Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship 计划资助 From the Trinity 创业中心.
资料及指引
信誉最好的网投十大平台 students can apply for Pre-Seed Grant funding up to $5,000 to carry out innovative or entrepreneurial 项目 to develop an entrepreneurial mindset which allows students to see themselves as innovators and entrepreneurs.
主要节目日期
| 应用程序阶段 | 最后期限 |
| 应用程序 | 随时应用 |
| 审查 | 迅速审核申请 |
| 格兰特完成 | Submit Expenses During Current School Year |
| 闲置的资金 | 将被没收 |
资格
- All full-time 信誉最好的网投十大平台 students (undergraduate, graduate) are eligible to apply.
- Students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply. Preference will NOT be given to students studying business-oriented majors.
- Students may apply as individuals or in groups.
- Proposals may include faculty or staff in a mentoring or advisory role only, not as a group member. A faculty/staff sponsor is not required.
- 奖励是颁发给学生的. If an award is made to a group, all members of the group share it equally.
Students must apply for grants and not all applications are approved for funding. Students apply sequentially for funding — students applying for Seed grants, 例如, should have exhausted their Microgrant and Pre-Seed Grant options beforehand.
Filing Requirements (Microgrant Requirements Plus Below)
- 表示甲板
- 三年财务预测
- 产品路线图
- Present live via Zoom to the Grant 审查 Committee
允许费用
Students are encouraged to be creative with their requests, with the one restriction that all proposed expenses must directly relate to innovation or entrepreneurship. Requests can be up to $5,000 and meet the other criteria below.
- 市场研究
- Marketing, including business cards and logo wear
- Website development and domain registration
- 产品原型设计
- 编程或编码
- Provisional and non-provision patent applications
- Legal costs for fundraising activities
- 自由/咨询支持
Unacceptable expenses include instances where the full expense is substantially greater than the amount of the Pre-Seed Grant, and the student cannot achieve the full coverage of the expense. 也, grants may not be used directly for expenses related to salaries, 餐, 娱乐, 或旅行.
It is important to note that the 创业中心 will only reimburse or pay directly invoices once they have been received by the Center. At the discretion of the Center, students may be reimbursed for the invoices. or Trinity will directly pay the invoices. If any services or transactions are cancelled, funds must be returned to the 创业中心.
申请手续
To receive a Pre-Seed Grant, successful applicants must:
- Provide via email to the Center a written Proposal and Budget that demonstrates the use of 100% of the requested Pre-Seed Grant funds. 低于5美元的要求,000 is allowed and the student can subsequently request the balance in another request. Trinity 创业中心 staff will promptly acknowledge receipt of your application and competitively review all proposals promptly.
Proposals should be two pages (a one-page project activities narrative and a one-page budget). The narrative proposal should allow reviewers to evaluate:
- the appropriateness of the proposed activities to meet the clearly stated project objective, and
- the impact these activities will have on the success of the venture.
The project narrative should also include a timeline for the completion of the proposed activities.
The budget proposal should contain all information required to evaluate the appropriateness of the proposed activities/expenses, 包括:
- all proposed expenditures listed in line-item format with accurate, well researched cost estimates
- a verbal explanation of why precise budget details cannot be provided, if that is the case
Students should also 提交 a copy of their most recent PowerPoint pitch deck or business plan with the grant application.
授予后, grant recipients must provide a report after the funds are spent with receipts and documentation and a budget analysis. The report should also detail the progress the student made that was aided by the grants and include photos of the students with their grant funded materials, 项目, 以及客户.
Students may apply for one Pre-Seed Grant during their tenure at Trinity. Any Pre-Seed Grant must be completed with a 提交ted report before a student is eligible to apply for another grant from the 创业中心 (e.g.，种子基金).
这些 计划资助 are selected by and administered via the Trinity 创业中心. Funds awarded are based on independent criteria developed by the Trinity 创业中心.
Funds are limited and students should inquire about fund availability before applying.
