The deadline to apply for an Esposito Family Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (EFCIE) Innovation Grant is Feb 29.
These grants bring faculty mentors and students together in teams to expand on initial student or faculty work, either by developing a working prototype or by assessing the viability of a proposed solution in a rigorous manner. As part of this process, experts from EFCIE mentor each student-faculty team in the areas of evaluating market opportunities and guiding validated solutions to society.
Value over a one-year term:
A total of $15,000 is available for the general stream, with $5,000 each contributed by the Office of the Vice-President, Students, the Office of the Vice-President Community Engagement, and the Office of the Dean (Applied and Technical Studies).
A total of $5,000 is available for the STEM stream (contributed by EFCIE).
Visit https://ufv.ca/innovation-entrepreneurship/innovation-grant/.
For more information, contact Elicia Tournier at elicia.tournier@ufv.ca.
02/29/2024