Training Program

 

Are you curious about technology commercialization? Do you want to explore opportunities to apply your research? Is your team searching for a fit between your technology and real-world needs?

 

I-Corps @ UMass Amherst has training for you! All programs are based on Lean Launchpad® methodology.

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Training Benefits

  • Gain professional development experience for work in academia, industry, and startups
  • Learn about potential customer interests and needs
  • Learn the fundamentals of technology commercialization
  • Broaden the impacts of NSF funded proposals and grants
  • Prepare to apply to the NSF I-Corps teams program

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Training Programs Offered

There are two stages of training:

  1. Innovators Warm-Up: Get Started — A stand-alone introduction to technology commercialization and the lean startup method. Innovators Warm-Ups are offered several times throughout the year.
  2. Innovators Jump-Start: Gain Experience — For those who attend an Innovators Warm-Up and want more. The program is offered once per semester.

Email I-Corps Site Director, Laura Burnham, for more information about these opportunities.

 

Project Ideas and Technologies

Ideas and technologies for projects can originate with student work, research (funded or unfunded), institutional or industrial projects within an area normally supported by the National Science Foundation. In general, intellectual property underlying the project will be owned either by the university or by the team.

 

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  • Interested, but not sure if I-Corps @ UMass is right for you? Email Site Director, Laura Burnham, to schedule a time to talk about your situation.