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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-familysize:tahoma,geneva,sans-seriflarge;">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. In this Landscape Canvas, the various components of the entrepreneurial ecosystem will be explored in compliance with the Wenger Model.Classes</span>

== <span style="colorfont-family:#000000tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Entrepreneurial DiscoveryMENG 20000. Introduction to Emerging Technologies. 100 Units.</span> ==

<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">This course will examine five emerging technologies (stem cells in regenerative medicine, quantum computing, water purification, new batteries, etc.) over two weeks each. The University first of Chicago offers various classes and programs the two weeks will present the basic science underlying the emerging technology; the second of the two weeks will discuss the hurdles that must be addressed successfully to expose students to entrepreneurshipconvert a good scientific concept into a commercial product that addresses needs in the market place.</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;20000PHYS 22600. Introduction to Emerging TechnologiesElectronics. 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="lineThe goal of this hands-height: inherit;">This on experimental course will examine five emerging technologies (stem cells in regenerative medicineis to develop confidence, quantum computingunderstanding, water purification, new batteries, etcand design ability in modern electronics.) over two weeks eachThis is not a course in the physics of semiconductors. The first of the In two weeks will present lab sessions a week, we explore the basic science underlying the emerging technology; the second properties of the two weeks will discuss the hurdles that must be addressed successfully diodes, transistors, amplifiers, operational amplifiers, oscillators, field effect transistors, logic gates, digital circuits, analog-to-digital and digital-to convert a good scientific concept into a commercial product that addresses needs in -analog converters, phase-locked loops, and more. Lectures supplement the market placelab.</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;">PHYS&nbsp;22600BIOS 11140. ElectronicsBiotechnology 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;">The goal of this hands-on experimental This course is designed to develop confidence, understanding, and design ability in modern electronics. This is not provide a course in stimulating introduction to the physics world of semiconductorsbiotechnology. In two lab sessions Starting with an overview of the basic concepts of molecular biology and genetics that serve as a weekfoundation for biotechnology, we explore the properties course will segue into the various applied fields of diodes, transistors, amplifiersbiotechnology. Topics will include microbial biotechnology, operational amplifiersagricultural biotechnology, oscillatorsbiofuels, field effect transistorscloning, logic gatesbioremediation, digital circuitsmedical biotechnology, analog-to-digital DNA fingerprinting and digital-forensics. The goal of this course is toprovide the Biology non-analog converters, phase-locked loops, majors with an appreciation of important biotechnology breakthroughs and more. Lectures supplement the lab.</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="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">BIOS&nbsp;1114024206. Biotechnology for Peering Inside the 21st CenturyBlack Box: Neocortex. 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 The neocortex is designed to provide a stimulating introduction to the world multilayered outermost structure of biotechnologythe mammalian brain. Starting with an overview of It is the basic concepts site of molecular biology higher brain functions including reasoning and genetics that serve as a foundation for biotechnologycreativity. However, the course will segue into complexity of the neocortex—it is comprised of ~20 billion neurons which have 0.15 quadrillion connections between them—seems to preclude any hope of achieving a fundamental understanding of the various applied fields system. Recent technological innovations have opened novel avenues of investigation making realization of biotechnologythe neocortex an increasingly tractable problem. Topics This course will include microbial biotechnology, agricultural biotechnology, biofuels, cloning, bioremediation, medical biotechnology, DNA fingerprinting place particular emphasis on how to critically read scientific papers as we evaluate and forensicsdiscuss current experimental approaches to the neocortex. The goal of Integral to this course is to provide evaluation will be the Biology non-majors with an appreciation detailed discussion of important biotechnology breakthroughs and the associated bioethics issues</span></span>latest technological approaches.</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 22010. Peering Inside the Black Box: NeocortexDigital Fabrication. 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 is the multilayered outermost structure Digital fabrication involves translation 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 of the mammalian brainthis technology through low cost 3D printers and open source tools for 3D design and modeling. It is In this course we will cover the site foundations of higher brain functions 3D object design including reasoning computational geometry, the type of models that can and creativity. Howevercan’t be fabricated, the complexity uses and applications of digital fabrication, the neocortex—it is comprised algorithms, methods and tools for conversion of ~20 billion neurons which have 0.15 quadrillion connections between them—seems 3D models to preclude any hope representations that can be directly manufactured using computer controlled machines, the concepts and technology used in additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing) and the research and practical challenges of achieving a fundamental understanding of the systemdeveloping self-replicating machines. Recent technological innovations We will have opened novel avenues of investigation making realization of several 3D printers available for use during the neocortex an increasingly tractable problem. This course class and students will place particular emphasis on how to critically read scientific papers as we evaluate design and discuss current experimental approaches to fabricate several parts during the neocortexcourse. Integral to this evaluation will be the detailed discussion of the latest technological approaches.</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;2201023400. Digital FabricationMobile 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="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 Mobile computing is pervasive and changing nearly every aspect of a digital design into a physical objectsociety. While digital fabrication has been around for decadesSensing, actuation, only now has it become possible for individuals to take advantage and mediation capabilities of mobile devices are transforming all aspects of this technology through low cost 3D printers and open source tools for 3D design and modeling.<span style="margincomputing: 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;In this course we will cover the foundations of 3D object design including computational geometryuses, the type of models that can and can’t be fabricatednetworking, the uses and applications of digital fabricationinterface, the algorithmsform, methods etc. This course explores new technologies driving mobile computing and tools their implications for conversion of 3D models to representations that can be directly manufactured using computer controlled machinessystems and society. Current focus areas include expanded visual experience with computational photography, the concepts video and technology used in additive manufacturing (aka 3D printing) interactive augmented reality, and the research synchronicity and practical challenges of developing selfproximity-replicating machinesdetection to enable shared social experiences.<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 for use during the class Labs expose students to software and students will design hardware capabilities of mobile computing systems, and fabricate several parts during develop the capability to envision radical new applications for a large-scale courseproject.</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;2340023800. Mobile ComputingGame Construction. 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 is pervasive and changing nearly every aspect Computer games are one of the most exciting applications of societycomputer technology.&nbsp; SensingThey also are large software systems that embody cutting-edge graphics, actuationas well as techniques from AI, and mediation capabilities of mobile devices are transforming all aspects of computing:&nbsp; usesscientific simulation, networking, interface, form, etcand databases.&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 photography, video and interactive augmented reality, and synchronicity introduces the student to the basic algorithms and proximitytechniques used in computer-detection to enable shared social experiencesgame construction.&nbsp; Labs expose students Students work in teams to software design and hardware capabilities of mobile computing systemscreate games using existing libraries for graphics, physics simulation, and develop the capability to envision radical new applications for a large-scale course projectso forth.</span></span></span>

