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The University Office of North Florida Research and Sponsored Programs is one of the ways UNF encourages student innovation and entrepreneurship through funding a nationally ranked university located in the scenic Northeastern Florida city variety of Jacksonvilledifferent research-based projects. The final way that UNF encourages student innovation and entrepreneurship are through Transformational learning opportunities (TLOs). Composed TLOs may take a myriad of six colleges of distinctionforms that include study abroad experiences, the University currently has an enrollment of 17service-learning experiences,000 students and employs more than 500 full-time research/directed independent study experiences with a faculty as well as over 1member,000 staff membersand leadership experiences.

The In 2023, the University of North Florida (UNF) is an emerging center Florida’s Coggin College of Business received a grant from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. This leveraged Blackstone to establish programs across campus for students to expand their skill sets. [https://www.unf.edu/coggin/blackstonelaunchpad/index.html Blackstone LaunchPad] became a way for students to explore innovation, entrepreneurship in Jacksonville, and creativity. In addition, students develop their professional background during their journey of building careers and companies. This resource fosters community and allows students to connect with faculty and their peers. With Blackstone, students have access to various tools and systems, such as mentorship, funding options, equipment, spaces, and events to help support them in Northeast Floridatheir endeavors as entrepreneurs. UNF’s Coggin College of Some partners Blackstone has collaborated with include Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (CEI), Career Services, and Small Business is primarily responsible Development Center (SBDC). With these partners, Blackstone creates events for the increased emphasis on entrepreneurship students to engage in, such as Pitch Competitions and innovationCareer Readiness Events. Most recently, after Whether you’re a $1 million dollar donationstudent interested in innovation, UNF created or just curious about the Center entrepreneurship world, there are many resources available for Entrepreneurship students to explore, get engaged and Innovationget involved on campus.

==Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship:&nbsp;==</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 [[Filehttps:Second pic.jpg]]<br/></div><div><br/><www.unf.edu/div><div><brnewsroom/></div><div> 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.&nbsp;

The UNF Center also has an [https://www.unf.edu/research/Research_Development.aspx Office for Entrepreneurship Research & Sponsored Programs]&nbsp;(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 Innovation is open other agreements. If a faculty member would like to 15 start-up companies per year where entrepreneurs undergo involve a year-long development program at the 13student,000-square-foot livingor students, learning labwith their research, located in students are eligible to apply for an undergraduate research grant through the bustling center [https://www.unf.edu/our/ Office of downtown JacksonvilleUndergraduate Research (OUR)]. Students can receive up to $3,500 in funding towards research-related expenses. Learn more about the &nbsp;  UNF Center for Entrepreneurship also offers a [https://www.unf.edu/asa/funding-opportunities.html Faculty Scholarship Development Grant]&nbsp;sponsored by Academic Affairs to help support research, scholarship, and Innovation creative activities generated by watching this videofaculty.The Coggin College grant are seen as seed funding for developing, publishing and writing new research, and experimenting with new forms of Business also creative expression. Academic Affairs offers a minor in entrepreneurship $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. <span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span>Another program that all students have the opportunity UNF offers to partake insupport its faculty body is [https://www.unf.edu/ofe/ Faculty Development Fellows Program]. The minor itself &nbsp; This Program is predominantly businessa collaboration between faculty holding specific interests and expertise and the [https://www.unf.edu/ofe/programs-oriented but does offer courses that teach creativity and design thinkingfellows. This minor coincides html Office of Faculty Enhancement]&nbsp;with the 200 registered student organizations goal of providing professional development opportunities for faculty across campus. These opportunities include designing and presenting forums or workshops on campuscurrent topics, one of which is the Entrepreneurssupporting faculty development initiatives, Creatorsas well as organizing faculty development materials related to teaching and learning, and Innovators clubserving as facilitators during faculty development summer institutes. In addition,  <br /> ==Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function:&nbsp;== UNF offers courses such views [https://autm.net/about-tech-transfer/what-is-tech-transfer technology transfer] as GEB4942: Entrepreneurial Internshipan aspect of community engagement, which stimulates innovation and allows students to gain real-world experiences a value that is highly rooted in entrepreneurial businessthe history of this university. Other courses such as MAN4294Through the [https: Creativity //www.unf.edu/research/ Office of Research & Sponsored Programs (ORSP)], and Innovation in the Workplaceamazing work by John Kantner, Cheresa Boston, Rosalyn Gilbert, and the rest of the staff, teach students how there is a good foundation for ideas to have a creative mindset when exploring different possibilities in complex and uncertain environmentsmove into something bigger. There may be an opportunity UNF's Intellectual property is normally transferred to expand the number of clubs private sector, after the right procedures are taken into place that will allow corporations to develop new or students involved updated services with social innovation because the UNF Student Governmentcommon goal of enhancing the community and it's quality of life. Through marketing and licensing activities, which has an annual budget ORSP brings technology forward to public use and for the benefit of roughly $4the inventor, the University, and the community.5 million dollarsIncome is generated for both the inventor and the University through licensing agreements, just announced and ORSP encourages agreements with local and regional companies. ORSP and the creation of Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation have been working in conjunction with to advance idea development and technology transfers.&nbsp;A successful transfer from a university almost always requires a partnership with a private sector, which makes this a new Student Involvement Centervery exciting partnership for all parties.

