2020 IdeaStarter Cohort Application - October 1, 2019 - November 15, 2019

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* 1. Please provide your contact information. 

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* 2. What department do you currently work for?

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* 3. What is your idea? 

Provide a brief description of the problem or challenge your idea is trying to address, including your proposed solution. If you have data to support the problem, or if it's an idea you've seen in another organization or city, include that information here.

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* 4. What impact do you hope to make?

In 1-3 sentences, explain the potential benefits for the department, City or greater community.

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* 5. If you have tried to implement this idea before, what barriers did you face? 

(If this is a new idea, skip #5 and go to #6)

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* 6. To the best of your knowledge, what additional resources are needed to test your idea? 

Who else needs to be involved to bring your idea to life (staff, other departments, facilities, equipment, data) and maintain it after prototyping? 

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* 7. Can you dedicate @6-8 hours a month for six months? 

IdeaStarter requires a six-month commitment, which includes mandatory monthly training (one 3-hour training per month) and bi-weekly project check-ins. While IdeaStarter facilitators and mentors will be available to support participants throughout the process, the responsibility is on each Cohort Fellow to do some work outside of session time to move their idea forward. Certain parts of the process may require more or less time, depending on what is needed for the idea to develop.

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* 8. I understand that by participating in the IdeaStarter Cohort, my idea will be subject to change, based on the research and prototypes I will conduct.

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