Innovation & Entrepreneurship Research
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