Faculty Entrepreneurship & Innovation

What is meant by innovation?

What is your bold solution to a challenging problem on ESU’s campus or its immediate community? We need ambitious new ideas to help solve persistent or new challenges. This program calls on change-makers to submit projects with transformative potential.

Faculty Entrepreneurship and Faculty Innovation competitions will award grants of up to $2,500 each.

These opportunities are sponsored by the Office of the Provost of East Stroudsburg University (ESU) and are in alignment with ESU's strategy to become a university that has a reputation for innovation and entrepreneurship. Recipients have the opportunity for a follow up grant for another $2,500 maximum as a continuation grant.

Proposal Requirements and Guidelines

The RFP is competitive. Departments may submit more than one proposal. Collaboration within and across colleges is encouraged, as are proposals between faculty and other non-faculty members of the community.

1. Project funds are awarded to activities that support entrepreneurship or innovation.
2. The main project director is required to be an ESU tenure track or tenured faculty.
3. The number of grants awarded is based on the availability of funds and proposal merit.
4. The proposals must be submitted via ESU eGRANTS.
5. Projects should be completed within one year of award.
6. A final evaluation report shall be submitted within two weeks of completion of the project.
7. It is expected for grant recipients to share their entrepreneurial and innovation activities with the ESU community when possible.

Any questions, contact: Lynne Ozgur, Office of Sponsored Project and Research, lozgur@esu.edu.

Here is the 2023-2024 Out of the Box Committee Membership