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</div>The University of North Florida does not offer a tremendous amount of resources for faculty interested in entrepreneurship and innovation. The Office of Faculty Enhancement hosts the [https://www.unf.edu/newsroom/innovation.html Teaching Innovation Institute] every summer. The institute focuses on redesigning an existing course of developing a new course while involving innovative instructional strategies. The interdisciplinary focus of the institute allows for all faculty and department teams to participate, underlining the opportunity for innovation and entrepreneurship to become a university-wide point of focus.
UNF also has an [https://www.unf.edu/research/Research_Development.aspx Office for Research & Sponsored Programs] (ORSP) which assists faculty in complying with university, federal, state, and funding agency guidelines, rules, and regulations during budget preparation when determining costs applicable to grants, contracts, and other agreements. If a faculty member would like to involve a student, or students, with their research, students are eligible to apply for an undergraduate research grant through the [https://www.unf.edu/ugstudiesour/OUR/Research_Grants.aspx Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR)]. Students can receive up to $3,500 in funding towards research-related expenses.
UNF also offers a [https://https://www.unf.edu/acadaffairs/development_grants/Faculty_Summer_Development_Grants_Program.aspx Faculty Scholarship Development Grant] sponsored by Academic Affairs to help support research, scholarship, and creative activities generated by faculty. The grant are seen as seed funding for developing, publishing and writing new research, and experimenting with new forms of creative expression. Academic Affairs offers $7500 per funded individual, or $10,000 each for up to three faculty members working together on selected multidisciplinary projects. This money goes towards travel, materials, student assistance, or other expenses related to project activities.