Pipeline for Innovation

The Pipeline for Innovation is a grant process designed to foster and support academic innovations involving technology. It provides a framework to assess the pedagogical value of new innovations, uniformly track and analyze support costs, and fund exceptional proposals.

Sometimes great ideas just need a helping hand to move forward.

These awards are an investment in the creative energy and talents of Creighton faculty interested in integrating technology. All faculty interested in using technology to advance their teaching objectives are encouraged to apply. Projects focused on research and patient care will also be considered. Pipeline for Innovation Awards are funded through the student technology fees received by DoIT.

$20,000 available in Awards for 2007-2008
The application deadline is October 22, 2007. Apply Online
Learn more about the ongoing process.

The process and proposals are overseen by two teams representing constituencies campus-wide:


2007-2008 Pipeline for Innovation Recipients

Grant allocation totaled $19,730 with a $270 contingency fund

Interprofessional Educational Videos - $7,940
Jennifer Furze, SPAHP, Physical Therapy

Evaluating the Effect of Simulated Electronic Medical Records on Student Learning in Pharmacotherapeutics - $3,450
Kimberly J. Begley, SPAHP, Pharmacy Practice

Development of Anatomical Instruction Units for iPods Using Dental i-CAT Cone Beam Computed Tomography - $3,317
Neil Norton, School of Dentistry

Interactive Physics Seminar Videoconferencing with Partner Institutions - $2,875
Jack Gabel, CCAS, Physics

Catholic Comments Podcast - $948
John O'Keefe, CCAS, Theology

Community Outreach for New Interdisciplinary Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program - $1,200
Anne York, College of Business


2006-2007 Pipeline for Innovation Recipients

Grant allocation totaled $18,000

Wireless Tablet-based Instruction in Computer Science Classrooms/Labs - $500 (partial)
David Reed, Computer Science, CCAS

Personal Response System for Intro Class in Sociology and Anthropology - $2,320 (full)
James Ault, Sociology, CCAS

Preparing Streaming Media Instructional Materials for Organic Chemistry - $2,323 (full)
James Fletcher, Chemistry, CCAS

The Digital Portfolio to Enhance Learning in Medical Interviewing - $6,660 (full)
Robert Coleman, Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Portable Holographic Image Learning (P.H.I.L.) - $6,197 (partial)
Thomas Quinn, Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine


Spring 2006 Pipeline for Innovation Recipients

Grant allocation totaled $12,000

Smart Board Acquisition for Classroom Use by the Department of Mathematics - $2,000
Lance Nielsen, Math Department

* Funds for this grant were distributed in the 2006-2007 academic year.  In collaboration with the DoIT Classroom Technology Support Team, Dr. Nielsen was able to test a Smart Board in the summer of 2006 and determine that a Sympodium product was a more suitable technology to meet his needs.

Seminar by Distributed Interactive Videoconferencing - $5,160
Susan Tinley, School of Nursing

Electronic Values Portfolio Program - $1,500
Bev Kracher, College of Business

Use of Portable MP3 Players to Learn Heart and Breathing Sounds - $735
Thomas Pisarri, School of Medicine

A Self-Study Audio-Visual Videotaping and Edting Studio to Support Faculty Teaching, Practice, Service, and Scholarship - $2,500
Linda Ohri, Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy and Health Professions

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