University of Puerto Rico, 2009 - $7,500

Currently, no coursework based around innovation and entrepreneurship exists at the University of Puerto Rico at Humacao (UPR-H). To bridge this gap, this grant will create the Social Entrepreneurship Program for Technology Innovation (SEPTI) at the university. The program will bring together students from the physics, electronics, biology, chemistry, computational mathematics, and business departments into teams. In the two-series course program, the focus will be on idea generation for socially beneficial needs, and the creation of business plans. Four teams will be developed to develop their product. Student teams will receive individualized consultations from experts and cooperatives will be formed.