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National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Accepting Course and Program Grant Applications

The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance awards Course and Program Grants to institutions for the purpose of strengthening existing curricular programs or building new programs in invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Successful course and program grant proposals present creative pedagogical approaches that generate and deploy "E-Teams," bringing real-life applications into the classroom setting and beyond.The NCIIA defines an E-Team as "a multidisciplinary group of faculty, students, and industry mentors working together to bring a product or technology to market."

The NCIIA places a high value on grant proposals that demonstrate concern for the earth and the health and welfare of humans. The alliance encourages its members to find creative approaches to addressing such issues as poverty, disease, and environmental degradation through affordable design, technologies that solve critical problems and meet basic human needs (such as food, water, shelter, health, safety, and education), and pedagogical approaches that encourage awareness of and interest in global issues. Grant proposals may focus on introducing these issues to students with a design course, adding socially-focused E-Teams to an existing entrepreneurship course, or developing an entirely original program to engage students in problem-solving endeavors.

Faculty from NCIIA member institutions are eligible to apply for Course and Program grants.

Grants will range in size from $2,000 to $50,000 each. The grant period is one to three years. Annual application deadlines are in December and May.

Visit the NCIIA Web site for complete program information and a list of member institutions.

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