Florida State University
Innovation
Working together to solve humanity’s most vexing, complex, and wicked challenges.
Florida State University
Designing the future of higher education!
Innovation happens 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, and making a positive impact on the world.
FSU Innovation Hub in the News
Upcoming Innovation Hub Events
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
As one of the nation's most innovative universities, Florida State University fosters an environment that broadly encourages and supports academic innovation across campus to “cultivate an ecosystem that prioritizes and embraces creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial behavior in all endeavors”
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Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship
The Jim Moran College of Entrepreneurship at Florida State University is the nation's first standalone College of Entrepreneurship at a public university. We aim to spread entrepreneurship across FSU’s campus and serve all students through collaborative programs, competitions, and resources.
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FSU Health
FSU Health is a bold initiative of Florida State University that brings together researchers, educators, and clinical partners under one umbrella to transform health and health care in Florida.
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Ignite FSU
IGNITE-FSU builds capacity for translational research through additional staff, supportive programs, and mutually beneficial partnerships, all geared to identify, mature, harvest, and translate ideas into impact.
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FSU Commercialization
The Office of Commercialization is responsible for the evaluation, protection, and commercialization of novel innovations and discoveries developed by FSU faculty and staff for the benefit of the University, the state of Florida, and ultimately…the world.
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FSU Information Technology Services (ITS)
Information Technology Services is the central IT organization for Florida State University, providing IT support and technology leadership to a robust community of more than 50,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and retirees.
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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.