教师创新资助

你有什么问题吗?

Seeking teams of two or more faculty members to develop and implement innovative solutions to problems in your community.

教师创新资助 are available for 6-month development efforts (STEP 1) that result in one or more deliverables as defined below. The purpose of the FIG program is to build sustainable entrepreneurial efforts that lead to implementation of innovative solutions to problems that matter in your community.* Successful project teams will be invited to expand and scale their efforts in a follow-on funding program (STEP 2) that develops student entrepreneurship in multidisciplinary teams. A cycle of STEP 1/STEP 2 funding can last 12-18 months and be awarded up to $10k.

幻灯片 来自图Q&A 2022年10月5日.

可交付成果

A prototype, implementation, or full solution to your well-defined problem. 你的解决方案应该:

1. demonstrate a tangible benefit and 价值 to your community
2. Expand opportunities for members of your community to participate in development and/or implementation of the solution
3. Demonstrate innovative use of existing or new technologies
4. Have well-defined and measurable outcomes within the period of performance
5. 有一个可行的评估组件

Note that your innovation need NOT result in a commercial product or service. 创新创造 价值 for stakeholders and that 价值 is not necessarily economic in this context. 

资格

Full-time Carthage faculty on tenure-track or on multi-year contracts with at least one year remaining on contract at application due date are eligible to propose as Project Leads. At least two faculty who meet the eligibility criteria for Project Leads must be identified on the proposal. Part-time staff and faculty are eligible to participate as part of the project team but cannot serve as Project Leads.

奖项级别及编号

奖励:3-5千美元.

奖励:5000美元.

3-5个Step 1奖项/年. Anticipate 2-3 Step 2 awards during the second round of calls each year.

资金使用情况

Awardees may use the FIG funds to support faculty stipends, 学生工作者, 软件, 设备, 会议, 以及本地或区域旅游. All expenses must be directly related to the execution of the award.

FIG的定义

*社区: A classroom, academic division, neighborhood, college, city, nation, or planet. The successful FIG applicant will carefully define the the intended community.  

Entrepreneur: Using your unique knowledge and skills to create new opportunities and solve problems for stakeholders.

*Innovation: For the purposes of this program, innovation is distinguished from research to the extent that innovation serves to solve problems that create immediate benefit to a community. The benefit can be broadly scoped to include economic 价值, 生活质量, 环境质量, expansion of opportunity to persons or groups historically underserved by community investment, or other communal benefits that affect stakeholders within the community. Innovation in the context of this program does not involve addressing research questions of a fundamental nature or problems that are several undefined steps away from practical implementation in a real-world setting.

计划(2022 - 2024)

Funds for this program are provided by the Donald D. Hedberg Endowment for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.