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Top: Timothy Hagen and Lichuan Liu. Bottom: Federico Sciammarella and Tao Xu
NIU’s second annual Venture Grant competition will provide four faculty members with the opportunity to vie for $20,000 in cash to help move their ideas from concept to finished product. NIU students, faculty, staff and friends of the university can get involved by lending their talents to help develop and market the competing projects. The...
Lichuan Liu and Federico Sciammarella
The NIU Foundation Venture Grants Committee has announced Lichuan Liu and Federico Sciammarella as recipients of the 2013 Venture Grants. In partnership with NIU’s Technology Transfer Office and the Northern Illinois Research Foundation, the NIU Foundation Grants Committee has chosen the proposals that most closely exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit, vision and potential for marketability reflected...
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The newly revamped NIU Foundation Venture Grants program moves into full swing Friday, Jan. 25, when five NIU faculty members will begin recruiting teams to help them move their inventions from concept to commercial reality. The event is planned from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in the Thurgood Marshall Gallery of Swen Parson Hall. Participating faculty,...
Lilly Lu and the DCL worked with students from Schaumburg High School to produce art and host events in interactive virtual worlds, such as “Future Chicago.”
The digital generation is taking over cyberspace. More and more K-12 students are getting online every day to do everything from shopping to playing games to connecting with friends, but many schools have been hesitant to embrace emerging interactive technologies in the classroom. Northern Illinois University’s HIVE Project is working to change that by generating...
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The NIU Foundation recently partnered with Lisa Freeman, vice president for Research and Graduate Studies, and the Office of the Provost to restructure the NIU Foundation Venture Grants program. A team of NIU students from the College of Law helped to create a concept and plan for this unique program. The move to update the...
The NIU Foundation invites all faculty and staff from units within the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Information Technologies and Intercollegiate Athletics to apply for the FY2012 Venture Grants Awards. This program focuses support toward the university’s strategic planning initiatives. Grantees will be selected based on their potential...
High school students from across Illinois attended NIU's HELP Camp.
Erika Weeden will launch an organization near Mother McAuley High School to help clean up her community on the South Side of Chicago. Olivia Guerra will teach more of her teenage peers at Rock Falls High School about the Search Institute’s “40 developmental assets” that help to foster healthy, caring and responsible adults. Emily Rohman...
The NIU Foundation invites all faculty and staff from units within the Division of Academic and Student Affairs, the Division of Outreach, Engagement and Information Technologies and Intercollegiate Athletics to apply for the FY2012 Venture Grants. This program focuses support toward the university’s strategic planning initiatives. Grantees will be selected based on their potential to...
The NIU Foundation Venture Grants program supports faculty and staff in their pursuit of excellence in teaching, research and outreach to the larger community. Funds are awarded each fiscal year through a competitive application process and recipients are chosen by the NIU Foundation Grants Committee. This year, three Venture Grants were awarded, totaling $35,000. Huskie...
The NIU Foundation is calling for proposals for its annual Venture Grants, to be awarded in December.  The NIU Foundation Venture Grant program will focus support toward the university’s strategic planning initiatives. Grantees will be selected based on their potential to advance two of the plan’s major imperatives. The strategic imperatives previously chosen for the FY2010...