Innovation Academy Fund for Excellence
The IA Fund for Excellence is a unique opportunity to invest in a distinctly new way of learning. Your support can fund one of the nation’s most forward-looking undergraduate programs and keep IA Gators from 30 different majors on a “collision course” with disruptive ideas, problem-solving, business acumen, ethics, design thinking, and innovation.
Please show your support and pride in the Innovation Academy by participating at one of our funding levels. Support from UF IA students, parents, alumni, and friends is critical in sustaining our mission. This Fund helps provide for—and helps give equitable access to—student experiences, curriculum development and materials, and co-curricular programming that move our vision forward in graduating IA Gator Innovators who utilize design thinking to solve global challenges.
Circle of Innovation
Corporate or individual students, parents, alumni and friends of the Innovation Academy who would like to support the Innovation Fund to ensure cutting-edge student learning experiences and impactful support of all IA activities and functions.
- Discover Level – $25+
- Perceive Level – $250+
- Ideate Level – $500+
Director’s Circle
Corporate or individual donors who wish to fund overall student experiences, activities and administrative support, and materials throughout the IA program. There are a variety of ways to have a significant impact on the Program—from unrestricted support that provides immediate-use funds to support scholarships, research, world-class faculty, and our active learning classroom.
Maker Level – $1,000+
- Local Student Conference Registration
- Guest Speaker Stipends
- Student Awards
Connector Level – $1,500+
- Develop student programming & engagement opportunities
- Support innovation education service opportunities
- Innovation Academy Ambassador training & development
Catalyst Level – $2,500+
- Student Launch T-shirts
- Laptop Computers & Software
- Provide faculty with training & professional development
Launch Level – $5,000+
- Student Prototyping & Tech Equipment
- Fabrication Semester Memberships
- Student Start-up Seed Funding
- Graduation Medallions
Breakthrough Levels
Endowment level gifts create funding resources in perpetuity through one-time or pledged installment giving, please contact us for more information.
- IA Disruptor – $50,000+
- IA Summit – $100,000+
- IA Create – $250,000+
- IA Ascend – $500,000+