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The Daily OrangeEntrepreneurship grant split among 20 SU, local leaders
By Alex Kish
Posted: 11/1/07, 1:09 AM EST Section: News
There will soon be a new group of faculty walking around campus with trendy new titles, like "eProfessor."
This week, Syracuse University awarded grant money to 20 professors and business representatives to jumpstart its new Enitiative Project - a cross-campus initiative that will help fuel entrepreneurship within the university and its neighboring community.
The money came from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's "Kauffman Enitiative" and was then distributed at SU's discretion to 20 project leaders from 11 Central New York colleges and community organizations.
The project leaders, who received up to $20,000 each in funding to work on an individual entrepreneurial project, will be referred to as "eProfessors" and "ePractioners." Each recipient will work for two years on his or her project.
The $3 million grant, which was given to SU in December 2006, will be spent during the next five years. And new grants will be approved each year, said Bruce Kingma, associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation.
Other grant recipients include professors from Le Moyne College, Morrisville State College, Cayuga Community College, Onondaga Community College and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, along with practitioners from five community organizations.
Syracuse is among 14 campuses nationwide that received the Kauffman Enitiative grant, which gives funding to select schools that have started entrepreneurial programs at their institution.
Kingma, who will be in charge of approving each Enitiative project, said Syracuse stood out from other Kauffman grant candidates due to its prior commitment to community engagement.
"SU is really developing a model that's really an envy of other campuses," Kingma said. "We could take real examples to the Kauffman Foundation."
Kingma is also reviewing requests for smaller grants called "eInfusion" and "eGrants."
"eInfusion" grants will run up to $6,000 while "eGrants" will provide up to $12,000 for recipients. Kingma said two student organizations, the Women in Technology Group and the Entrepreneur Club of the School of Information Studies, have requested these grants.
This week, Syracuse University awarded grant money to 20 professors and business representatives to jumpstart its new Enitiative Project - a cross-campus initiative that will help fuel entrepreneurship within the university and its neighboring community.
The money came from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation's "Kauffman Enitiative" and was then distributed at SU's discretion to 20 project leaders from 11 Central New York colleges and community organizations.
The project leaders, who received up to $20,000 each in funding to work on an individual entrepreneurial project, will be referred to as "eProfessors" and "ePractioners." Each recipient will work for two years on his or her project.
The $3 million grant, which was given to SU in December 2006, will be spent during the next five years. And new grants will be approved each year, said Bruce Kingma, associate provost for entrepreneurship and innovation.
Other grant recipients include professors from Le Moyne College, Morrisville State College, Cayuga Community College, Onondaga Community College and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, along with practitioners from five community organizations.
Syracuse is among 14 campuses nationwide that received the Kauffman Enitiative grant, which gives funding to select schools that have started entrepreneurial programs at their institution.
Kingma, who will be in charge of approving each Enitiative project, said Syracuse stood out from other Kauffman grant candidates due to its prior commitment to community engagement.
"SU is really developing a model that's really an envy of other campuses," Kingma said. "We could take real examples to the Kauffman Foundation."
Kingma is also reviewing requests for smaller grants called "eInfusion" and "eGrants."
"eInfusion" grants will run up to $6,000 while "eGrants" will provide up to $12,000 for recipients. Kingma said two student organizations, the Women in Technology Group and the Entrepreneur Club of the School of Information Studies, have requested these grants.
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