Fund your project

Here's an example:

Mashavu: Networked Health Solutions for the Developing World (Sustainable Vision grant, 2008)

Grantee: Khanjan Mehta, Senior Research Associate, Pennsylvania State University

The challenge: one doctor for every 50,000 people in Tanzania.

The solution: A computer-based biomedical diagnostic devices and a networked system of trained local operators and doctors around the world.

Research shows: Locals are willing to purchase Mashavu stations and that local customers are willing to pay a small fee, thereby making Mashavu economically sustainable and creating a revenue stream.

We award $2 million in grants annually to our member institutions in three major categories:

Sustainable Vision grants

More about the grant.

Next deadline: October 16, 2009

• Award amounts: $10,000 to $50,000
• Previously funded grants
• Program guidelines and apply

Course and Program grants

More about the grant.

Next deadlines: December 4, 2009 & May 7, 2010

• Award amounts: $10,000 to $50,000
• Program guidelines and apply
• Previously funded grants 

E-Team grants

Next deadlines: December 4, 2009 & May 7, 2010

• Award amounts: $2,000 to $20,000
• Previously funded grants
• Program guidelines and apply

 Questions? Got an idea you'd like to discuss? Contact jkjackson@nciia.org.

Develop your venture - and your   entrepreneurial skills

We've helped more than 70 student teams become fully fledged, successful companies. You can see a list of these companies here.

Some of the entrepreneurs we've worked with describe their work and how NCIIA helped them:

Christie Chatterley, from the University of Colorado-Bulder's High Efficiency Stove Microenterprise team, describes what she learned from working with NCIIA:

Since 1995, NCIIA has helped its grantees launch more than 70 companies. Take a look at these here.

We provide the training, support and resources you need to advance your idea or venture.

Start here, with our entrepreneurship workshops. To learn more about ways NCIIA can help you advance your idea or venture, contact Mary Secor at msecor@nciia.org.Invention to Venture

Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? I2V is a one-day workshop on the basics of technology entrepreneurship, with presentations by successful entrepreneurs in your area.

Learn more, and find a workshop near you.  

Organize your own workshop

We can help you - with funding and logistics - organize a customized entrepreneurship or innovation workshop for your faculty and students (eg: with a specific focus, such as biomedical, greentech, etc). Contact Mary Secor at msecor@nciia.org.

Advanced Invention to Venture

So you’ve got a great idea for a venture. Now what? If you’re serious about moving your venture forward, AI2V is for you. You’ll spend four intense days receiving instruction, doing exercises, practicing pitching and interacting with qualified coaches to develop and articulate a strategic plan for your venture.

Learn more and find a workshop near you. 

Venture Well

Next deadline: December 11, for selection of the 2010 Venture Well cohort group.

Venture Well provides venture development and seed investment to start-ups that will change the world. Venture Well supports ventures that are emerging from U.S. universities and colleges and that are ready for incorporation and development.

We provide advice and funding to ventures that offer scalable, market-oriented solutions to health and environmental problems. 

Contact Joseph Steig at jsteig@steig.com.

Build your network

Each year, the leading thinkers in technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education gather at the NCIIA Annual Conference to share iceas, curricular models, venture development experiences, research and personal and professional experiences.

We invite you to build your network with NCIIA.

Register for the conference today!

2009 Annual Conference attendees said:

Everything I saw was planned and executed well; I can't wait til next year.

It was very useful in terms of sharing ideas.

14th Annual NCIIA Conference

San Francisco Hilton, March 25-27, 2010

Register for the conference today!

Program highlights

• More than 70 presentations, workshops and panels from leading faculty innovators
• Annual March Madness of the Mind showcase of student innovations, to be held at the Exploratorium.
• Venture Well Forum, providing advice and networking to select student ventures
• Olympus Innovation Awards ceremony and luncheon

Gain recognition for your work

Each year, Oympus and the NCIIA recognize faculty excellence and innovation in higher education.

The 2009 Olympus Innovation Awards winners talk about their work and their awards.

Nominate yourself or a colleague for the 2010 Olympus Innovation Awards.

Deadline: Nominations close November 20, 2009.

Nominate here.

Awards are made in these categories:

• The Olympus Innovation Award ($10,000) recognizes the work of an outstanding faculty member in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education
• The Olympus Lifetime of Educational Innovation Award ($2,500) recognizes the sustained contributions of an outstanding faculty member who has devoted his or her career to innovative education
• The Olympus Emerging Educational Leader Award ($1,000) recognizes the work of a faculty member who, early in his or her career, shows outstanding leadership promise in the field of invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship education.

Previous winners are not eligible for re-nomination. However, if you were nominated in the past but not selected, we encourage you to apply again. Several past winners were nominated more than once!

Log in to nominate here (you may need to open an account. Once logged in, click on 'enter a competition.')

The awards will be given to faculty nominees from NCIIA member institutions. Olympus will present the awards at the NCIIA's 14th Annual Conference in San Francisco on March 26, 2010.

To become a member of NCIIA or to renew your membership, click here.