Subject: The Future of Information Alliance (FIA) Seed Grants



Description:

The Future of Information Alliance (FIA)

Robert W. Deutsch Foundation

2014-2015 Seed Grant Competition



Help solve the information challenges of today's world. Student teams work

with faculty mentors and FIA Partners on real world problems. Four teams will

each win grants of up to $25,000.



Join us on Monday, Sept. 29, 2-4 pm, in Room 6173 at McKeldin Library (the

Special Events Room on the 6th floor) for a kickoff informational meeting.

You can learn more about the program and hear from the FIA Founding Partners:

the National Geographic Society, the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of

Congress, the US National Park Service, the Newseum, the National Archives,

Sesame Workshop, WAMU 88.5, the Barrie School, and the Office of the Governor

of Maryland.



Registration is required. Details at http:/fia.umd.edu/seedgrants/



Fifty students and faculty mentors from 11 of UMD’s 12 colleges and schools

were members of winning teams during the past two years. See more about the

previous seed grant winners and their projects at http://ter.ps/fia201314 and

http://ter.ps/fia201213.



The FIA-Deutsch Seed Grant Competition is made possible with a $1 million

gift from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation: http://ter.ps/fiadeutsch.





Contact Person: Ira H. Chinoy

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