Each team member needs to individually complete the 2025 InventOR Competitor Agreement and Declaration of Eligibility. 

The Team Financial Lead for each team needs to complete: 

• 2025 InventOR Innovation Development Grant & Use Agreement 

• PSU Foundation Prototyping Grant Agreement

• 2025 InventOR Prize Agreement

• W-9 (with SSN or EIN) or W-8*. (Only one per team.)

  • The W-9 captures all the required tax information for tax reporting. This includes (1) name, (2) business name, (3) type of entity, (3) exempt status, (4) address, (5) taxpayer identification number, and (6) signature. 

  • On Line 3 of the form, if you are unsure of which box to check please check (Individual/sole proprietor or single-member LCC).  If you feel it should be different or are unsure, please reach out to Invent Oregon staff. 

  • *An individual who is a U.S. non-resident alien (not a U.S. citizen, and does not meet the IRS requirements to be a U.S. resident alien), please complete a W-8BEN.

• Direct Deposit Authorization Form. (Only one per team.)

  • The person who will be receiving the funds needs to be the same as the person on the W9. 

  • The information on the W9 should match the information on the Direct Deposit form. The signer needs to be the person whose information is filled out in the form.

  • You will also be required to upload a photo of a deposit slip (pre-printed for the account holder with the account holders name, account, and routing number all printed on the slip) or voided check. If you do not have a deposit slip or voided check you may submit a bank spec sheet. To retrieve a "bank spec sheet" please call your bank and request a Direct Deposit Information Sheet. Or use you can use online banking to retrieve it. Direct deposit information sheet name varies by bank.

  • Submit this within the Direct Deposit form by clicking the paperclip icon.

  • *A voided check is the best option as it lists all required pieces. Deposit slips frequently use an internal number that can only be used for counter deposits.  A direct deposit issued using an internal routing number will fail and be returned.  A voided check or bank issued direct deposit form list an external routing number that can accept external deposits.

After the InventOR Bootcamp, the Team Financial Lead will completed a 2025 InventOR Bootcamp Travel Reimbursement (only one per team)

Once these forms have been completed, please start tracking your team spending in your team's Expense Log, located in YOUR TEAM FOLDER

• You can start spending on prototyping before receiving the grant funds, but please be sure to upload all receipts into the Expense Log. 

  • Expense Log Guidelines

  • Receipts Guidelines

• Always keep you Expense Log up to date and if you have any questions reach out to ThomLark@pdx.edu

Final Prototyping Purchases must be completed and entered into your team's Expense Log by July 7, 2025