Richmond Institute for Design + Innovation✨
Your support helps students in the Richmond Institute for Design + Innovation Venture Studio turn bold ideas into real-world innovations. In the Venture Studio, students move beyond the classroom to test their ideas through a rigorous process that evaluates desirability, feasibility and viability.
Many programs stop at prototypes, but WMU students are already filing patents and pitching ideas to real-world investors. Donor support provides the seed funding needed to move inventions from patent to product, helping cover early costs such as business formation, prototyping and manufacturing. Your investment ensures student innovators have the resources to bring their ideas to life and transform creativity into impact.
RID+I Greatest Needs
A gift to Greatest Needs provides unrestricted funding for the most urgent priorities within the program. This fund allows the college to respond quickly to opportunities that directly enhance student learning, professional development and creative exploration.
RID+I Venture Studio Fund
This fund provides the seed capital necessary to move a student’s invention from patent to product. Your gift helps cover the high costs of business formation, advanced prototyping, and manufacturing.
Your support helps students in the Richmond Institute for Design + Innovation Venture Studio turn bold ideas into real-world innovations. In the Venture Studio, students move beyond the classroom to test their ideas through a rigorous process that evaluates desirability, feasibility and viability.
Many programs stop at prototypes, but WMU students are already filing patents and pitching ideas to real-world investors. Donor support provides the seed funding needed to move inventions from patent to product, helping cover early costs such as business formation, prototyping and manufacturing. Your investment ensures student innovators have the resources to bring their ideas to life and transform creativity into impact.
