LAST DAY TO REGISTER FOR THE

CREATIVE KICK-START PROGRAM! 

The program is designed so engineering students (undergraduate and graduate) may request funding to pay for prototyping and/or finishing projects – using the services offered through ETC and the Library Creative Space.  The Creative Kick-Start Program is a collaboration between The Engineering Library and the Engineering Technology Center (ETC).

There will be ten $500 awards!! How exciting is that!?

Since there will only be 10 awards, this is a competitive process! 

Briefly, any graduate or undergraduate engineering student may apply for a Kick-Start award. You come up with an idea which can be completed in roughly 3 months, find a faculty or staff sponsor, complete an online application form, attend an in-person workshop (approximately an hour), hand in a progress report, and present your project in April!

There are a few requirements which include (but aren’t limited to) keeping receipts and a record of all expenses (a budget spreadsheet template will be be provided). A post-project survey of the Kick-Start program will also be required.

There are a few restrictions, one of which is you may not already be receiving funding for this project from any other source. There can only be one idea per submission and a student may only be the primary investigator on one Kick-Start per year.  Students may be co-investigators on more than one project.

Check the Kick-Start webpage for all the information you need – and get your proposal submitted TODAY!!

The funds for this project are generously provided by the Engineering Technology Centers.

Application Review Committee is Kari Kozak (Head, Lichtenberger Engineering Library),  Jeff Nock (Entrepreneur in Residence/Lecturer, John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center), and Spencer Stumpf (Inventions Manager,  UI Research Foundation).

We look forward to seeing your projects and working with you to make them a reality!