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Join SISU: The Innovation Institute for a virtual Innovation Funding Workshop 

The SISU IF Awards are designed to collect ideas from all across our campus and community to illuminate new programs, interdisciplinary projects and opportunity, and transformational efforts that embody the University’s strategic plan, mission, vision, and core values.

Any questions you may have about submitting a proposal will be answered during the workshop where the entire submission process, scoring rubrics, and funded idea requirements will be gone over in detail.

Please email sisu@nmu.edu to sign up for one of the workshops and specific Zoom details!

Dec. 13th at 3:30pm

Dec 14th at 9am or 2pm

Dec 15th at 3:30pm

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Design thinking is for everyone. It is a systematic approach to innovation and creative problem-solving that can be used in many disciplines. This design thinking training integrates the method and process of design thinking to solve a local problem. This training is for all majors from all disciplines. Badge earners learn the design thinking process and work in collaborative terms to address real issues on our campus and in our community

This is a free, foundational level workshop that is issued by Northern Michigan University

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SISU: The Innovation Institute is hosting the last Virtual Innovation Funding Workshops! 

What "IF" Recap:

This year's process is moving from Program Incentive Funding (PIF) to Innovation Funding (IF). Innovation Funding (IF) is about engaging ideas at all phases of the design thinking process, whether it is a tiny seed that needs to be explored, a brand new idea that’s ready to be built out, or an existing service/program that needs to be reimagined. This process is about embracing the “What IF” of innovation. 

The SISU IF Awards are designed to collect ideas from all across our campus and community to illuminate new programs, interdisciplinary projects and opportunity, and transformational efforts that embody the University’s strategic plan, mission, vision, and core values.

How is IF organized? 

The Innovation Fund is broken down into three categories that include the following: Discovery Funding Exploration into new opportunities. Re-Innovation Funding Redirection or reimagining of existing programs or services. Implementation Funding Ideas that are ready to take to scale.

Submitting a proposal? 

The project team or at least one member must participate in a hybrid workshop of Intro to Design Thinking and Innovation Funding. Any questions you may have will be answered during the workshop where the entire submission process, scoring rubrics, and funded idea requirements will be gone over in detail.

Need to join a virtual workshop? 

There will be four 60 minute workshops during the week of Dec 12th. The dates and times are:

Tuesday, Dec 13th at 3:30pm

Wednesday, Dec 14th at 9 am and 2pm 

Thursday, Dec 15th at 3:30pm 

Read to sign up? 

Please email sisu@ nmu.edu for the Zoom details!

SISU

Design thinking is for everyone. It is a systematic approach to innovation and creative problem-solving that can be used in many disciplines. This design thinking training integrates the method and process of design thinking to solve a local problem. This training is for all majors from all disciplines. Badge earners learn the design thinking process and work in collaborative terms to address real issues on our campus and in our community.

This is a free, foundational level workshop that is issued by Northern Michigan University.

SISU

SISU: The Innovation Institute at NMU is an internal hub for innovation and transformational education encouraging the cultivation of ideas leading to relevant and sustainable university services and academic programs. As an internal hub for innovation, SISU provides a welcoming and inclusive space for members of the NMU community to bring or generate, collaborate, and develop ideas for programs and services.

SISU uses a design thinking framework to gain insights, and refine ideas. It serves as a home for experimental academic programs and services.

This year: Taking “PIF to IF”  The original idea behind the Program Incentive Funding (PIF) was very much about implementing new programs specifically. The new process of  Innovation Funding (IF) is about engaging ideas at all phases of the process, whether it is a tiny seed that needs to be explored, a brand new idea that’s ready to be built out, or an existing service/program that needs to be reimagined. This process is much more about embracing the “What IF” of innovation.

With the IF cycle, everyone is offered a seat at the table. SISU will intake ideas from not just faculty and staff, but students and community members as well. 

Before a proposal is to move into the next stage of innovation, the project team must participate or have participated in an Intro to Design Thinking workshop and a Funding Workshop.

SISU is offering Funding Workshops on the following days.  

SISU

SISU: The Innovation Institute at NMU is an internal hub for innovation and transformational education encouraging the cultivation of ideas leading to relevant and sustainable university services and academic programs. As an internal hub for innovation, SISU provides a welcoming and inclusive space for members of the NMU community to bring or generate, collaborate, and develop ideas for programs and services.

SISU uses a design thinking framework to gain insights, and refine ideas. It serves as a home for experimental academic programs and services.

This year: Taking “PIF to IF”  The original idea behind the Program Incentive Funding (PIF) was very much about implementing new programs specifically. The new process of  Innovation Funding (IF) is about engaging ideas at all phases of the process, whether it is a tiny seed that needs to be explored, a brand new idea that’s ready to be built out, or an existing service/program that needs to be reimagined. This process is much more about embracing the “What IF” of innovation.

