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<span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Alabama at Birmingham offers an abundance (UAB) encourages student innovation and entrepreneurship through multiple avenues. This includes: general courses that promote the concepts and ideas of I&E, Speaker Series, newsletters, university-wide conferences about the importance of resources I&E. In addition to facilitate this, there is also an entrepreneurshipminor, certification programs, student organizations, and campus-wide competitions that allow students to become more involved in the campus ecosystem and put I&E concepts into action. Several Students also have the option of going to collaborative spaces such as the Makerspace, Edge of Chaos, or the assets available Project Lab to develop their ideas and build prototypes.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to university having many resources internally, UAB students and faculty also have access to many external resources. UAB actively encourages faculty to develop their entrepreneurial pursuits by linking them directly to opportunities to help start commercialize their ideas: whether they are centered around their own biomedical research conducted in their labs and funded through the NIH, or grow an idea are independent, solution driven ideas that need external funding from local investors in order to reach their full potential. Faculty have the option of applying for seed funding from UAB’s Institutional Funding pool, which is comprised of donations from more than 25 of Birmingham’s local businesses and VCs. Because of UAB’s close proximity to the iLab Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (Innovation Labthe EDPA), Faculty are able to easily access the Innovation Depotresources necessary for them to apply for i6 grants - funds set aside solely to translate ideas and inventions into products, services, companies, and jobs. Academic researchers and private investigators are also encourage to participate in I-Corps, a three week program designed to help faculty explore and The Edge of Chaosevaluate the market potential for their research. The iLab is an area located Along with access to mentorship from industry veterans, participants in I-Corps are able to become integrated within the Innovation Depotgeneral downtown Birmingham business scene through various networking opportunities and mixers, gain knowledge of the business model canvas through one on one training sessions, a start chance for up incubator to $2,500 in funding directly from UAB’s division of the program, and the opportunity to apply for the greater Birmingham areaNSF National I-Corps program $50, where university students can grow ideas and collaborate with other young entrepreneurs000 grant award. Lister Hill Library provides a creative </span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">UAB also boasts non-aggressive Intellectual Property rules, encouraging UAB faculty, The Edge of Chaosemployees, for and students to discuss scientific discoveries and faculty possible inventions with their patent office as early in the research as is possible in order to step beyond navigate important issues such as commercial potential, intellectual property rights, and the timing of public disclosures. Patents can be directly filed through the core curriculum University, and explore topics that if the legal fees are covered by UAB, they may find interesting or essential in understanding topics necessary for academic growth. Seed funding sources available be entitled to UAB students include Velocity royalties and a possibly partial or total ownership/equity of the Clinton Global Initiateinnovation in question if applicable. Each Disclosure of these is located through the Innovation Depot discoveries and inventions which appear to have commercial value are made to the UAB Service Learning department, respectfully. The Institute Institution for Innovation and Entrepreneurship offers . According the Board’s Rule 509, all faculty members, university employees, and students, as a condition of their employment and/or enrollment, are required report all inventions and discoveries that were made while they were employed or enrolled as a student at UAB Research Foundation in order to make IP disputes and filing as seamless as an asset possible. In order to students when dealing with make navigating the technology transferfunction as easy for campus innovators as possible, UAB has established four offices that handle issues related to filing patents and topics relating to intellectual property - the CIRB, HIIE, OSP, and OIE. The </span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the advantages UAB Office has for Undergraduate Research also helps making I&E impact is its location: Birmingham, the most-populated city in Alabama. The university partakes in providing sponsorship an array of partnerships with different industries and funding for newly developed initiatives while assisting in technology transferbusinesses throughout the city. Grant writing, legalOne of UAB’s most notable university-industry collaborations is iLab, and venture assistance which is well established in the university’s ecosystemCollat School of Business’s collaboration with Birmingham’s Innovation Depot. The Honors College’s Science and Technology Honors Program UAB Innovation Lab (iLab) provides direct support to students with hands-on-experience and training in how an opportunity to write grants while also connecting engage with the Birmingham entrepreneurship community. Additionally, iLab supports students with faculty mentors to help them develop their ideas. Regional funding is also available for aspiring entrepreneurs through EDA, Alabama Launchpad, i6 Grant, and BVC Spark Match.</span></span>   <span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Overall, UAB is a powerhouse for academic, clinical and research innovation that are trained positively contributes to the city of Birmingham, the state of Alabama, the nation and the world. According to the 2015 NSF Report on Higher Education Research and Development Survey, UAB ranks in such activitiesthe top 25 federally financed public research universities. The Center In addition to this, UAB is the largest single employer in the state of Alabama and generates significant impacts for Clinical its employees and Translational Science also provides resources for students looking for assistance the state in research related topics when dealing with publications terms of economic, employment and planning clinical trialsgovernment revenue impacts on a daily basis. All in allThe university itself, the UAB provides an ample Health System, and Southern Research drive a significant amount of resources to help the Alabama economy every year. The UAB community includes more than 19,500 students, 23,000 full-time and part-time employees, and 120,000 active alumni worldwide. With its academic rigor, health care presence, robust research activity, and encourage students to move ideas economic activity, UAB is an excellent university that cultivates innovation and services along their path to completionentrepreneurship.</span></span><div><br/></div>