The Allegheny Lab for innovation & Creativity is excited to launch our micro-grant program for 2023.
The Allegheny Lab for Innovation & Creativity offers grants of up to $2,000 for students to develop their ideas for products, services, non-profits, and projects related to their post-graduation ambitions. Students awarded a microgrant via ALIC are partnered with a faculty mentor and a community mentor who help facilitate bringing projects to life.
Click here to be taken to the online micro-grant application form.
Rules and Regulations:
- Grants are only available to enrolled Allegheny students
- Students can apply as an individual or as part of a team
- Funds are to be used in the development of your idea
Manufacturing Advanced Placement Program (MAPP)
Allegheny College, Acutec Precision Aerospace, and PennState Behrend have developed the Manufacturing Advanced Placement Program to accelerate Allegheny students from their rigorous liberal arts education into inspiring, and fulfilling careers in manufacturing, engineering, or management by creating a paid pathway from Allegheny to Acutec and into the Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) program at Behrend.
- Allegheny students join Acutec’s paid New Machinist Program while in their junior or senior year to familiarize them with manufacturing
- Students work part-time at Acutec while completing their undergraduate degree
- Students are given priority acceptance into the Master of Manufacturing Management (MMM) at Behrend. Acutec covers tuition in the MMM program *
- Students work at Acutec contextualizing and applying their academic coursework and gaining practical knowledge while pursuing their MMM
*Contingent on one year of work at Acutec (part-time or full-time) to gain experience prior to the MMM program and a two-year, post-MMM commitment to working at Acutec.
Contact Prof. Byron Rich <brich> for more information about either of the opportunities listed above.