www.nciia.org

Supporting technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education

Supporting technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to

create experiential learning opportunities for students and successful, socially

beneficial innovations and businesses

www.nciia.org

Funding technology innovation and entrepreneurship

Grants awarded since 1995:• 304 Course and Program grants• 347 E-Team grants• XX Sustainable Vision grants

40+ patents applied for

75 companies established, in manufacturing, wireless, energy, safety, mobility,

Bull-Ex Digital Safety. Former E-Team from RPI.

Course & Program GrantsEducation + innovation + entrepreneurship

Improve existing programs or build new programs in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Up to $50,000

Annual deadlines in May & December

Next Deadline: December 4, 2009

Teaching Structural Design, Construction Practices, and Sustainable Technologies for Mitigation of Natural Disaster Damages in Coastal and Fault Areas of Developing Regions – Catholic University

E-Team Grantsteam + technology + market

Advanced E-Team grants support commercial outcomes by moving innovative products from the idea stage to prototype and market.

An E-Team is a multidisciplinary group of faculty, students, and industry mentors.

Up to $20,000

Deadlines in May & December

Next Deadline: December 4, 2009

Intelligent Mobility – California Institute of Technology

E-Team Grantsteam + technology + market

Sustainable Vision GrantsEducation + innovation + social impact

Fund transformational educational programs where breakthrough technologies are created and commercialized for the benefit of people living in poverty in the US and abroad.

Up to $50,000 Annual deadline in October

Next Deadline: October 16, 2009Mashavu project, Penn State

Sustainable Vision GrantsEducation + innovation + social impact

Engagement:24 US universities have received funding through the program to develop, commercialize, and disseminate technologies

Projects based in 23 countries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Industries:Health, food security, clean water, and affordable energy

Sustainable Technology Entrepreneurship in Afghanistan – University of Colorado-Boulder

Invention2VentureTraining for technology entrepreneurs

www.invention2venture.org

New to entrepreneurship?

Learn technology entrepreneurship basics:

-Idea validation-Sales and marketing-Team building-IP and licensing-Finding investors

Build your network, find advisors

Invention2VentureTraining for technology entrepreneurs

Advanced Invention2VentureAccelerate your company

Getting a start-up off and running?

Critical and strategic thinking to advance your business

Detailed instruction and coaching

Perfect your pitch in front of investors

Eight weeks of follow-up strategy development sessions

Venture development and seed investment for start-ups emerging from universities

Advice and funding for scalable market-oriented solutions to health and environmental problems

Venture teams selected each year for involvement

Venture WellWanted: companies that will change the world!

Ecovative Design, 2009 Venture Well cohort

www.venturewell.org

Olympus Innovation AwardsRecognizing faculty excellence in Innovation in higher education

Mike Camp, Ohio State University

2009 Olympus Innovation Awards Winners

BMEidea CompetitionEncouraging biomed students to move their ideas from lab to market

2009 Winner: Lab-on-a-Stick

- Stanford University

BMEidea CompetitionEncouraging biomed students to move their ideas from lab to market

Entries address a medical clinical need with a clearly defined solution that can be taken to market.

• First place: $10,000• Second place: $2,500• Third place: $1,000

Call for submission open now Competition deadline: April 2, 2010 Winners announced: June, 2010

New in 2010 - BMEStart CompetitionAn award recognizing undergraduate excellence in biomedical innovation

Entries address a medical clinical need with a clearly defined solution that can be taken to application

• First place: $10,000• Second place: $5,000• Third place: $2,500

Call for submission opens: November 1, 2009 Competition deadline: May 14, 2010 Winners announced: Summer, 2010

A network of the country’s leading thinkers in technology innovation and entrepreneurship

A network of the country’s leading thinkers in technology innovation and entrepreneurship

150 member institutions

Annual membership:•$500 universities•$300 colleges

Benefits include:•Access to NCIIA grants•Access to entrepreneurship training resources•Reduced fees for workshops and annual conference

March Madness for the MindAnnual showcase of student innovation