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== Other ==<h2> Faculty innovation and entrepreneurship </h2>
[[Category:Universities]]NYU-Poly is the home to the Center for Faculty Innovations in Teaching and Learning (FITL), a faculty-centered enterprise dedicated to the advancement of educational practice. Its mission is to partner with the NYU-Poly community to promote innovative teaching strategies and technologies for learning. FITL was created through a 5-year, $1.92 million Title III Strengthening Institutions grant the US Department of Education awarded NYU-Poly in October 2008. Its objective is to increase NYU-Poly’s reputation as a leader in STEM higher education through extensive faculty training and providing resources to incorporate educational technology within the classroom and curriculum (FITL Homepage).
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In addition to CATT and CITE, NYU-Poly Incubators have an impressive track record with local economic boom having generated more than $250 million in economic activity and 900 jobs since 2009 (Incubator). Named one of the Top 10 Idea Labs in the U.S. by Worth magazine, the NYU-Poly Incubators—Varick St., DUMBO and NYC-ACRE—are changing the landscape of New York City for the better. As the first NYC-sponsored Incubators and cornerstones of the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute, the programs are designed to empower entrepreneurs from across NYC and NYU who are creating jobs, launching new technology products and services and diversifying the local innovation ecosystem (Incubator Impact). Since 2009, the Incubators have served more than 100 companies, with 7 of those acquired by established public and private companies. Program graduates have raised more than $60M in equity funding and economic growth is projected to reach nearly $720 million by 2015 (Incubator Impact). NYU-Poly’s Incubators leverage support from NYCEDC, NYSERDA, and other government entities, as well as from Trinity Real Estate and Two Trees Management Company, and now Forest City Ratner Companies.
