initiatives</span> <span style="font-family: baselinetahoma,geneva,sans-serif; white">-spacePursues commercialization through expert market analysis, intellectual property protection, and license and partnership negotiation</span> <span style="font-family: pretahoma,geneva,sans-wrapserif; background">The following are some of the resources and programs that UChicagoTech offers to faculty</span> <span style="font-colorfamily: transparenttahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The Hack Arts Lab (HAL) provides an openInnovation Fund - awards grants and invests in promising technologies and start-access laboratory ups created by University of Chicago faculty, students, and staff with high potential for creative digital fabrication societal and commercial impact, helping them to bridge the gap between basic research funding and visualizationcommercial investment. UChicagoTech launched the Innovation Fund in 2010 to accelerate the commercialization of promising, early-stage University of Chicago research discoveries. It is now managed by the Chicago Innovation Exchange in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and UChicagoTech, Center for Technology Development &nbspVentures. Learn more</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;This ">Chicago Innovation Mentors - matches early-stage science commercialization projects with an elite network of business and translational experts willing to volunteer as mentors. The program is modeled on, and implemented in collaboration with, MIT’s Venture Mentor Service. As of Spring 2013, CIM has over 150 mentors mentoring almost 60 projects. Co-founders with UChicago include Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization Institute. Argonne National Lab recently joined as a founding institution. Support also comes from the Chicago Biomedical Consortium. CIM’s primary focus to date has been healthcare ventures, but it is now expanding into materials, cleantech, and computing and is becoming the go-to organization for early stage academic research-intensive venture origination. See Chicago Innovation Mentors for more information.</span>[http <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Executives-in-Residence - brings accomplished technology entrepreneurs and executives to the University on an extended basis to meet with faculty, identify opportunities, and build projects. See some of the EIRs involved on UChicagoTech Team page.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">UChicagoTech /enBooth Links - provide very complimentary skillsets at the University of Chicago and work closely together, regularly cross-referring and collaborating on each other’s and joint programs.wikipedia.orgThese include:</wiki/Hackerspace span> <span style="font-sizefamily: 15pxtahoma,geneva,sans-serif; ">Innovation Workshop Speaker Series - successful entrepreneurs and innovators address faculty and students. The intent is to provide researchers and students with a business perspective, raise awareness of commercial possibilities, and provide networking opportunities. See Innovation Workshop Series for more information.</span> <span style="font-family: Arialtahoma,geneva,sans-serif; color">New Venture Challenge - launched in 1996, the Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) is one of the nation's premier business launch programs, allowing students to act upon their entrepreneurial ideas within a supportive and highly rewarding environment.</span> <span style="font-family: rgb(128tahoma, 0geneva, 0)sans-serif; vertical">D4Lab - aims to bring together students and professionals from across campus to combine entrepreneurship education with human-aligncentered design. D4Lab offers workshops for the University of Chicago at large and fellowship opportunities for a select group of individuals interested in designing solutions for healthcare. See D4Lab for more information.</span> <span style="font-family: baselinetahoma,geneva,sans-serif; white">Student Engagement - MBA students and science PhD students and postdocs are increasingly participating in Innovation Fund proposals and Chicago Innovation Mentor projects. There are plans to launch a formal Innovation Fund Associates Program for students across campus, and jointly managed by UChicagoTech and the Polsky Center. A CIM Fellows Program, involving science PhD’s and postdocs assisting Chicago Innovation Mentors projects is growing rapidly. The Polsky Center and UChicagoTech are collaborating on a project to extend education programs in both science and general innovation and entrepreneurship across campus.</span> = <span style="font-spacefamily: pretahoma,geneva,sans-wrapserif; background">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span> = <span style="font-colorfamily: transparenttahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">makerspaceIn addition to providing faculty members and students with resources to translate their research to the market, UChicagoTech also plays a major role in facilitating university-industry collaboration through its connections with numerous companies. UChicagoTech facilitates the process of licensing university intellectual property to businesses and private-sector entitites.</span>] <span style="font-sizefamily: 15pxtahoma,geneva,sans-serif; color">The Chicago Materials Research Center connects university faculty and students with private-sector entities that are interested in licensing university research or requesting consulting services from university members. To this end, the Materials Research Center runs several programs like the Management Lab, which exposes graduate students to industrial work by connecting them with Booth students and companies that are in need of technical and business assistance.</span> <font face="tahoma, geneva, sans-serif">The University's Office for Corporate Relations coordinates opportunitites for businesses to recruit, and conduct research and clinical with university faculty and students.</font> = <span style="font-family: rgb(35tahoma, 31geneva, 32)sans-serif; vertical">Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span> = <span style="font-alignfamily: baselinetahoma,geneva,sans-serif; white">The University of Chicago recently opened up its Chicago Innovation Exchange to serve as a hub of innovation for not only students and faculty, but also members of the local community. The CIE provides resources and programming to community members who are interested in bringing their ideas to the market.</span> <span style="font-spacefamily: pretahoma,geneva,sans-wrapserif; background">The University also operates an initiative called UChicago Local, which fosters partnerships with businesses and job seekers in mid-South Side neighborhoods to opportunities at the University, the University of Chicago Medicine, and their vendor networks.</span> <span style="font-colorfamily: transparenttahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Local Hiring -styled workshop the University of Chicago is designed the largest employer on the South Side of Chicago, with nearly 6,000 staff employees of the University and medical center living within seven zip codes near its campus. In fiscal 2014, those area residents accounted for about one-third of UChicago’s total staff. UChicago Local works to advance local hiring by supporting workforce development agencies in their efforts to support match mid-South Side residents with jobs and prepare them for employment.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Opportunity Link - the University of Chicago has formed a referral partnership with 741 Collaborative Partnership, a breadth nonprofit collaborative of 10 workforce development agencies, that will help link local residents working with any of activity ranging from undergraduate projects 741’s partner agencies to job opportunities at the University, the Medical Center, and surrounding businesses.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Training for Local Workforce Development Agencies - UChicago Local provides workforce development practitioners with training and informational resources that prepare them to facultybetter serve mid-led explorationSouth Side job seekers. HAL resources include 3D printers</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma, laser cuttergeneva, advanced graphicssans-serif;">UChicago Procurement - through UChicago Local, the University and Medical Center are realigning normal purchasing activity to potentially transfer business to competitive local vendors and microcontroller workbenches, all offered at minimal costas a result, have a greater impact in local communities.The initiative targets prospective businesses in eight categories: - Consulting and professional services - Plant and maintenance services - Food supplies, dining and social activities - Non-shop supplies and equipment - Transportation and livery services - Shop supplies and equipment - Equipment lease and rental - Space lease and rental</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Capacity Building - in partnership with Chicago Anchors for a Strong Economy (CASE), UChicago Local provides training to help local companies grow their business to the next level by building capacity in core business skills.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Business Showcase Events - through the UChicago Local initiative, the Office of Civic Engagement hosts or sponsors regular forums for mid-South Side businesses to showcase their products and services to UChicago and UChicago Medicine staff, faculty and students</span>

<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span id="docsUChicago Local Newsletter -internal-guid-57cb600c-3c2a-943d-050b-3802fb9e3f0f"><span style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(35university faculty, 31, 32); vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;">Research staff and students receive direct information about discounts and National Labs - The University of Chicago boasts numerous, state-of-promotions at local businesses through the-art scientific research facilities both on and off campusmonthly UChicago Local newsletter. Examples include the Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Argonne National Laboratories, and the Marine Biological Laboratory</span></span></span>

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