1. The Innovative & Entrepreneurial University: Follow up to the University President’s Letter
Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

2. 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

3. NACIE Letter Signatories Map

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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