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CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
FACULTY & GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH GRANTS
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
MARCH 2024

 

CLICK HERE TO LINK TO THE APPLICATION FORM

 

THE CALL:  We are seeking faculty and/or graduate student research proposals related to creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

THE GRANTS: We expect to award 15-20 grants of $1,500 - $3,000 each.

THE PURPOSE:

  • To connect UL Lafayette creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship researchers.
  • To showcase UL Lafayette faculty and graduate student research projects.
  • To provide seed-money for faculty and graduate student research projects.

THE TIMELINE:

  • March 8, 2024 – Call for proposals announced
  • May 1, 2024 – Proposal applications due
  • May 24, 2024 – Awards announced
  • Summer 2024 – Awards granted
  • November 15, 2024 – Complete or near-complete projects due
  • Spring 2025 – Presentations

REQUIREMENTS: Submit complete (or near-complete) project by November 15, 2024 and agree to attend and present your work at an on-campus conference during the Spring of 2025.

TOPICS IDEAS: (Including but not limited to) Agriculture Entrepreneurship; Commercialization; Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation; Creative, Design, and Arts Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Mindset; Entrepreneurship Ecosystems and Economic Geography; Family Business; Intellectual Property; International Entrepreneurship; Pedagogy Initiatives in Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship (e.g., K-12, university, community); Law and Entrepreneurship; Minority & Women Entrepreneurship; Rural Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurship; Technology Transfer; Venture Financing.

 

This program – its design, implementation, and funding – is a cross-campus collaboration between Mary Farmer-Kaiser & Philip de Mahy (The Graduate School), Dianne Olivier (Faculty Affairs), Kiwana McClung (Office for Campus Diversity), Noah Bergeron (Office of Innovation Management) and Josh Bendickson, Brauns-Oudenhoven-Boustany Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship