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Take your novel ideas to the next level by understanding how your research discovery or tech innovation can create value for potential customers. Learn about the people who could benefit from the commercialization of your technology and deepen your connections to the market ecosystem. Develop your skills for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology commercialization through experiential learning. For scientific researchers, innovators, makers, and tech-entrepreneurs, I-Corps has become the standard for commercializing research discoveries and technological innovations across the country!
The next 4-week fall Propelus I-Corps Cohort will hosted by the Northeast I-Corps Hub and will take place in October 2024.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Hub: Northeast Regional program provides specialized training and a stipend of $1500 to teams interested in exploring the commercial viability of their ideas for products and businesses that are based on their own inventions, University intellectual property, or any STEM-related technology.
Hosted by:
- John Coulter, Professor Mech. Eng. & Mechanics, Sr. Assoc. Dean for Research, and Hub Faculty Lead for Lehigh University
Who Should Attend
- Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and/or undergraduates who are developing a scientific or technical discovery at any institution in the Northeast.
- Student innovators with an idea for a STEM-based innovation wanting to take the idea beyond the classroom into the market
- Startups in the region with a deep-tech innovation looking to explore its commercial potential
- Novus I-Corps Participants from across the Northeast Region
Benefits
- TRAINING: Four sessions introduce the I-Corps Lean LaunchPad approach to evaluating technologies through customer-discovery research, focused on identifying the technology’s potential for development in a startup or other venture.
- FUNDING: A $1500 stipend is provided to each team and can be used to fund customer-discovery research and expenses such as conference attendance and marketing tools.
- RESOURCES: Teams will receive mentorship from seasoned entrepreneurs and innovators. Teams may also access other programs offered by Hub-affiliated institutions.
- FOLLOW-ON OPPORTUNITIES: Upon completion, teams are eligible for the national NSF I-Corps Teams program which provides an intensive 7-week training course and a $50,000 grant.
Rolling applications for the Northeast I-Corps Hub Propelus Regional Program are being accepted; the required sessions are as follows:
- Lehigh University Cohort dates *: Oct 1, 8, 22 and 29 from 4pm - 7 PM ET (Tuesday schedule)
*Required Mentor Meetings scheduled once a week