Past Events Category: Tech Startups

Virtual
November 7, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Transform your STEM discoveries into impact Join us to explore your interest in entrepreneurship and learn whether the NSF I-Corps program fits your goals. Hosted by the Technology Entrepreneurship Office, this session will highlight the extensive opportunities within the NSF I-Corps programs at local, regional, and national levels. In addition to I-Corps, you'll learn about other valuable programs, including the Engine Blueprint, the Activate Fellowship, and the Platform Technology Assessment. These programs are designed to help you evaluate the commercial potential of your STEM discoveries. Brought to you in part by the Great Lakes NSF I-Corps Hub.

October 23, 2024 @ 7:00 pm

Applications open on September 4th. Activate is the premier program for scientists on a mission. The two-year fellowship provides early-stage hard tech science entrepreneurs $100K in research funding, yearly living stipends of $100K, intensive entrepreneurial training, mentorship, networking, and other benefits.

Cheney Room, 1413 Engineering Hall, 1415 Engineering Drive 
September 27, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am

Innovative ideas need a dynamic and transient network of stakeholders to become marketable realities. To explore a new framework for identifying and building your support network, join us for a specialized installment of Pathways to Impact: Building Your Idea Network, an official event of the UW-Madison Innovate Week 2024.

Virtual
September 26, 2024 @ 4:45 pm - 7:00 pm

Do you want to translate your research into impactful real-world applications? Join UW-Madison’s Technology Entrepreneurship Office (TEO) for the 2024 Fall I-Corps cohort! This free, six-week, non-credit, virtual workshop uses evidence-based strategies for achieving entrepreneurial success and is open to research faculty, staff, and students at any higher education institution. Register by September 5, 2024.

Virtual
September 13, 2024 @ 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

The application deadline has passed. Stay tuned for next year's dates. Explore the commercialization prospects of innovative research and startup projects with Blueprint, by The Engine this fall. It is a virtual non-resident program for graduate students, postdocs, research scientists, and their teams. This application is for the Fall 2024 Cohort and is designed to take about 15 minutes to complete.

Tong Auditorium, Room 103 - Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Dr, Madison, WI 53706
August 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

As part of this year’s Forward Fest—Wisconsin’s largest technology and entrepreneurship festival—this workshop covers the basic organizational tasks needed to launch a business: from learning about the types of legal business entities, to leaving with an action plan for next steps for your business. This event is a collaboration with the Technology Entrepreneurship Office, D2P, the Innovate Network at UW-Madison and the NSF I-Corps Great Lakes Hub.

Virtual
August 8, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - August 9, 2024 @ 1:00 pm

Join us to explore your interest in entrepreneurship and learn whether the NSF I-Corps program fits your goals. Hosted by the Technology Entrepreneurship Office, this session will highlight the extensive opportunities within the NSF I-Corps programs at local, regional, and national levels.

July 18, 2024 @ 7:00 am - 3:00 pm

Harness this opportunity to connect to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through the $4.5 Billion Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, known as “America’s Seed Fund.” Join to get information on all 11 agencies, receive tips and tricks for successful proposals, meet with federal program managers, and hear from local awardees.

330 N Orchard St, Madison, WI 53715
April 23, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

WHAT IS NSF I-CORPS? The NSF Innovation Corps. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the I-Corps™ program helps researchers quickly evaluate the commercial potential of a scientific discovery or technology that could lead to …

Virtual
April 8, 2024 @ 10:00 am - April 18, 2024 @ 11:00 am

This April, the Great Lakes I-Corps Hub is excited to cover a wide range of opportunities for innovation funding and post I-Corps support in a four-part webinar series called the Innovation Funding Series. All four …