Center for Innovation - Univ. of North Dakota - Focus: assistance for technology entrepreneurs, innovators, and manufacturers interested in starting new ventures, commercializing new products, and licensing new technologies Connect - Focus: San Diego-centric entrepreneurism - University of California at San Diego. Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies - Program at the University of Michigan Business School. Wharton Small Business Development Center - Provides research and business assistance to small businesses in the greater Philadelphia region. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation - Focuses on entrepreneurship and on education, with Kansas City serving as an incubator for academic programs. Describes funding guidelines, past initiatives, and publications. Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation - UC Berkeley - Focus: study and promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation in management and new enterprise development Stanford Center for Professional Development - Provides advanced instruction to working professionals worldwide. Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship - Babson College - Focus: enhance entrepreneurship education and practice worldwide through teaching, outreach, and research initiatives Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center - Ball State University - Focuses on helping Midwest entrepreneurs by offering relevant educational programs and activities. Saint Francis University - Small Business Development Center - Offers consulting services related to start-up to small businesses in the southern Alleghenies region. Wharton Entrepreneurship - Focuses on global research, learning and outreach to entrepreneurs both within existing organizations and via independent start-ups. Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Santa Clara University - The Leavey School of Business focuses on teaching, research, mentoring, forums and conferences regarding the creation and management of innovation and entrepreneurial ventures. James L. Clayton Center for Entrepreneurial Law - Focuses on improving the training of transactional lawyers through the University of Tennessee College of Law curriculum. Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) - Nonprofit brings together leading entrepreneurship centers at business schools to promote improvements in curriculum, research and collaborative projects. The Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation - NYU - Provides undergraduate and graduate courses as well as research in the field. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Group - Imperial College London - Focuses on assisting and encouraging entrepreneurs to attain their goal of self-employment through the creation of new and exciting businesses. Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship - University of Maryland - Focuses on facilitating, supporting, and encouraging entrepreneurship and new enterprise growth throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Baylor University: Center for Entrepreneurship - Developing and perpetuating the entrepreneurial spirit through education and outreach programs JMI - The Jim Moran Institute for Global Entrepreneurship - located at Florida State University