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VentureWell, formerly known as the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), is a private 501(c)(3) organization that funds and trains faculty and student innovators to create successful, socially beneficial businesses. The organization's mission is to create experiential learning opportunities for students and to catalyze student-led ventures that create positive social and environmental impact. VentureWell's early stage funding and training opportunities supported the creation of more than 180 new businesses across an array of industries, which have leveraged more than $620 million in additional funding. ==Origins== In 1995, a group of higher education faculty and administrators gathered at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts to discuss how universities might provide students with the tools they need to transform their ideas into viable businesses.〔Catherine Williams, (''Lemelson awards $16M to nonprofit inventors alliance'' ), Mass High Tech, September 3, 2007.〕 Jerome Lemelson, one of the U.S.’s most prolific inventors, convened the meeting. In the meeting, Lemelson described his vision for an organization that would support educators in implementing a hands-on approach to learning while at the same time helping students develop new products and boost them toward commercialization. VentureWell was created out of this vision.〔Myrna Oliver, (''Jerome Lemelson; Inventor Held 500 Patents'' ), Los Angeles Times Obituary, October 3, 1997.〕 VentureWell, initially part of Hampshire College’s Lemelson National Program and funded primarily by The Lemelson Foundation, became a stand-alone non-profit entity in 2007. It has grown to include a membership of nearly 200 colleges and universities from across the U.S., engaging over 5,000 undergraduate and graduate student entrepreneurs each year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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