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= MnDrive =
The University of Minnesota is blessed with an impressive array of resources. Recently, area leaders have charged the university with the task of better aligning those resources to pursue opportunites in key emerging industries and make it easier for enterprising students and faculity to access what they need.
Called MnDrive, the project has secured initial funding that will be used to build out infrastructure to support new innovation within four areas of research:
*Robotics, sensors, and advanced manufacturing.
*Global food ventures.
*Advanced industry, conserging conserning our environment.
*Discoveries and treatments for brain conditions.
Moreover, a central database of resources is being created that students and staff can access online. Nationally-recognized faculty are being hired, seed grants are being allocated to recruit fellows, and equipment and laboratory space is being established to support and expand new research under the program.
From the student perspective, seeing this through is our first big priority. We believe MnDrive lays the foundation for innovation and entrepnreurship entrepreneurship well after we are graduated. As such, we are encouraging students to make their voices heard throughout the development of the program. As University Innovation Fellows, we lay a base for sutdent student support, one of the key milestones listed below. As the project is starting to rampu ramp up, the current Fellows are already active in the selection of the faculity that will run the program and the plannign planning of how MnDrive will come together.
== Milestones: ==