LANSING – To help spur innovation throughout the mid Michigan, the Prima Civitas Foundation, along with the Mid-Michigan Innovation Team, is offering a $5,000 grant to regional organizations to develop and sponsor Entrepreneur and Inventor Days programs. The application deadline is Jan. 18, 2008.
?This grant opportunity offers area higher-education institutions and organizations a chance to bring together the region?s entrepreneurs and inventors to engage in regionally supported economic development?, said David Hollister, President of the Prima Civitas Foundation.
The initiative will culminate on April 9, 2008, when Prima Civitas will host a conference for university technology commercialization officers, as well as other organizations that serve entrepreneurs, to get a complete list of potential commercialization assets, identify benchmarks and formulate policy recommendations for the legislature.
A Request for Proposal has been published by the Prima Civitas Foundation, and applicant proposals are due January 18, 2008. To apply online, click on MidMIInnovationTeam.Org
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