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Florida State University
Designing the future of higher education!

Innovation thrives at the liminal boundaries between disciplines. Faculty, staff, and students work together across boundaries to proactively adopt innovative ideas, leverage disruptive technologies, while exploring impactful methods of teaching, learning, and research.

Areas of Focus

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    Innovation Hub

    An interdisciplinary home for innovation, FSU’s Innovation Hub brings together faculty, staff, and students to address the wicked challenges of our day through human creativity, design thinking, and emerging technologies.

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    Student Innovation

    FSU students combine coursework, co-curricular activities, and self-directed learning to craft their own educational experiences, expand their technical skills, work in interdisciplinary teams, and earn a minor in Innovation.

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    Faculty Innovation

    FSU faculty and staff work together across departments and disciplines to explore disruptive technologies and innovative methodologies, engage in innovative teaching and research, and define the future of higher education.

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    Experiential Learning

    FSU faculty, staff, and students partner with community organizations and industry experts to solve real-world problems, develop interdisciplinary problem-solving skills, while having a positive impact on the world.

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FSU Innovation Ecosystem

While every academic department, school, college, center, and institute within the university is driving innovation within its discipline, some are devoted wholly to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship across disciplines.

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    Academic Innovation

    Florida State University fosters an environment that broadly encourages and supports academic innovation across campus…

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    Office of Research

    At FSU, we take great pride in our ability to provide supportive environments for the exploration of all types of ideas…

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    Ignite FSU

    IGNITE-FSU builds capacity for translational research through staff, programs, and mutually beneficial partnerships…

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    FSU Health

    FSU Health is a bold initiative that brings together researchers, educators, and clinical partners to transform health and health care in Florida….

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    Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship

    The Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship is the nation's first standalone College of Entrepreneurship at a public university...

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    FSU Commercialization

    The Office of Commercialization is responsible for the evaluation, protection, and commercialization of novel FSU innovations and discoveries…

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    FSU Information Technology Services (ITS)

    Information Technology Services drives innovation at FSU through its IT support and technology leadership…

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    Innovation Park

    Innovation Park of Tallahassee unlocks the potential of Florida’s top universities, industry leaders, and entrepreneurs to drive North Florida’s high-tech economy....