- Explore the potential impact of your new technology
- Learn how to assess the market opportunity and pathway for your invention
- Get entrepreneurial training, support, and up to $50,000 for customer discovery
- Strengthen your SBIR/STTR proposal if pursuing a startup
Courses available across New England
What:
The National Science Foundation's (NSF) Innovation Corps, or I-Corps, is a program that prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the laboratory to accelerate the transfer of cutting-edge research into commercial success.
Who:
Whether you are just curious about the innovation process or certain you want to create a startup, I-Corps provides research faculty, staff, and students and prospective technology entrepreneurs with the ideal entry point.
Why:
Understand why your technology has value, and to whom, while gaining an appreciation for what it takes to commercialize technology and the barriers to adoption. Develop a network of like-minded peers, instructors, investors, and mentors.