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1. Louisiana Impact Research Awards - applications are due Monday, October 12, by 11:59 p.m.

Louisiana Impact Research Awards Round #5  - Fill out the application form here.
Open to all researchers on campus - faculty, staff, graduate students, undergrads, postdocs...everyone on campus is eligible.
A total of $40,000+ is available to award to 20-25 research projects related to making Louisiana better. The themes are the people, place and purpose of Louisiana - however we define those as researchers.
This is a collaboration with the UL Lafayette Graduate School, Academic Affairs, OVPRIED, and an endowed chair. Since 2023, over $256,000 has been awarded to 128 different projects...to faculty, students and researchers from all colleges.
Current submission statistics: Computing & Informatics has submitted the most so far, with English in 2nd and Biology in 3rd. 

2. Inn-eaux-vate 2026 Pitch Competition - applications are due Friday, October 16, by 11:59 p.m.

Inn-eaux-vate 2026 Pitch Competition - Fill out the application form here.
Open to all students on campus (undergraduate and graduate students), can be individuals or teams.
Over $50,000 is available to award to 10-25 student entrepreneurs. Last year, $40,000 cash was awarded to 24 semifinalists, with the 8 finalists receiving about $25,000 total.
Last year, 1st and 2nd place were B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration students and 3rd place was Natasha Syed, an Earth & Energy Sciences PhD student, who has gone on to receive even more cash in other pitch competitions.
This year, 1st place will receive $10,000. All semifinalists will receive at least $1,000.
The semifinals are November 10, and the finals are November 17 at the LITE Center.
This is led by Dr. Josh Bendickson, Brauns-Oudenhoven-Boustany Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, by Kevin Guillory & Jonathan Shirley at the LEED Center, and by others.