<span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: small; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">CMSC&nbsp;23800ECON 22600. Game ConstructionInnovators. 100 Units.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: inherit;">Computer games are one Economists believe that innovation is a primary source of the economic growth. Yet although most exciting applications of computer technologyinnovations are made by individuals or small groups, until recently economists have not studied how those exceptional people produce their discoveries. They also Recent research has shown that there are large software systems that embody cutting-edge graphics, as well as techniques from AI, scientific simulation, networkingtwo very different types of innovators, who have different goals and databasesfollow different processes. This course introduces the student to surveys this research, examining the basic algorithms careers and techniques used innovations of important practitioners in computer-game constructiona range of modern arts, including painters, novelists, sculptors, poets, movie directors, photographers, songwriters, and architects, as well as entrepreneurs and scientists. Students work The material covered in teams this course adds a new dimension to design our understanding of creativity and create games using existing libraries for graphics, physics simulation, of how innovators in many different activities produce new forms of art and so forthscience.</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;">ECON&nbsp;22600. Innovators. 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">Economists believe that innovation The University of Chicago is developing a primary source of economic 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. Recent research has shown dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem that there are two very different types of innovators, who have different goals and follow different processesprovides various learning opportunities for undergraduates. This course surveys this research, examining Numerous programs integrate with the careers academic and innovations of important practitioners in a range of modern artssocial sphere, including painters, novelists, sculptors, poets, movie directors, photographers, songwriters, and architects, as training students to become well as entrepreneurs -rounded innovative thinkers who can utilize their knowledge and scientists. The material covered in this course adds a new dimension skill sets to our understanding of creativity and of how innovators in many different activities produce new forms of art and sciencetackle real-world issues.&nbsp;</font></span>

== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line"><span style="font-heightsize:large;"><span style="color: inheritrgb(0, 0, 0);">Entrepreneurial LearningExtra-curricular</span></span></span> ==

<font color="#000000" facespan style="font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">The Edge - UChicago's undergraduate entrepreneurship organization. They support student ventures and foster an entrepreneurial spirit on campus. Their mission is to promote entrepreneurship education at the University of Chicago is developing a dynamic entrepreneurship ecosystem that provides various learning opportunities for undergraduatesand to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs. Numerous programs integrate Edge focuses on providing UChicago students with the academic resources and social spherea community to help them build skills, companies, training students to become well-rounded innovative thinkers who can utilize their knowledge and skill sets to tackle real-world issuesrelationships.&nbsp;</fontspan>

<span style="font-size:large;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">ExtraUncommon Ventures - a student-run venture firm on the UChicago Campus that provides seed funding for early-curricular</span>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>

