The Innovative & Entrepreneurial University:Follow up to the University President’s LetterOffice of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

NACIE University President’s Letter• Signed by Mary Sue Coleman, Bud Peterson, Holden Thorp and

Michael Crow• Support from AAU & APLU• 138 University President’s Signed• 3 Higher Education Associations

• Six Categories in focus:• Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship• Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship• Actively supporting the university technology transfer function• Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration• Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts• Recognition of efforts to promote innovation & entrepreneurship

Signatories MapNACIE Letter Signatories Map

Replication by other’s in higher ed• National Association for Community College

Entrepreneurship (170 colleges)• Historically Black Colleges & Universities:

• HBCU Deans Summit (50 colleges)• United Negro College Fund (20 colleges)

• American Association of State Colleges & Universities

(65 colleges)• National Lab Directors Network (15 DOE Labs)

+ 138 NACIE Signatories

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= 458 universities, colleges & labs committed to innovation and entrepreneurship – a national effort

OIE Follow up (April – September)• Directly follow up with NACIE signatories• Interviewed 131 of 138 signatories

• Presidents, Vice Presidents & Provost level• Vision for innovation & entrepreneurship• Most exciting programs

• Follow up documentation• “5 Buckets” Worksheet• Similar documents from other organizations• “Deep Dives” of 11 colleges and universities

• Report on best practices & emerging trends• “The Innovative & Entrepreneurial University”

• White House & DOC Auditorium• 400 delegates

Objectives of the Report & Event• Identify a broad swath of innovation and entrepreneurship

programming across the country factoring in geography, culture, ecosystem and campus size

• Identify suggestions, recommendations and ideas for strengthening the bond between universities and the federal government.

• Understand how the lessons learned about the university-government relation can be applied to other R&D partnerships, including business, labs and accelerators

• Celebration of the prominence of innovation & entrepreneurship as university priorities

Promoting student innovation and entrepreneurship

• Courses: The University of Colorado System’s Innovation and Entrepreneur Degree

• Experiential Learning: The University of Illinois Patent Clinic • Business Plan Contests: Florida Atlantic & In-Kind Prizes• Student Challenges: University of Wisconsin’s 100 hour challenge• Entrepreneurial Dorms: Universities of Florida & Maryland• Texas A&M: Student venture fund – attempt to pay out of student fees

• Government engagement• Accreditation for entrepreneurship degrees• Replication of Department of Energy National Business Plan Contest• U.S. Department of Treasury rules changes around program related

investments

Encouraging faculty innovation and entrepreneurship

• Education: The University of Pittsburgh Innovation Commercialization Course for Faculty.

• Entrepreneurial Leave: The University of Cincinnati Research Institute• Connection: California Institute of Technology “Tech Review” for faculty ideas• Celebration: University of Southern California faculty awards• Multiple schools looking at entrepreneurs as factor for tenure process

• Government• PRI – use of endowment funds and charitable donations• Crowdfunding for student and faculty ideas

Actively supporting the university technology transfer function

• 80 applications for i6 Challenge – Proof of Concept• Food, education, drones, dairy, agriculture, social innovation, biotech,

clean tech and rural development• University of Minnesota and Arizona State University with multi-disciplinary

approaches across schools, sectors and people• University of Delaware “spin in”• University of Central Florida i6 Center• UNC Chapel Hill – students in tech transfer• Penn State – Open IP• University of Utah – Regional Tech Transfer role

• Government• I6 Proof of Concept• NHLBI Proof of Concept Challenge

Facilitating University-Industry Collaboration

• University of Delaware “spin in” – bringing ideas into the university for development

• University of Minnesota’s Medical device center innovation fellows program• Georgia Tech Flashpoint Startup Accelerator• Northeastern University Coop & Entrepreneurship Program• Clemson University – innovation with auto industry

• Government• EDA Jobs & Innovation Accelerator Challenge• National Science Foundation Engineering Research Centers

Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts

• Tulane University: Required civic engagement by students and faculty in New Orleans area

• North Carolina State University – Centennial Campus• University of Massachusetts High Performance Computing Center

(benefiting Holyoke, MA)• University of Missouri Kansas City – White Board to Boardroom

(effort to connect ideas to local business)

• Government:• Regional Tech Transfer Centers at the State Level• US Department of Education innovation clusters• EDA Regional Innovation Strategies• Startup America Initiative and Partnership

OIE Next Steps• Determine synergies with 2011 Presidential Memorandum

on Tech Transfer & Commercialization• Forums with Higher Education Associations

• AAU, APLU, AASCU, ACE, AUTM• NACCE, ACC• HBCU Deans Summit, UNCF

• Follow up with federal agencies• Research agencies: NSF, NIH, DOE, DoD• Business agencies: Commerce, Treasury, SEC, SBA• Talent & Workforce agencies: Labor, Education, USCIS