Learn about the impact your healthcare research could have for societal benefit! Sign up for the virtual Info Session (August 3, 2023, 1-2pm ET) .

The free four-week Healthcare Propelus I-Corps program will support research teams with medical technology innovations or health-related research discoveries that have potential to improve patient outcomes and benefit society.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps Hub: Northeast Regional program provides specialized training and mini-grants of up to $3,000 to teams interested in exploring the commercial viability of their ideas for products and businesses that are based on their own inventions, University intellectual property, or any STEM-related technology.

Hosted by:

• Michael Ehrlich, Faculty Lead for New Jersey Institution of Technology (NJIT)
• Cesar Bandera, Co-Lead Instructor for the Healthcare Propelus I-Corps program, NJIT

Who Should Attend

• Faculty, postdoctoral researchers, graduate students and/or undergraduates 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 Healthcare systems in the Northeast region looking to commericalize their technology
• Startups in the region with a health-related innovation looking to explore its commercial potential
• Novus I-Corps Participants from across the Northeast Region

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: Grants of up to $3,000 are provided to each team and can be used to fund customer-discovery research and expenses such as conference attendance and marketing tools.
• 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.

Rolling applications for the Northeast I-Corps Hub Healthcare Propelus Program are being accepted; the required sessions are as follows:

• Cleantech Cohort (Cohort 10):
  • Application Deadline: August 23, 2023
  • Session Dates*: September 14, 19, 26 and October 10 (9:30 am -12:30 pm ET online)
  • *Required Mentor Meetings scheduled once a week.
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Not involved with healthcare research but working on a deep tech innovation in another field? Check out our events page to see dates for the next "standard" Propelus cohort.