​This Accelerate UConn (NSF I-Corps) Info Session will show you how to transform research discoveries and novel ideas into products and services that create real market value. You’ll explore who could benefit from your innovation, learn how to connect with potential customers, and strengthen your skills in entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology commercialization through experiential learning.

​In this one-hour session, you’ll hear directly from CCEI's lead instructors and program managers about the application process, teaching approach, and structure. You’ll also gain insight into how to determine if your technology is a good fit and where it might lead within the commercialization pipeline.

​Each member of your team that is attending should RSVP individually.

​Who Should Attend?

​For scientific researchers, innovators, and tech entrepreneurs, I-Corps has become the national standard for bringing research discoveries and technologies to market. At UConn, the program provides specialized training and stipends of up to $1,500 for teams looking to explore the commercial potential of their inventions, intellectual property, or STEM-related technologies.

• ​Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and/or undergraduate students 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.

• ​Innovators from across the Northeast region looking to commercialize their technology.

• ​Startups founders with a technology-based innovation looking to explore its commercial potential.

• ​Novus I-Corps participants from across the Northeast.

​Program 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
  Stipends of up to $1,500 are provided to each team and can be used to fund customer-discovery expenses such as travel to conferences & trade shows, patient advocacy groups, and LinkedIn Premium.

• ​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.

​To learn more about the program and upcoming cohorts, visit ccei.uconn.edu/accelerate-uconn.