EFCIE Innovation Grants bring faculty mentors and students together in student-faculty teams to expand on initial student or faculty work either by developing a working prototype or by assessing the viability of a proposed solution in a rigorous manner. As part of this process, experts from EFCIE will mentor each student-faculty team in the areas of evaluating market opportunities and guiding validated solutions to society.
Term: 1 year
Value:
- A total of $20,000 is available for the General Stream (with $5,000 each contributed by the Office of the Vice-President, Students, the Office of the Vice-President Community Engagement, the Office of the Dean (Applied and Technical Studies), and the Esposito Family Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (EFCIE)
- A total of $5,000 is available for the STEM Stream (contributed by the Office of the Dean, Faculty of Science)
Applications invited: December 1, 2023 onward
Application deadline: February 29, 2024