With the IF cycle, everyone is offered a seat at the table. SISU will intake ideas from not just faculty and staff, but students and community members as well. 

Before a proposal is to move into the next stage of innovation, the project team must participate or have participated in an Intro to Design Thinking workshop and a Funding Workshop.

SISU is offering Funding Workshops on the following days.  

SISU

SISU: The Innovation Institute at NMU is an internal hub for innovation and transformational education encouraging the cultivation of ideas leading to relevant and sustainable university services and academic programs. As an internal hub for innovation, SISU provides a welcoming and inclusive space for members of the NMU community to bring or generate, collaborate, and develop ideas for programs and services.

SISU uses a design thinking framework to gain insights, and refine ideas. It serves as a home for experimental academic programs and services.

This year: Taking “PIF to IF”  The original idea behind the Program Incentive Funding (PIF) was very much about implementing new programs specifically. The new process of  Innovation Funding (IF) is about engaging ideas at all phases of the process, whether it is a tiny seed that needs to be explored, a brand new idea that’s ready to be built out, or an existing service/program that needs to be reimagined. This process is much more about embracing the “What IF” of innovation.

With the IF cycle, everyone is offered a seat at the table. SISU will intake ideas from not just faculty and staff, but students and community members as well. 

Before a proposal is to move into the next stage of innovation, the project team must participate or have participated in an Intro to Design Thinking workshop and a Funding Workshop.

SISU is offering Funding Workshops on the following days.  

SISU

SISU: The Innovation Institute at NMU is an internal hub for innovation and transformational education encouraging the cultivation of ideas leading to relevant and sustainable university services and academic programs. As an internal hub for innovation, SISU provides a welcoming and inclusive space for members of the NMU community to bring or generate, collaborate, and develop ideas for programs and services.

SISU uses a design thinking framework to gain insights, and refine ideas. It serves as a home for experimental academic programs and services.

This year: Taking “PIF to IF”  The original idea behind the Program Incentive Funding (PIF) was very much about implementing new programs specifically. The new process of  Innovation Funding (IF) is about engaging ideas at all phases of the process, whether it is a tiny seed that needs to be explored, a brand new idea that’s ready to be built out, or an existing service/program that needs to be reimagined. This process is much more about embracing the “What IF” of innovation.

With the IF cycle, everyone is offered a seat at the table. SISU will intake ideas from not just faculty and staff, but students and community members as well. 

Before a proposal is to move into the next stage of innovation, the project team must participate or have participated in an Intro to Design Thinking workshop and a Funding Workshop.

SISU is offering Funding Workshops on the following days.  

SISU

SISU: The Innovation Institute at NMU is an internal hub for innovation and transformational education encouraging the cultivation of ideas leading to relevant and sustainable university services and academic programs. As an internal hub for innovation, SISU provides a welcoming and inclusive space for members of the NMU community to bring or generate, collaborate, and develop ideas for programs and services.

SISU uses a design thinking framework to gain insights, and refine ideas. It serves as a home for experimental academic programs and services.

This year: Taking “PIF to IF”  The original idea behind the Program Incentive Funding (PIF) was very much about implementing new programs specifically. The new process of  Innovation Funding (IF) is about engaging ideas at all phases of the process, whether it is a tiny seed that needs to be explored, a brand new idea that’s ready to be built out, or an existing service/program that needs to be reimagined. This process is much more about embracing the “What IF” of innovation.

With the IF cycle, everyone is offered a seat at the table. SISU will intake ideas from not just faculty and staff, but students and community members as well. 

Before a proposal is to move into the next stage of innovation, the project team must participate or have participated in an Intro to Design Thinking workshop and a Funding Workshop.

SISU is offering Intro to Design Thinking on the following days.  

SISU

SISU: The Innovation Institute at NMU is an internal hub for innovation and transformational education encouraging the cultivation of ideas leading to relevant and sustainable university services and academic programs. As an internal hub for innovation, SISU provides a welcoming and inclusive space for members of the NMU community to bring or generate, collaborate, and develop ideas for programs and services.

SISU uses a design thinking framework to gain insights, and refine ideas. It serves as a home for experimental academic programs and services.

This year: Taking “PIF to IF”  The original idea behind the Program Incentive Funding (PIF) was very much about implementing new programs specifically. The new process of  Innovation Funding (IF) is about engaging ideas at all phases of the process, whether it is a tiny seed that needs to be explored, a brand new idea that’s ready to be built out, or an existing service/program that needs to be reimagined. This process is much more about embracing the “What IF” of innovation.

With the IF cycle, everyone is offered a seat at the table. SISU will intake ideas from not just faculty and staff, but students and community members as well. 

Before a proposal is to move into the next stage of innovation, the project team must participate or have participated in an Intro to Design Thinking workshop and a Funding Workshop.

SISU is offering Intro to Design Thinking on the following days.