Funding Agency: National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
Website: http://nciia.org/grants/sustainablevision
The National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance's Sustainable Vision Grants program promotes technology innovation and entrepreneurship in higher education to create experiential learning opportunities for students and support successful, socially beneficial businesses. Successful Sustainable Vision grant proposals apply breakthrough technologies to address basic human needs such as health, food security, clean water, and affordable energy. The program has both a domestic and global outlook. To date, twenty-four U.S. universities have received funding through the program to develop, commercialize, and disseminate technologies in twenty-three countries throughout Asia, Africa, and Latin America. To receive a grant, inventions and technologies must be commercially viable with an economically sustainable business model that can be replicated. The program may begin by addressing needs at the household or village level, but should have the potential for regional, national, or even global impact. Programs should further inform and expand curricula and in-the-field opportunities offered to students. Projects must be sustainable beyond the length of the grant and should provide a structure for ongoing collaboration and education. Faculty from NCIIA member institutions are eligible to apply.
Next Deadline: October 15, 2010
Awards will range from $10,000 to $50,000 each for programs of one to three years.
Guidelines and NCIIA membership information are available at Complete RFP on the NCIIA Web site.
