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Upcoming UR I-Corps@NCATS Regional Course
Friday, August 12, 2022
The Ain Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the UR Clinical and Translational Science Institute(CTSI) are partnering to host the I-Corps@NCATS Regional Short Course this fall. This course is specifically designed for biomedical scientists, clinician scientists, and engineers to provide them with a new approach to accelerate the translation of their discoveries from the lab to clinical practice. This program is supported by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and is based on the NSF’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) program, the premier federally funded innovation and commercialization training in the U.S.
The I-Corps@NCATS Regional Short Course is meant for teams of faculty, postdocs, and students with biomedical innovations or ideas and is free to participants. Course graduates receive National Science Foundation (NSF) lineage and can apply to other NSF grant awards, including the National I-Corps Team program, which carries a grant award up to $50,000. Previous NSF funding is not required to apply.
The program kicks off with orientation the week of October 17th and will run for 5 weeks. All sessions will be held virtually over zoom. The attached flyer provides the program details. Applications must be submitted online by October 3rd at https://redcap.link/UR_NCATS_I-Corps_2022. Questions can be directed to Karen Grabowski, Karen_Grabowski@URMC.Rochester.edu. Additional information about the program can be found here.
Medical Innovation Challenge
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Now announcing the upcoming 2022 Medical Innovation Challenge: TechConnect Accelerator and $50K Prize!
An exert from their website:
"Join the world's largest medical innovation acceleration and awards program, aligned with three leading medtech consortia representing over $20 Billion in health technology contracting authority. This is the first in a series of ATI sponsored accelerator events aligned with government, industry and societal needs. Pitch and connect your technology with leading corporate, investment and federal prospectors. Qualified participants receive engagement and membership opportunities with partnering consortia, while competing for $50K in non-dilutive funding."
Please visit their website to submit an application by April 8!
Upcoming 2022 Finger Lakes Regionals of the New York Business Plan Competition
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
The Ain Center for Entrepreneurship is pleased to announce that they are accepting applications for the upcoming 2022 Finger Lakes Regionals of the New York Business Plan Competition! This competition is open to students in all majors and disciplines, and welcomes undergrads, graduate students, and doctoral candidates. The contest is free to enter and does not require a full business plan. Teams should submit their applications via this online form by 11:59 PM on Sunday, March 20, 2022.
Student teams from colleges in the Finger Lakes region will compete to win a spot in the statewide finals and a chance to take home cash prizes. Finger Lakes Regional semi-finalists will be invited to an online presentation round on Wednesday, April 6.
Learn more by visiting 2022 Finger Lakes Regionals of the New York Business Plan Competition and contact AinCFE@rochester.edu with any questions.