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*Students are provided opportunities to practice their skills in teamwork, leadership, project development, business plan creation, public speaking, and network creation
<br />'''The Performing Arts Venture Experience (P.A.V.E)''' paves the way to the future of the arts by investing in student innovation and creativity, supporting arts entrepreneurship education and undertaking entrepreneurial activities. Funded by a generous grant by the '''''Kauffman Foundation''''', there are four major components of P.A.V.E:
*Arts entrepreneurship classes such as Foundations of Arts Entrepreneurship, Arts Entrepreneurship Seminar, Theatre Organization and Management and Independent Film;
*Faculty development and research in arts entrepreneurship; and
*Public programming on arts entrepreneurship including speakers, workshops and symposia.
<br />'''10,000 Solutions''' is a place to showcase and collect innovative ideas that solve local and global challenges. ASU views this project as an experiment that leverages the power of collaborative wisdom to create a solutions bank. The 10,000 Solutions Project explores what can be accomplished when passionate people join a community that works together to build upon each other’s innovative ideas and create change.
'''Funding:''' The program is funded by '''''Kauffman Campuses Initiative''''' which supports innovation and entrepreneurship at ASU and beyond. The program provides up to $10,000 to fund good ideas from students, staff, faculty and community members.
<li>Funding supports the development of courses in software entrepreneurship and launched the inaugural Startup Weekend at ASU.</li>
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<br />The '''''Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College''''' runs the '''''Advancing P-20 Education Through Innovation and Entrepreneurship''''' ($5k), and the '''''Innovation in Social Educational Entrepreneurship (I-SEE)''''' ($30k).
= University Technology Transfer Functions =
*This research initiative is expected to boost Arizona’s economy, as well as attract other big corporations to the state
<br />'''ASU's Biodesign Institute''' in collaboration with industry is engaged in a $5 million, four-year project to identify protein biomarkers that could predict cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes. The collaboration is sponsored by the '''''National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases''''' (NIDDK--part of the National Institutes of Health). Other collaborators in the project include '''''Pfizer''''' and the ''''' Phoenix VA Healthcare System'''''. The money comes from a fund that is designed to support scientists from different disciplines to work together on a common problem.
Other ASU industry collaborations include: Adaptive Intelligent Materials and Systems Center (AIMS); Advanced Technology Innovation Center; Arizona Institute for Nano-Electronics (AINE), and the Arizona State University Research Park.
*Are there any unique successes (and or challenges) you may wish to highlight?
=Conclusion=
Mr. James O'Brien's comments have been instructive in better understanding ASU’s leadership role in promoting innovation, entrepreneurship, and the commercialization of research in the nation’s universities, in addition to the impact of the NACIE commitment letter in framing ASU’s strategic plans and institutional culture.
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<br/>Source: "The Innovative and Entrepreneurial University: Higher Education, Innovation & Entrepreneurship in Focus", Department of Commerce, October 2013.
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