Workshop Description Now that you've completed an I-Corps course and conducted 20-30 customer discovery interviews, what's next in your customer discovery and commercialization journey? Non-dilutive SBIR/STTR funding may be a consideration. The government’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs make over $4 billion in high-risk, non-dilutive capital available to […]
The Inclusive Innovators Summit will bring together under-represented Midwest graduate students, postdocs, and faculty with academic and entrepreneurial leaders to build insights and solutions for inclusive engagement in research commercialization and science entrepreneurship. Wednesday, July 19th 8:15 AM - 4:00 PM Reception 4:00 - 5:30 PM McNamara Alumni Center - University of Minnesota The Inclusive […]
Course Description This local NSF I-Corps-based program is a five-part course designed to provide researchers and innovators with the skills and tools necessary to identify and validate customer needs, develop […]
Course Description These online workshops will help you explore the commercial viability of your deep tech innovation idea/IP. We teach the Lean LaunchPad approach (also called Lean Startup), a process […]
Lean Launchpad Short Courses use the Lean LaunchPad method to give participants a working knowledge of how to think about their innovation ideas from a business and customer perspective, as […]
Course Description In 2014, the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation launched the Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program to empower UChicago scientists, researchers, and students to test the commercial potential of […]
Course Description You've identified a specific innovation that you think you may want to commercialize. Now what? This program applies the Lean Startup approach and Customer Discovery methods to specific […]
Course Description The Milwaukee I-Corps Program, an affiliate of the NSF I-Corps Hub of Great Lakes Region, helps researchers and academic entrepreneurs explore the viability of their research discoveries and/or […]
Course Description The ISU I-Corps program is a training ground for faculty, postdoctoral, graduate, and undergraduate students to learn how to increase the impact of their research by exploring the […]
Course Description Enroll in the University of Iowa 2023 Fall I-Corps workshop organized by the John Pappajohn Entrepreneur Center (JPEC) if you wish to turn your research into practical real-world […]
NSF I-CORPS HUB: GREAT LAKES REGION
The NSF I-Corps Hub: Great Lakes Region aims to spur innovation, collaboration, and economic impact in the region. Supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, this regional alliance is a network of educational institutions and other partners that educate, support, and connect academic researchers to the entrepreneurial ecosystem across the region.