<span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Edge</span>TedXUChicago - a local, independently organized event at The University of Chicago that strives to re-create the unique experience found at TED, where the world´s leaders, thinkers and doers congregate to share what they are most passionate about.</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 is to promote entrepreneurship education at the Univers</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; color: rgb(200, 240, 350); font-familysize: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18pxlarge;">ity of Chicago Programs and to empower the next generation of entrepreneurs.Competitions&nbsp;</span>Edge focuses on providing UChicago students with resources and a community to help them build skills, companies, and relationships.</span>

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Uncommon VenturesFund - 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-sizefamily:smalltahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Uncommon Ventures is a studentUChicago App Challenge-run venture firm on the UChicago Campus that provides seed funding for early-stage student startups. With Mobile Apps Challenge is a total fund size of $500joint effort between IT Services,000The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, they exist to provide capital to college entrepreneurs and UChicagoTech to help undergraduates start cultivate, evaluate and grow their amazing businessdevelop 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;">TedXUChicagoCollege 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-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">TEDxUChicago</span></span><span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arialtahoma,helveticageneva,sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">&nbsp;is a local, independently organized event at The University of Chicago that strives to re-create the unique experience found at TED,&nbsp;Entrepreneurial Experimentation</span><span style="line-height: 21px;">where the world´s leaders, thinkers and doers congregate to share what they are most passionate about.</span></span></span>=

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: large;">Programs and Competitions&nbsp;Experiential Courses</span></span>

<font color="#000000" facespan style="font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif" size="3;">The Uncommon Fund[http://campuscatalyst.uchicago.edu/ Campus Catalyst]&nbsp;-&nbsp;Exposing students to the business of non-profit organizations and the evolving social sector by having them form consulting teams to tackle issues faced by real non-profit organizations</fontspan>

<span style="font-sizefamily:smalltahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The Uncommon Fund is a pool of money allocated D4 Foundations - Teaches students entrepreneurial design thinking by Student Government towards interesting and creative student projects and initiatives working on hands-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 identify unmet needs in that all other sources of SG funding require Registered Student Organization status. Additionally, one Uncommon Fund board member education and ORCSA staff member are assigned to each project to help ensure it’s success. For more information, [http://uncommonfund.uchicago.edu/ check out the Uncommon Fund website].healthcare</span>

<font color="#000000" facespan style="font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif" size="3;">UChicago App ChallengeNew 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-sizefamily:smalltahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(20, 24, 35); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-heightsize: 18pxlarge;">The Mobile Apps Challenge is a joint effort between IT Services, The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship, and UChicagoTech to cultivate, evaluate and develop ideas for mobile apps from anywhere in the University.Infrastructure</span></span>

<span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Hack Arts Lab -&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(068, 068, 068); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">College New Venture 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.</span>

<span style="font-size:small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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 Exchange - The Chicago Innovation launched the College New Venture Challenge (CNVC) in 2012 Exchange provides entrepreneurs with a space to create a supportive translate their ideas 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 of Chicago undergraduate studentstechnologies into startups. 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 Experimentation</span>

<span style== Entrepreneurial Experimentation =="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Uncommon Ventures</span>

&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 sectorMidway Ventures</span>

[http<span style="font-size://campuscatalyst.uchicago.edu/ httplarge;"><span style="font-family:tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Internship Opportunities</span></campuscatalyst.uchicago.edu/]span>

== <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; line-height: inherit;">Entrepreneurial PursuitInnovation Fund Associates Program</span> ==

<span style=== Incubators and Accelerators"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Jeff Metcalf Internships<br/span> ===

Polsky Center Accelerator Program <span style="font- The Accelerator Program helps student teams work on their businesses and social enterprises family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">University Careers in a collaborative and dynamic environment.Entrepreneurship</span>

Chicago Innovation Exchange == <span style="font- The Chicago Innovation Exchange provides entrepreneurs with a space to translate their ideas and technologies into startups.family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: inherit;">Entrepreneurial Pursuit</span></span> ==

ARCH Venture Partners New Venture Incubator <span style="font- This incubator family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University of Chicago provides the winners of the New Venture Challenge with space various programs to build up help entrepreneurs begin implementing their products and services.startup ideas</span>

1871 <span style="font- This cosize:large;"><span style="font-working facility provides Chicagofamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-area startups with space serif;">Incubators and amenities to incubate their companiesAccelerators</span></span>

University Technology Park at IIT <span style="font- This technology park provides more than 300family:tahoma,000 square feet of wet and dry lab and office space for growing companies focused geneva,sans-serif;">Polsky Center Accelerator Program - The Accelerator Program helps student teams work on materials and life sciences, biomedical engineering, medical devices and diagnostics, green their businesses and clean technology, food safety, information technology social enterprises in a collaborative and many other fieldsdynamic environment.</span>

