This program is a platform for research collaboration designed by LG Chem that will be initiated with novel proposals from universities and research institutions from all over the world. The contest theme includes Energy, Environment, Functional Materials, Bio, Platform Technology, as well as other areas that need innovative solutions. The specific keyword for each contest theme
The Adams Apprenticeship is a life-long network of students and successful UNC alumni committed to developing transformative entrepreneurial careers as founders, funders, and growth executives. The program will accept 10 to 15 undergraduate juniors and 10 to 15 graduate students. All UNC programs are eligible, and graduate students must be in their second-to-last year of
The information sessions will include an overview of the fellowship and provide details on how to apply. Past student projects have included: -A Visual Archive of Northampton County -Arsenic Metabolism in Humanized Mice -Role of Neuropilin-1 in Airway Inflammation -After NAFTA: Corn Narratives and Economiesin Rural Oaxaca, Mexico Receive $3000 to fund your research! Open to ALL majors
VentureWell is seeking student-led teams with science and engineering-based inventions that address the world's biggest problems. Teams can receive an E-Team grant and get training through our early-stage innovator training program. The program provides peer networking, expert coaching, national recognition, and hands-on workshops to move your innovation forward. Learn more and apply
Get ready to meet your next employer. This event will provide seekers an opportunity to connect with regional tech employers from large enterprise companies to smaller innovative growth companies. MORE INFO & RESUME DROP
When is the best time to incorporate? Should it be a 501c3? Maybe a for-profit venture? What type of legal documents are required? Join us for lunch and discuss common legal issues that most early-stage companies and entrepreneurs face! We will be joined by Bryan McGann, Entrepreneur In Residence @ UNC, Director at Duke’s Start-up
Interested in improving and addressing restricted access to healthcare? Passionate about medicine or public health? Join PI+CH and UNC’s Design For America chapter for a highly interactive design thinking workshop in 2306 McGavran-Greenberg. This event will allow you to create problem statements, collaborate, and use the design thinking process to learn how to tackle future
North Carolina Biotechnology Center October 5, 2018, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Cost: $35 ($50 after September 24) Full agenda and registration: https://www.ncbiotech.org/events/informing-innovation-2018 Do you have the data you need to guide your company's growth? Need better strategies for searching patents, FDA datasets, and scientific literature? Get up to speed in the life science
HackNC 2018 will take place on October 6th and 7th in Murray and Venable Halls at UNC-Chapel Hill! HackNC is a weekend for students of all skill levels to broaden their talents. Your challenge is to make an awesome project in just 24 hours. You will have access to hands-on workshops and demos from our
Michael Trinh is Senior Counsel at Google Legal, where he focuses on building technology solutions to address consumer protection issues online. His team is leading Google’s efforts to help combat the opioids addiction epidemic, and last Spring partnered with the US Drug Enforcement Agency to help Americans dispose of excess prescription drugs (which are fueling
Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Lab TTK 118 in the UNC School of Social Work Speakers for this event are: Amy D’Aprix, PhD, MSW: Innovation with aging adults and corporate social responsibility Veronica Creech, MSW: Equitable Economic Development & Innovation for the City of Raleigh Sophia Smith, PhD, MSW: Developer of The Cancer Distress Coach app
The Advanced LinkedIn Workshop looks at your LinkedIn profile in depth. It goes over the various components of a LinkedIn Profile and shows you how to create an online Brand. We will look at various LinkedIn Profiles and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Date: Wednesday, Oct 10 Time: 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Location: BLUE (1st floor of Carmichael Dorm) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pitch-practice-tickets-49827950742 Learn how to perfect your pitch from Communications Professor Tim Flood. He will teach you about the elements of a good pitch and techniques for public speaking! This workshop will help you shine at the Carolina Challenge
This pilot program is designed to encourage and facilitate novel clinical and translational research that applies or accelerates discovery into testing in clinical or population settings. Projects must demonstrate high translational potential with a clear path to subsequent grant support, new company formation, licensing, not-for-profit partnering, or other channels.
The UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy and the UNC Law School are partnering this fall to give the best STEM Innovators from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds from around the country an opportunity to Pitch their Innovations to a more diverse group of local and national venture partners, committed to helping promising new businesses gain the
This two-hour event is a unique opportunity for UNC graduate students to hear pitches from 5 digital health firms, including local non-profits, start-ups, and large national corporations. Participating firms will share: what their organizations do the skills they’re looking for in future hires any practicum or employment opportunities they have available We invite all students
Research is in an era of unprecedented discovery and innovation in natural, social, and biomedical sciences. Powerful new tools and technologies allow for deeper understanding of the world in which we live. As problems become more complex, researchers with divergent expertise need to collaborate to form new knowledge, generate new ideas, pursue groundbreaking research, and
Ever wished you could try out virtual reality technology, but not sure how to get started? Join Brian Moynihan from the UNC Health Sciences Library for lunch and a workshop at 1789 to find out how. VR technology has a variety of uses in innovation and entrepreneurship, including new ways to market your business. You'll
WHERE STARTUPS COME TO LEARN AND GROW Startup Summit is an interactive, exciting, fun, and educational conference featuring leading keynote speakers and master classes from top entrepreneurs, innovators, and executives. The conference provides you with a great opportunity to meet successful people and enjoy crash courses taught by experts on important topics you face throughout your
The 5th Annual U.Pitch National Elevator Pitch Competition and Showcase brings together the best student entrepreneurs from universities across the country in the ultimate national elevator pitch competition. In just 90 seconds, students can showcase their idea or startup in front of hundreds of entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders and other students from the entrepreneurial community
Join us at Picnic Durham to hang out with fellow UNC Alum innovators and entrepreneurs on October 18th from 5:30-7:30 pm and enjoy 1/2 off appetizers! We'll brief you on a few initiatives that can support your startup and ways to get involved in the I&E community on campus. Register Here
Join our friends at Techstars & RSVP today for the MetLife Digital Accelerator powered by Techstars Demo Day on Oct. 18 as 10 amazing companies take the stage to present their businesses! Get more info & RSVP here. Hear company pitches, get a first look at industry-changing technologies, products, & services and meet the startup founders at this free
If you could implement an idea or project that would make a significant positive impact on your community, state, country, or the world, what would it be? How would you implement it so that it could become self-sustaining? What initial resources would you need to start the project and for it to run for two
Startup UNC, a hands-on entrepreneurship course taught through Kenan-Flagler Business School, is now open for participants (undergrads, grads, business and non-business majors, faculty, alumni). The class starts Tuesday October 23, 5pm. The deadline for signing up as a new venture or free agent/team member is midnight Friday, Oct. 19. You can participate in several ways:
The Robert E. Bryan Fellowship in the APPLES Service-Learning program is designed for undergraduate student teams interested in creating social impact locally and/or globally through the creation of an innovative project that addresses a community-identified need. The fellowship goals are to: Provide practical support and mentorship to students in developing their projects, Contribute to addressing
Darshan Mundada MSW '11 will share his journey as a social entrepreneur in India and emerging issues, trends and developments in social entrepreneurship from a global perspective. Free to attend and dinner will be provided! Hosted at Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Lab 1 18 Tate Turner Kuralt Building
The 1789 community is full of students looking to join teams, established startups looking for talent and successful student clubs who could join forces. Let’s get to know each other. Join us for a Walking Taco social hour in the co-working space and network with other 1789 members and mentors. Come and go as you
Join us for a panel discussion on Machine Learning, what it is, how it's affecting us as individuals and businesses today, and where it's going next. Food and beverages will be served. For more information about panelists and registration click here
Anyone interested in learning more about the program should attend. Launch has opened our application for Cohort 11. Launch is looking for entrepreneurs who are committed to growing their early stage-businesses through its 22-week program starting January 14, 2019. Register now
Join us at BLUE innovation space for a workshop around systems thinking. In this workshop, participants will learn about feedback loops and systems mapping, and will use these tools to create visual representations of real-world problems that matter to them. We will start with the basics and provide the structure needed to go deeper into
Travel. Learn. Lead! 20th Annual Global Leadership Program in Prague July 1-30, 2019 Sullivan Scholars Summer Experience Scholarship Sullivan Foundation is sponsoring a special course for our 20th Annual Global Leadership Program in Prague. The course Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship will be co-taught by professors from Ole Miss and Randolph Macon College. The course is
Do you have a great idea that needs funding? The Kenan Biddle Partnership invites students at Duke and UNC to work together to explore the power of partnership. Collaborate on initiatives that offer innovative solutions to social or environmental issues with your campus communities, the Triangle, or beyond. Apply by October 25 to receive up
Win a chance to springboard to a sustainable future. The award aims to identify simple technological innovations with business potential and make them accessible in developing areas. Main winners: 50,000 Euros, 30,000 Euros, 20,000 Euros Runners-up: 7 x 10,000 Euros each Special WASH Award supported by Knorr Bremse Global Care: 20,000 Euros Community Prize: 10,000 Euros Additional benefits: All winners
Join us for the second event in our 2018 Innovate Carolina Network Forum series. Students in today’s Innovation Generation enter a workforce where changes in technology, processes and culture outpace our capacity to adapt. In this environment, emerging and established industries demand an innovation mindset and skillset — in areas such as entrepreneurship, design thinking,
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