Hi Deborah
Sounds fishy to me....
I haven't dealt with NCIIA but here is my general input:

First and foremost... is the individual that is the principal at your
Institution?  If not, I would venture to say they are including your
Institution so that they look like they are eligible to apply and have a
home Institution... but it is not truthful or accurate... The individual
must be a student, faculty or staff of a NCIIA member institution... and IP
policies will come into play.

Secondly, if this was just well intentioed gone a bit astray and a link
canbe established, I would insist the awardee be the Institution rather
than an individual.

I would contact NCIIA immediately with concerns.
413/587-2172

ERIN C. DAVIS
Grants Development Specialist
Office of Research, Room C-345
Wadsworth Center, NYS DOH
Empire State Plaza, Corning Tower
P.O. Box 509
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Albany, NY  12201-0509

(518) 474-6602 (phone)
(518) 402-5540 (fax)

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Good Monday morning.

Have any of you worked with the National Collegiate Inventors &
Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)?

I am dealing with a rather strange situation in that a private entity
(I believe non-profit but do not know for sure) is developing an
invention and submitted a grant proposal to NCIIA under the auspices of
our institution, i.e., the entity listed me as administrative contact
and themselves as the applicant. However, they neglected to provide a
proposal, budget, etc. to us for review.

Add to that, this entity paid membership fees to NCIIA on our behalf
because membership is required in order to apply for funding.

Well-intentioned over-enthusiasm or fishy?

Deborah d'Este Hofer MM
Grants Administrator
Southern Oregon University
541.552.8662
fax 541.552.6115
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