The Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) and the Center for innovative Ventures of Emerging Technologies (CIVET) have been awarded a 2-year, $34,500 grant from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). The program entitled"Biomedical Engineering E-Teams for Healthcare Innovation" aims to implement a new senior design experience for Biomedical Engineering (BME) students focused on the integration of BME/medicine with translation of innovation to industry. The NCIIA program, which will commence in September 2013, will dovetail and add value to BME and CIVET's NIH supported R25 program, "Merging Innovation, Translational Medicine, and Entrepreneurship in Biomedical Engineering Senior Design" which commenced in September 2012. Professor Martin Yarmush directs the NCIIA program together withFrancois Berthiaume and Susan Engelhardt who serve as co-PIs.