Overview
IIE supports a variety of SMU courses that teach innovation and entrepreneurship through practical application. These courses place a strong emphasis on advancing students’ ideation, market validation, and prototyping processes. This experiential learning approach gives students a valuable hands-on opportunity to innovate and test their entrepreneurial ideas, fostering an entrepreneurial mindset.
Student teams in these courses are supported via the Ideation Grant. Each team will receive a funding of S$700 that can be used for the purpose of market validating their ideas, testing and even developing their prototypes.
Eligibility
SMU courses need to fulfil the following requirements in order to be considered for funding support under the Ideation Grant.
1. Relevant courses that teach innovation and/or entrepreneurship through hands-on projects
2. Course learning outcomes are aligned and complementary to IIE’s intended outcomes
3. IIE has access to course documents and students’ final reports/assessments for accountability and auditing purposes
Contact
For more information on the Ideation Grant, please contact Tay Chin Lim (cltay@smu.edu.sg) or Lim Sze Hui (szehuilim@smu.edu.sg).