Discovery Park to provide proposal support this week for Big Idea Challenge submissions

With the recent unveiling of the Big Idea Challenge, Discovery Park will offer Agile Strategy Lab Working Sessions this week on Thursday and Friday (Nov. 10-11). Both sessions will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. in Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship, Room 129.

Working sessions are to designed assist to research teams with developing their proposals. Discovery Park encourages those interested in submitting their proposals to attend a session and receive personalized support during the drafting process. Teams interested in collaborating with Discovery Park centers for proposals and project endorsements should contact Ed Morrison, director of the Purdue Agile Strategy Lab, at efmorris@purdue.edu.

The Discovery Park Big Idea Challenge is a new program, announced Oct. 20, that will provide resources to interdisciplinary teams of Purdue faculty and students pursuing bold proposals involving interdisciplinary teams to address global challenges.

The program will fund selected teams for up to two years (depending on scope of the proposal) with a pool of strategic investment resources. Proposals are due on Dec. 20. Please refer to the program guidelines for proposal details.

Additional questions can be directed to Cliff Wojtalewicz, assistant director of Discovery Park, at cliffw@purdue.edu. A Big Idea Challenge F.A.Q. is also available online.

Writer: Amy Schlueter, 765-496-7823, aschlue@purdue.edu
Source: Cliff Wojtalewicz, 765-496-3961, cliffw@purdue.edu