Midway Ventures <span style="font- Midway Ventures is a studentfamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-run venture capital group that connects undergraduate entrepreneurs serif;">1871 - This co-working facility provides Chicago-area startups with world-class investorsspace and amenities to incubate their companies</span>

Uncommon Ventures <span style="font- Uncommon Ventures is a studentsize:large;"><span style="font-run venture capital group that provides undergraduate entrepreneurs with seed fundingfamily:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Seed Funding</span></span>

Innovation Fund <span style="font- The Innovation Fund family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Midway Ventures - Midway Ventures is a universitystudent-operated run venture philanthropy fund capital group that provides grants to faculty and university affiliated persons connects undergraduate entrepreneurs with business ideas to prototype and develop proof-ofworld-concept models for these ideas Tech Transfer Officeclass investors</span>

UChicagoTech <span style="font- UChicagoTech works family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Uncommon Ventures - Uncommon Ventures is a student-run venture capital group that provides undergraduate entrepreneurs with university faculty members to help them develop and launch their research and technology into the marketseed funding</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="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Product Creation and Prototyping Resources </span></span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">CIE Fabrication Lab (Chicago Innovation Exchange) - A new fabrication lab equipped with a 3D printer to help entrepreneurs prototype their product ideas </span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Hack Arts Lab - The 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.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Research and National Labs - The University of Chicago boasts 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</span></span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Hyde Park Angels</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Lightbank</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Hyde Park Venture Partners</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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:large;"><span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Advisory Networks</span></span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Chicago Innovation Exchange - The Chicago Innovation Exchange holds office hours for its members to discuss business ideas and issues in startup development</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship - The 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:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">UChicagoTech - UChicagoTech hosts Executives-in-Residence who help faculty members in the development of their technologies</span> = Encouraging Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship = <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></span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Big Ideas Generator</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Arete</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Chicago Innovation Exchange</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Entrepreneurial Training</span> <font face="tahoma, geneva, sans-serif">New Venture Challenge</font> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (i-Corps) Site Program</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Chicago Innovation Mentors</span> <span style="font-size: large; font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Entrepreneurial Creation</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">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 Tech Transfer Office</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">UChicagoTech: Center for Technology Development and Ventures&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">- 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;">Hyde Park Angels</span> <span style="font-size:large;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">Entrepreneurial Incubation</span></span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">ARCH Venture Partners New Venture Incubator - This incubator provides the winners of the New Venture Challenge with space to build up their products and services.</span> <span style="font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;">University Technology Park at IIT - This technology park provides more than 300,000 square feet of wet and dry lab and office space for 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:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Actively Supporting the University Technology Transfer Function</span> = <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">- 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:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">- Supports science and technology development through specialized mentorship, proof-of-concept funding, and venture initiatives</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">- Pursues commercialization through expert market analysis, intellectual property protection, and license and partnership negotiation</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The following are some of the resources and programs that UChicagoTech offers to faculty</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The Innovation Fund - awards grants and invests in promising technologies and start-ups created by University of Chicago faculty, students, and staff with high potential for societal and commercial impact, helping them to bridge the gap between basic research funding and commercial 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 & Ventures. Learn more</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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> <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 / Booth 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. These include:</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,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:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">D4Lab - aims to bring together students and professionals from across campus to combine entrepreneurship education with human-centered 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:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration</span> = <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">In 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-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts</span> = <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">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-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">Local Hiring - the University of Chicago is 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 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 nonprofit collaborative of 10 workforce development agencies, that will help link local residents working with any of 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 better serve mid-South Side job seekers.</span> <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-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, as 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>

Research and National Labs <span style="font- The University of Chicago boasts numerousfamily:tahoma, stategeneva,sans-ofserif;">UChicago Local Newsletter -the-art scientific research facilities both on university faculty, staff and off campus. Examples include the Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery, Argonne National Laboratories, students receive direct information about discounts and promotions at local businesses through the Marine Biological Laboratorymonthly UChicago Local newsletter.</span>

Regional Sources <span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">The University is committed to enhancing the quality of Capitallife in local neighborhoods, working with community-based organizations to improve the area’s housing, retail, parks, and public facilities. For example, they are working with the city and community groups to turn the 53rd Street retail district into a vibrant, mixed-use main street. To advance its goal to support a stronger mid-South Side, the University and University of Chicago Medical Center offer financial incentives for homebuyers and renters through an Employer-Assisted Housing Program, to encourage employees to live in the nine neighborhoods surrounding campus.</span>

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