We invite you to join us in our quest to transform higher education. To discuss partnership opportunities, please contact Ray Sokola, Executive Director of the VIP Consortium, at ray@vip-consortium.org. VIP Consortium, Inc. is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and contributions to our organization are tax-deductible in the United States to the extent allowed by law.

Partnership Opportunities

• Program Support
  
  • Start-Up Assistance for New VIP Sites
    • How-to Guides
    • Mentoring for VIP Program Directors
    • Training Resources for Team Advisors 
    • Seed Funding
  • Development of VIP Grading and Evaluation Tools
  • Cloud Services for VIP Sites and Teams
  • Facilitating Partnerships among Teams at Different Universities
  • Facilitating Partnerships with Industry
  • Facilitating Partnerships with Expert Consultants
• Research Studies
  
  • VIP Impact on Students and Universities:
    • Improvements in Learning Outcomes
    • Diversity and Accessibility
    • Scalability
    • Increasing Pipeline for Advanced Degrees
  • VIP Impact on 21^st Century (and Beyond) Workforce Preparedness
  • VIP Impact on Innovation to Address Global Challenges
• VIP Consortium Events
  
  • Annual Meeting
  • Regional Activities
  • VIP Student Innovation Competitions
• Organizational Support
  
  • Strategic Planning
  • Website Development

The VIP Consortium has established a 15% overhead rate for grant proposals, unless the funding source restricts overhead to a lesser amount.  If other institutions participate in grant-funded projects with the VIP Consortium under a subcontract, the subcontract budget should include no more than 15% in indirect costs, or the maximum allowed by the funding source (whichever is less). 

Corporate partners wishing to support the VIP program of a particular university or student activities of a specific team should contact the relevant VIP site.