about national collegiate inventors and innovators alliance
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This presentation was delivered Humera Fasihuddin of NCIIA (http://www.nciia.org), lead sponsor of TEDxPrinceton (December 3, 2010), during the opening remarks.TRANSCRIPT
15 year non-profit | philanthropically fundedEntrepreneurship & innovation in higher education
“We believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world."
“We believe in the power of students to change theworld through innovation & entrepreneurship.”
200 Colleges and UniversitiesAAdrian CollegeAlabama at Birmingham, University ofAlabama at Tuscaloosa, University ofAlaska, Fairbanks, University ofArizona State University at the Polytechnic CampusArizona State University at the Tempe CampusArkansas at Little Rock, University ofArkansas Main Campus, University ofArt Center College of DesignAuburn University BBabson CollegeBall State UniversityBaylor UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBridgeport, University ofBrown UniversityBucknell UniversityCCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoCalifornia State Polytechnic University, PomonaCalifornia State University, Channel IslandsCalifornia State University, Long BeachCalifornia State University, NorthridgeCalifornia, Berkeley, University ofCalifornia, Davis, University ofCalifornia, Irvine, University ofCalifornia, Los Angeles, University ofCalifornia, Riverside, University ofCalifornia, San Diego, University ofCapitol CollegeCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarthage CollegeCase Western Reserve UniversityCatholic University of AmericaCentral Florida, University ofCentral Oklahoma, University ofCincinnati, University ofCity College of New York (CCNY)Clemson UniversityColorado at Boulder, University ofColorado at Colorado Springs, University ofColorado at Denver, University ofColorado State UniversityColumbia UniversityCooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtCornell University
DDartmouth CollegeDenver, University ofDetroit Mercy, University ofDominican University of CaliforniaDrexel UniversityDuke UniversityEEast Carolina UniversityEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFFairfield UniversityFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityFlorida Atlantic University Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyFlorida, University ofFox Valley Technical CollegeFranklin W. Olin College of EngineeringGGannon UniversityGateway Technical CollegeGeorge Mason UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Southern UniversityGeorgia Southwestern State UniversityGrand Valley State UniversityHHampshire CollegeHartford, University ofHarvard UniversityHofstra UniversityHoward UniversityIIdaho, University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign, University ofIllinois Institute of TechnologyIowa State UniversityIowa, University ofITESM Campus ChihuahuaITESM Campus MonterreyIvy Tech Community College
JJackson State UniversityJames Madison UniversityJohn Brown UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityKKent State University LLa Salle UniversityLake Superior State UniversityLawrence Technological UniversityLawrence UniversityLehigh UniversityLord Fairfax Community CollegeLouisiana State UniversityMMaine, University ofManhattan CollegeMaryland Eastern Shore, University ofMaryland, University ofMarymount UniversityMassachusetts Amherst, University ofMassachusetts Dartmouth, University ofMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts, Boston, University ofMassachusetts, Lowell, University ofMenlo CollegeMercer UniversityMiami UniversityMichigan State UniversityMichigan Technological UniversityMichigan, Ann Arbor, University ofMillikin UniversityMilwaukee School of EngineeringMinneapolis College of Art & DesignMinnesota, Twin Cities Campus, University ofMissouri-Kansas City, University ofMonmouth CollegeMorrisville State College
NNevada, Las Vegas, University ofNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyNew Mexico, University ofNew York Institute of TechnologyNew York UniversityNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill, University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte, University ofNorth Carolina at Greensboro, University ofNorth Carolina State University at RaleighNorth Dakota State UniversityNorth Dakota, University ofNorth Texas, University ofNortheastern UniversityNorthern Illinois UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorwich UniversityNotre Dame, University ofOOhio Northern UniversityOhio State UniversityOklahoma State UniversityOld Dominion UniversityOregon State UniversityPPace UniversityPaine CollegePenn State Berks Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusPennsylvania, University ofPhiladelphia UniversityPittsburg State UniversityPittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, University ofPolytechnic Institute of New York UniversityPortland State UniversityPortland, University ofPratt InstitutePuerto Rico, Humacao, University ofPurdue UniversityRRhode Island, University ofRice UniversityRider UniversityRoosevelt UniversityRose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRowan University
SSaginaw Valley State UniversitySan Diego State UniversitySan Jose State UniversitySanta Clara UniversitySavannah State UniversitySierra Nevada CollegeSouth Florida, University ofSouthern California, University ofSouthern Illinois University CarbondaleSouthern Illinois University EdwardsvilleSouthwestern UniversitySt. Francis CollegeSt. Thomas, University ofStanford UniversityStevens Institute of TechnologyStony Brook UniversitySUNY at BinghamtonSyracuse UniversityTTaylor UniversityTexas at Austin, University ofTexas at San Antonio, University ofTexas of the Permian Basin, University ofThe Pacific, University ofTrinity UniversityTufts UniversityTulane UniversityTulsa, University ofUUtah, University ofVVanderbilt UniversityVillanova UniversityVirginia Commonwealth UniversityVirginia, University ofWWake Forest UniversityWashington State UniversityWashington, Seattle, University ofWestern New England CollegeWichita State UniversityWisconsin - Green Bay, University ofWisconsin - Milwaukee, University ofWisconsin, Whitewater, University ofWisconsin-Madison, University ofWisconsin-Platteville, University ofWisconsin-Stout, University ofWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWright State UniversityYYale UniversityZZane State College
14 Student Ambassadors
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NEUNYUColumbia
PrincetonUMDDukeWake Forest
Eden Full,Student Ambassador,Princeton ‘13
Solar Ivy, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Enabling adoption with beautiful solar-shaped ivy
Organic replacement for Styrofoam
Ecovative Design, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Good Guide, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
iPhone app with sustainability ratings for consumer products
Training tools for fire fighters
Solar Ivy, Social Ventu
BullEx, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Intelliject, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Credit card sized replacement forthe EpiPen
Sproxil, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
SMS authentication for counterfeit drugs in developing world
ApneAlert, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Sleep apnea alert for developing world context
Greenlight Planet, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Solar light micro-franchise in India
Single port through naval for laparoscopy
Surgisil, innovation licensed by NCIIA Grantee
Anza Technologies, student venture mentored by NCIIA
Up-cycled products for income generation in developing world
DayOne Response, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Water bag for disaster relief
Whole Tree, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
New markets for coconut husks,developing economies in poorest parts of the world
(automotive parts)
Village Power, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Rural electrification via hydropower
PhotoGenesis, Venture formed by NCIIA Grantee
Low cost treatment for jaundice in developing world
Innovate. Solve a problem that you’re passionate about.
Make an impact through venturing.
$2,000,000 awarded each yearno strings attached
$20K for STUDENTS to build companies around scaleable technology innovations+$50K for FACULTY to develop courses and programs in support thereoff
Apply for a grant.Attend a workshop.
Enroll in a competition.
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