*Team Leader: Eric Menkus, Innovation Advancement Program Director'''. '''Amount Awarded: $90,000'''. '''Number of Grants Awarded: 2.
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'''InnovationSpace''' at the '''''Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts''''': Team Leader: Prasad Boradkar, InnovationSpace Program Director. Amount Awarded: $115,000. Number of Grants Awarded: 4
*Grant funding introduces students to design concepts based on resilience theory (the ability of individuals to recover from destabilizing life events, such as a serious illness) and biomimicry (design inspired by nature). Students also worked with a local company to design toys for autistic children
<br />The following programs are run from the '''''College of Liberal Arts and Sciences'':'''
*'''''First Innovations''''': Team Leader: Pat Mariella, American Indian Policy Institute Director. Amount Awarded: $68,000. Number of Grants Awarded: 1
<li>Grant funding enables students to work with local social entrepreneurs to advance their organization’s goals through innovation.</li>
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<br />The following programs are run out of '''''the College of Technology and Innovation''''':
*Global Resolve: Team Leader: Mark Henderson, Global Resolve Director. Amount Awarded: $59,000. Number of Grants Awarded: 2