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= <span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview</span></span> =

<span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The University of Alabama at Birmingham (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 I&E. In addition to this, there is also an entrepreneurship minor, 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. Students also have the option of going to collaborative spaces such as the Makerspace, Edge of Chaos, or the Project Lab to develop their ideas and build prototypes.</span></span></span></span>

<span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition to 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 commercialize their ideas: whether they are centered around their own biomedical research conducted in their labs and funded through the NIH, or 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 Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (the EDPA), Faculty are able to easily access the resources 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 evaluate the market potential for their research. Along with access to mentorship from industry veterans, participants in I-Corps are able to become integrated within the general downtown Birmingham business scene through various networking opportunities and mixers, gain knowledge of the business model canvas through one on one training sessions, a chance for up to $2,500 in funding directly from UAB’s division of the program, and the opportunity to apply for the NSF National I-Corps program $50,000 grant award.</span></span><br/span></span>

<span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the advantages UAB also boasts nonhas for making I&E impact is its location: Birmingham, the most-aggressive Intellectual Property rules, encouraging UAB faculty, employees, and students to discuss scientific discoveries and possible inventions with their patent office as early populated city in the research as is possible Alabama. The university partakes in order to navigate important issues such as commercial potential, intellectual property rights, an array of partnerships with different industries and businesses throughout the timing city. One of public disclosures. Patents can be directly filed through the UniversityUAB’s most notable university-industry collaborations is iLab, and if which is the legal fees are covered by UAB, they may be entitled to royalties and a possibly partial or total ownership/equity Collat School of the innovation in question if applicableBusiness’s collaboration with Birmingham’s Innovation Depot. Disclosure of discoveries The UAB Innovation Lab (iLab) provides students with hands-on-experience and inventions which appear to have commercial value are made an opportunity to engage with the UAB Institution for Innovation and EntrepreneurshipBirmingham entrepreneurship community. According the Board’s Rule 509Additionally, all faculty members, university employees, and iLab supports students, as a condition of with mentors to help them develop 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 in order to make IP disputes and filing as seamless as possibleideas. In order to make navigating the technology transfer function as easy Regional funding is also available for campus innovators as possible, UAB has established four offices that handle issues related to filing patents and topics relating to intellectual property - the CIRBaspiring entrepreneurs through EDA, HIIEAlabama Launchpad, OSPi6 Grant, and OIEBVC Spark Match.</span></span></span></span>

 <span style="font-size:small;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the advantages UAB has for making I&E impact is its location: Birmingham, the most-populated city in Alabama. The university partakes in an array of partnerships with different industries and businesses throughout the city. One of UAB’s most notable university-industry collaborations is iLab, which is the Collat School of Business’s collaboration with Birmingham’s Innovation Depot. The UAB Innovation Lab (iLab) provides students with hands-on-experience and an opportunity to engage with the Birmingham entrepreneurship community. Additionally, iLab supports students with 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></span>   <span style="font-size:smallmedium;"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-e6bbe089-7fff-0b30-db45-2b00f4481d5a"><span style="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 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 the top 25 federally financed public research universities. In addition to this, UAB is the largest single employer in the state of Alabama and generates significant impacts for its employees and the state in terms of economic, employment and government revenue impacts on a daily basis. The university itself, the UAB Health System, and Southern Research drive a significant amount of 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 economic activity, UAB is an excellent university that cultivates innovation and entrepreneurship.</span></span></span></span>