UNH Entrepreneurship Center Annual Impact Report 2019-2020

Hannah graduated from the
College of Life Sciences and
Agriculture in May 2020 as a
Biomedical Science, Veterinary
Science major, and a Dairy
Management minor. She is the
first COLSA student to win the
Maurice Prize. Said Hannah,
“This whole experience has been
wonderful and I’m so grateful
I got to learn about innovation
through it all!”
Hannah’s idea, AnimalTemp,
provides constant, reliable,
and non-invasive temperature
readings for animals of all sizes
by using an RFID tag attached
to a collar. Between November
2019 and March 2020, Hannah
not only grew AnimalTemp from
a nascent idea to the product
she presented before the judges,
but acquired numerous skills
during her journey, ranging from
idea development and exploring
the entrepreneurial process, to
learning the RFID and antenna
technology required to bring her
idea to fruition.
The Paid Student Internship
at Start-Ups continued! While
many internships for UNH
students were canceled due to
COVID-19, the ECenter’s Paid
Student Internship at Start-ups
Program ran nearly at capacity
during the summer of 2020.
Sponsored by the Patten Family
Foundation and other generous
UNH alumni, nine UNH Durham
students gained hands-on
experience working at a start-up
company. This was increased
from six students last summer.
We started this program
because we recognize that not
all students have the “a-ha” idea
right away and/or they want to
learn about and understand the
inner workings of a start-up and
help in the building process.
Typically, this program provides
that experiential learning
opportunity over a 10-week
period and students receive a
stipend of $4,000. This summer,
a few of the students have
abbreviated internships of seven
weeks in order to provide the
opportunity, but to make sure
the office setting is safe and
follows state regulations.
This is the fourth summer we
have run the Paid Student
Internship at Start-ups Program,
run by Heather MacNeill, ECenter
Senior Program Manager. We
had over 25 companies and over
20 students apply this year.
The Summer Seed Grant, the
ECenter’s oldest program, saw
a boost in funding this year,
thanks to sponsor Pierce Atwood
LLP. Instead of the previous
$3,500 per person for the nine
Hannah Ziegele ‘20, COLSA Winner of
the Maurice Prize for Innovation
SUMMERSEEDGRANT.ORG
$16,000 SUMMER
SEED GRANT
SPONSORED BY PIERCE ATWOOD LLP
GET PAID TO WORK ON YOUR IDEA OR EARLY STAGE START-UP
OVER THE SUMMER!
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