= <span style="font-size: 12px;">2014 UIF Leadership Circle</span> =
The [[University of Virginia|University of Virginia]] UIF team will create a physical space for Health Innovation and Incubation as the centerpiece of our future plans. The space will be housed in an emergent tech incubator, HackCville, and we will partner with their mission and culture of design, mentorship and self-starter ingenuity. Our strategy addresses the gaps identified in our landscaping of UVA's I&E capacity; while there are a multitude of programs and accessible funding avaible on grounds, they are restricted by student organization transience and their lack of coordination and. We can develop the connectivity needed to field projects and support them fully from upstream to downstream by riding the exisiting momentum and experience in the tech-entrepreneurship field. The proximity to this work is helping to foster a healthy new culture at UVA; under the new physical location and presence we plan to build out new events and programing to create visibility on campus. These include the Lawn Innovation Invation, the Grit Challenge, the Medical Hackathon and IdeasEverwhere Walls- elaborated upon below.
= Top Priorities =
# *Design Team Nurturing# *Entrepreneurship Council# *Medical Bridge#*Entrepreneurship Educational Tract
== Dream Team Program ==
== Create a system/institutional support for students to stay in the Charlottesville area ==
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<li>Create the physical and social capacity to encourage alumni to remain in the Charlottesville area, thus building Charlottesville up to be a hub of technological innovation.</li>
<li>There is a sp@ce currently being built in Charlottesville...start incorporating student input into this space</li>
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== Host a Conference that brings entrepreneurial minded students together at the University of Virginia ==
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<li>This will allow for the cross-pollination of ideas and people</li>
<li>Also builds the innovation environment close to uva</li>
<li>Establishes our University space as a central innovation hub</li>
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== Develop a strong mentoring system between students at the University and alumni ==
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<li>This idea stems from the observation that students are not exposed to the entrepreneurial scene early enough. By the time they have a chance to explore their ideas and jump into innovation, they are often 3rd and 4th years, and are already indoctrined into the "natural" engineering career path.</li>
<li>This mentoring program will allow younger students to get exposed to ideas and involved early</li>
<li>This could also be supplemented with faculty support. At other Universities, faculty spin off their research to undergrads to create start ups and I believe with strong student-faculty relationships, this can also happen at UVa.</li>
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