{"id":47004,"date":"2026-04-28T13:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=47004"},"modified":"2026-04-28T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:28:57","slug":"video-innovation-moonshot-experience-coming-to-und","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2026\/04\/video-innovation-moonshot-experience-coming-to-und\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Innovation Moonshot Experience coming to UND"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Amy Whitney, director of Center for Innovation, introduces summer event to help UND researchers commercialize discoveries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Armacost Message 4\/28\/26\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1186025589?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This week\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1186025589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video message from President Armacost<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0features an update on\u00a0one of UND\u2019s \u201cmoonshot\u201d initiatives set forth by the president this past fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Joining Armacost is Amy Whitney, director of the Center for Innovation. The\u00a0CFI\u00a0is\u00a0UND\u2019s commercialization hub\u00a0for technology transfer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe help take ideas and turn them into real-world impact,\u201d Whitney says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">With Armacost\u2019s goal for the University to launch at least four companies based on UND intellectual property, Whitney and her team at the\u00a0CFI created, among a series of\u00a0new programs,\u00a0what\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0calling the \u201cInnovation Moonshot Experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Set to first take place this summer, the experience will be an\u00a0opportunity for researchers who have developed intellectual property to come together, meet with\u00a0mentors\u00a0and explore how their inventions and discoveries can take the next step\u00a0to commercialization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The CFI\u00a0seeks\u00a0to create a cohort of UND researchers that can experience this\u00a0opportunity together in a way that\u2019s\u00a0structured and guided by those who are experienced in translating discovery to opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The event will be in-person and online, Whitney says,\u00a0and the goal is to inspire curiosity about where\u00a0UND faculty\u00a0research can go, beyond the lab.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Armacost remarks that many research efforts on campus look to journal publication as a means of commercializing discovery, but that\u00a0the CFI can help to do more\u00a0for the University\u2019s research enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Whitney says this effort is part of a culture change at UND\u00a0with more\u00a0sessions planned. 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