RISD & RI-CIE Sustainable Design Competition

RISD & RI-CIE Sustainable Design Competition

Request for Proposals Deadline November 5
The Rhode Island Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RI-CIE) is collaborating with the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), who has received funding from the U.S. Small Business Administration for a pilot project aimed at enhancing opportunities for early-stage small businesses and/or product designers and entrepreneurs working in areas of sustainable development and the emerging green economy.

This collaboration will take place between December 2010 and August 2011. RI-CIE will provide support for the project through business development and business acceleration assistance, as well as mentoring and networking opportunities. In addition, incubator space and material support will be made available.

RISD currently seeks proposals from potential partners (individuals or companies) who are early stage small businesses and/or in the early stages of development of new products, services, or other business concepts that will advance the agenda of sustainable development in Rhode Island and will benefit from the combined technical and art + design/business development expertise of the RISD/RI-CIE collaboration.

The deadline for all proposals is November 5, 2010 at 4:30 p.m.
For further information regarding the project and to get a copy of the RFP guidelines, please visit the RI-CIE home page - http://www.ri-cie.org/

email: suelene_gallogly@brown.edu