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Innovation-Corps (I-Corps) Fellowship – I-Corps Fellowship
Professional Development opportunity over 5 weeks for students & post-docs to contribute in a meaningful way to an accepted I-Corps team as they explore the commercial potential of their innovation. This is a short-term educational experience (with a $1000 stipend) for you to build skills, expand your network, and build confidence in innovation & entrepreneurship. Fellows can apply at any time, however they need to be matched to a team that will be attending an upcoming Propelus cohort. See cohort dates at: Apply for the next I-Corps Hub training | NSF I-Corps Hub Northeast Region (icorpsnortheasthub.org) The Fellowship is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
VentureWell Programs
Venture Well’s E-Team program supports multidisciplinary student-led teams who are aiming to bring their innovation out of the lab and into the market. Up to 25k in non-dilutive E-Team grants is available for early-stage student science and tech startups who are on the path to launching innovations with a social, health, or environmental impact. Teams also gain sponsored entry into the Pioneer workshop, part of the Early-Stage Innovator Training Program, designed to build their confidence and entrepreneurial skills as they explore essential topics like customer discovery, intellectual property, and business model validation E-Team Program Officer David D’Angelo offers great tips to help teams submit a competitive proposal! Details on how to apply are here.
Newark Venture Partners Labs
Newark Venture Partner Labs is still accepting applications. They are looking for digital technologies startup companies with some sales and an opportunity to scale. For details visit their website: newark.vc (https://www.newarkventurepartners.com/) and specifically for the NVP labs (https://www.newarkventurepartners.com/labs). They are based in Newark, NJ in the Audible building and have coworking space available.
Dreamit Ventures
Dreamit Ventures offers a number of program. Launched to guide college entrepreneurs and founders the Dreamit Dose are short, digestible ~5-minute founder insight videos with actionable tips based on common mistakes the Dreamit team sees founders make every day. This is a completely free program and by signing up, Dreamit will notify you once a month with exclusive fresh videos. To join, sign up directly.
YCombinator (YC) Startup School
Learn how to start a startup with YC’s free 8-week online course. Learn from the same people who helped Airbnb, Doordash, Stripe, Reddit, and Coinbase get started. Website includes lots of free videos and information. https://www.startupschool.org/