{"id":5599,"date":"2016-10-04T02:43:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T02:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/?p=4670"},"modified":"2016-10-04T02:43:50","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T02:43:50","slug":"time-to-kick-start-that-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2016\/10\/04\/time-to-kick-start-that-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Kick-Start That Project!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/10\/kick_start_boot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"kick_start_boot\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/10\/kick_start_boot-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/10\/kick_start_boot-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/10\/kick_start_boot-36x36.jpg 36w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/10\/kick_start_boot-115x115.jpg 115w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/10\/kick_start_boot.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Hey students!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Are you interested in giving\u00a0your\u00a0idea, project, or invention a kick-start?<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Want to make that project a reality?<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A new program,\u00a0Kick-Start,\u00a0has been developed for engineering students (undergraduate and graduate) to request funding to pay for prototyping and\/or finishing projects using the services offered through the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/creative-space\/\" >Creative Space<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.uiowa.edu\/ees\" >Engineering Electronic Shop<\/a> (EES) and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engineering.uiowa.edu\/ems\" >Engineering Machine Shop<\/a> (EMS).\u00a0<em>There will be ten\u00a0$500 awards!!<\/em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>How exciting is that!?<\/p>\n<p>There are a limited number of Kick-Starts to be awarded this year \u2013 so this is a competitive process!\u00a0Make sure to\u00a0check the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/kick-start\/\" >Kick-Start<\/a> webpage to get complete details!<\/p>\n<p>Briefly, any student (graduate or undergraduate) may apply for a Kick-Start award. You come up with an idea, find a faculty or staff sponsor, complete an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/kick-start\/kick-start-application\/\" >online application form<\/a>, attend an in-person workshop (approximately an hour), and present your project in April! (Please be sure to check all the rules and recommendations before submitting your application!)<\/p>\n<p>In case you haven&#8217;t seen our new Creative Space (what are you waiting for!?) &#8211; here&#8217;s a video from our Open House.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<!-- Code Embed v2.2.1 --><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ebwazo6Ov44\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!-- End of Code Embed code -->\n<\/p>\n<p>For more complete details, refer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/kick-start\/\" >Kick-Start<\/a> webpage. The September 30, 2016 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/kick-start-that-project\/\" >Kick-Start blo<\/a>g also has more complete information.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>We have the resources and the support needed to help bring your idea to reality! <\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>So, what are you waiting for? <\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Kick-Start your project now!!<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/eng\/files\/2016\/10\/kick_start_boot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"kick_start_boot\">Hey students! Are you interested in giving&nbsp;your&nbsp;idea, project, or invention a kick-start? Want to make that project a reality? &nbsp; A new program,&nbsp;Kick-Start,&nbsp;has been developed for engineering students (undergraduate and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5599"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5877,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5599\/revisions\/5877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}