Accepted ventures will receive more than $100,000 worth of entrepreneurial resources to help their businesses succeed. Deadline to apply is April 14.
New Meeting Template and Professional Development Membership
As a guide for grant managers, a “Template for PI Meetings” has been developed to provide discussion topics and corresponding Workday reports to assist in establishing and maintaining communication with principal investigators. The grant manager role is vital to the financial management of awards and serves as the liaison between principal investigators and central administration; therefore, scheduling routine meetings with principal investigators is important.
Do you have an National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) membership? If not, it is encouraged to obtain a membership, which offers free or discounted webinars, access to reference materials on sponsored research administration and best practices, as well as featured videos and much more.
FAU’s Office of Technology Development has a paid internship opportunity available for undergraduate or graduate students interested in learning about the technology transfer process. Interns will gain hands-on experience protecting and commercializing intellectual property and promoting entrepreneurship based on university research.
On April 15, the College of Science will offer a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) test prep course, intended for students to “challenge” the CNA exam. The instructors are nurses who have been approved through the Florida Board of Nursing to teach a variety of certification courses.
