I-Corps Info Session

The GW Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship is committed to promoting excellence in multidisciplinary entrepreneurship, innovation, and regional engagement in new venture creation at the George Washington University. Founded in 2010, the office has worked closely with thousands of aspiring student, faculty, and alumni entrepreneurs, and now serves as a focal point to foster, promote, and perpetuate quality academic research, education, and outreach programs. It leverages the unique strengths of the George Washington University's schools in the nation’s capital to serve society at large through the knowledge and practice of entrepreneurship.In 2013, with the help of our office's operations, the George Washington University was placed among the Princeton Review's top 25 universities with the best graduate entrepreneurship programs in the nation.Find us at www.gwu.edu/entrepreneurship.

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<H2 CLASS="MsoNormal">Get up to $50K and Free Lean Startup Training to Commercialize Cutting-Edge Research or Inventions!</H2>
Join the National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps™ Information Session!
Event Details:
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<LI>Thursday, October 19, 2017</LI>
<LI>12:00pm - 1:00pm | Funger Hall Room 320</LI>
<LI>Lunch will be provided</LI>
<LI><A HREF="https://entrepreneurship.research.gwu.edu/dc-i-corps-node" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Learn more about DC I-Corps here</A></LI>
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About the Presenters:
Jim Chung, GW Associate Vice President for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Co-PI for the NSF DC I-Corps Node, will provide information on how faculty, graduate students, and post-docs can benefit from participation in the NSF I-Corps™. 
Dan Kunitz, Director for the DC I-Corps Accelerator, will discuss the DC I-Corps Program.
DC I-Corps™ is a Lean Startup boot-camp for university and federal lab inventors and students, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, and designed to foster an innovation ecosystem in the nation’s capital. It is free and open to all GW research faculty, graduate students, and post-docs. 
Following opportunities are currently available:
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<LI>7-week National Program (Funding of up to $50,000)</LI>
<LI>2-week Regional Introductory Course (Expense reimbursement of up to $2,000)</LI>
<LI>I-Corps Site Program</LI>
<LI>Spring For-Credit Fed Tech I-Corps Course</LI>
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The program aims to:
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<LI>Create a venture and/or technology licensing opportunity for program participants.</LI>
<LI>Provide participants a chance to explore the commercial potential of an invention with instruction and mentoring from experienced entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.</LI>
<LI>Provide participants with exposure to industry.</LI>
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