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Applications are now open for the Invent Penn State Summer Founders program, which provides a $15,000 grant to entrepreneurial teams with at least one Penn State student to work full time on their startup, social good or nonprofit over the summer. Applications are due Feb. 13.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Penn State $1.5 million as one of eight universities selected to participate in the Mid-Atlantic NSF I-Corps Hub, led by the University of Maryland. This funding will enable Penn State to expand entrepreneurial training to academic researchers in science and engineering to foster and maintain U.S. global leadership in innovation.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Penn State $1.5 million as one of eight universities selected to participate in the Mid-Atlantic NSF I-Corps Hub, led by the University of Maryland. This funding will enable Penn State to expand entrepreneurial training to academic researchers in science and engineering to foster and maintain U.S. global leadership in innovation.
The Skandalaris I-Corps program, through the National Science Foundation (NSF) What is it? The I-Corps IGNITE and LAUNCH programs provide experiential learning to researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs seeking to translate their idea or technology into a viable company. In IGNITE, participating teams learn the foundations of customer discovery and how to develop a value proposition. The IGNITE curriculum prepares participants for the fall 2021 LAUNCH cohort. LAUNCH is a more intense six-week program for “deep-tech” teams seeking to commercialize new technology or previous NSF-funded ...