The Office of Research This relationship between university and Sponsored Programs is one of private sectors can also go the ways UNF encourages student innovation and entrepreneurship through funding other way where a variety company takes advantage of different the [https://www.unf.edu/research-based projects/Innovation/Partner_with_industry. The final way that UNF encourages student innovation aspx research and entrepreneurship are through Transformational learning opportunities development (TLOsR&D)Collaboration] that UNF has to offer. TLOs may take R&D collaboration allows for a myriad of forms partnership that include study abroad experiences, comes full circle by gaining the ability to use the universities research and capabilities to add to a product or service-learning experiences, that could go out to help the community in a multitude of ways. All research/directed independent study experiences with a faculty member, and leadership experiencespartnerships are conducted under appropriate and approved on agreements to protect the rights of all parties involved. </span><div><br/></div><div>[[File:Third pic.jpg]]<br/></div></div>

= <br/><span style="font-size:large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0A successful transfer from a university almost always requires a partnership with a private sector, 0, 0); font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Encouraging Faculty Innovation while a corporation can gain assistance in improving and Entrepreneurship:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0tailoring a product to Jacksonville, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span> =which makes this a very exciting partnership for all parties.

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The =Facilitating 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 </span>[https://www.unf.edu/ofe/events/Summer_Teaching_Innovation_Institute_2019.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asianIndustry Collaboration: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Teaching Innovation Institute</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, 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.&nbsp;</span>==

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0In recent years, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNF also has an </span>continued to expand and further develop relationships with external organizations and corporations. For example, the [https://www.unf.edu/researchcoggin/CEI/Research_Development.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office Center for Research & Sponsored Programs</span>Entrepreneurship and Innovation]&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0has partnered with the Life Sciences Incubator at Mayo Clinic, 0Beaver Street Enterprise, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(ORSP) which assists faculty in complying with universityPS27 Ventures, federalSource Fuse, stateThe Jim Moran Institute, and funding agency guidelinesthe Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Entrepreneurial Growth. In addition, rules, and regulations during budget preparation when determining costs applicable four of the 15 ideas selected by the incubator this year relate to grants, contracts, the healthcare and other agreementstechnology industries. If a faculty member would like to involve a studentThis is incredibly important because Baptist Health, or studentsFlorida Blue, with their research, students and the Mayo Clinic are eligible to apply for an undergraduate research grant through three of the largest employers in Jacksonville.&nbsp;</spandiv>[https[File:4th pic.jpg|thumb|right|200x200px|link=Special:FilePath/4th_pic.jpg]]</wwwdiv>[[File:5th pic.unfjpg|thumb|right|200x200px|5th pic.edujpg|link=Special:FilePath/ugstudies/OUR/Research_Grants5th_pic.aspx jpg]]<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"div><br />Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR)</spandiv>]<span style="backgrounddiv>Another major aspect of developing private-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0public relationships is UNF’s continued dedication to earning the Carnegie Foundation “Community Engagement” designation. The University has established numerous public outreach and community partnerships that include the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, HandsOn Jacksonville, Public Opinion Research Lab, Small Business Development Center, Center for Community Initiatives, Volunteers in Medicine, and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Center for Ethics, 0Public Policy, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and the Professions. Students can receive up These community partnerships allow faculty members, and dedicated student assistants, to $3,500 in funding towards research-related expensesutilize their disciplinary expertise to produce “applied scholarship” that directly addresses an array of regional concerns.&nbsp;<br /span>

= <span style="font-size:large;"><span id="docs-internal-guidUNF has now created an entire cycle of support for aspiring innovators by offering courses on entrepreneurship, to the new Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation for start-958f035c-7fff-efcf-bdb3-4afe83f6f544"><span style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0ups, 0to the SBDC for growing small businesses. Together, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Actively Supporting these resources will allow the University Technology Transfer Functionuniversity and local community to continue to grow. [https:&nbsp;</span></span><www.unf.edu/span> =ccbl/The_Northeast_Florida_Coastal_Research___Education_Corridor.aspx The Northeast Florida Coastal Research and Education Corridor] is a regional connection that allows students, faculty, and visitors alike the opportunity to learn about their coastal ecosystems through seminars, conducting research, field studies, etc.

<span style="backgroundWith a sponsorship from Enterprise Rent-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; fontA-family: Arial; color: rgb(0Car, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNF does have an initiative for </span>the university has constructed the [https://www.unf.edu/researchcoggin/Career_Management_Center/students/Intellectual_Property_and_Technology_TransferExecutiveMentors.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer (IPATT)</span>Coggin Executive Mentor Program]&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">that . This program is administered through designed to enhance the </span>[https://www.unf.edu/research/Research_Development.aspx <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Office classroom experience by linking students with leading executives for Research & Sponsored Programs</span>]&nbsp;<span style="backgroundone-color: transparent; fonton-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(ORSP) and overseen by Associate Vice President for Research, Drone mentoring. John Kantner. Through marketing Mentors share career advice and licensing activities, ORSP brings technology forward valuable insight into the transition from college to public use and for the benefit of the inventor, the University, and the community. Income is generated for both the inventor and the University through licensing agreements, and ORSP encourages agreements with local and regional companieswork. ORSP, IPATT, Students build career networks and the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation will all work in conjunction with one another develop skills to advance idea development become better professionals and technology transfersleaders.&nbsp;</span>

= <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0A similar but different program, 0, 0); font-weight[https: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; color: rgb/www.unf.edu/cass/ Community Alliance for Student Success (0CASS)], 0is a program and community that was created to serve traditionally underrepresented students. Students are paired with experienced minority members, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">&nbsp;</span></span> =including industry leaders and local business owners to learn about job opportunities and network in Jacksonville.

<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In recent years, UNF MedNexus has continued a medical technology innovation lab that promotes students to expand and further develop relationships work side by side with external organizations researchers and corporations. For example, the </span>[https://www.unfMedNexus partners.edu/coggin/CEI/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation</span>]&nbsp;<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">has partnered Students will be working with the Life Sciences Incubator at Mayo Clinic, Beaver Street Enterprise, PS27 Ventures, Source Fuse, The Jim Moran Institute, and the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce’s Center for Entrepreneurial Growth. In addition, four of the 15 ideas selected by the incubator this year relate to the MedNexus healthcare and technology industries. This is incredibly important because Baptist Health, Florida Blue, and the Mayo Clinic are three of the largest employers in Jacksonville.&nbsp;</span><div>[[File:4th pic.jpg|thumb|right|200x200px]]</div>[[File:5th pic.jpg|thumb|right|200x200px|5th pic.jpg]]<div><div><br/></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another major aspect of developing private-public relationships is UNF’s continued dedication workers to earning the Carnegie Foundation “Community Engagement” designation. 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These community partnerships allow faculty members, and dedicated student assistants, to utilize their disciplinary expertise to produce “applied scholarship” that directly addresses an array of regional concernsdetect other serious diseases early.&nbsp;</span></div><div><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-184d11d1-7fff-0ff1-4451-f72c0fcdece1"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Engaging With Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts:&nbsp;</span></span><br/><span id="docs-internal-guid-184d11d1-7fff-0ff1-4451-f72c0fcdece1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of North Florida lab has an annual economic impact of nearly $1 billion on the regional economy. Despite this general impact, the university is committed to contributing to the growth of the regional economy through specialized initiatives, institutes/centers, a Mass Spectrometer microscope and programsa 3D Biomedical Print Lab. One of the University’s largest center is </span>[https://www.sbdc.unf.edu/about-the-sbdc/ <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Florida Small Business Development Center at the University of North Florida</span>]&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(SBDC). 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<span style="background-colorA regional source that UNF interacts with in order to provide a financial opportunity to students is [https: transparent; color: rgb(0//www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/ Bright Futures], 0, 0); fontwhich is a merit-family: Arial; fontand service-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">UNF has now created an entire cycle of support for aspiring innovators based scholarship awarded to students by offering courses on entrepreneurship, to the new Center state of Florida for Entrepreneurship their academic achievement and Innovation for start-ups, to the SBDC for growing small businessescommunity involvement during their high school years. Together, these resources will allow UNF also recognizes that financial assistance is one of the university biggest barriers to students completing a four-year degree and local community to continue to growoffers [https://www.unf.<edu/span>sg/scholarships.html Competitive and Decentralized Scholarships] promoted through their Student Government.

<big>With a sponsorship from Enterprise Rent-A-CarAdditionally, the university has constructed the Coggin Executive Mentor Programthrough [https://unf. This program is designed to enhance the classroom experience by linking students with leading executives for one-on-one mentoringjoinhandshake. Mentors share career advice and valuable insight into com/login Handshake], the transition from college to work. Students build official career networks and develop skills to become better professionals internship platform of UNF, and leaders.</big></span>[https://www.unf.edu/coggin/Career_Management_Centercareerservices/Career Services], students/ExecutiveMentors.aspxA similar, but different program, Community Alliance for Student Success, or CASS, is a program can browse internships and community that was created jobs to serve traditionally underrepresented students. Students are paired connect with experienced minority members, including industry leaders and local business owners to learn about job opportunities and network in Jacksonvilleonline. <This can be done generally or sorted into opportunities within your field/div> <major/span>https://wwwcollege.unfHandshake can also be used for networking and professional development.edu/cass/