Accelerate UConn
Accelerate UConn is UConn’s National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site. Its mission is to catalyze the transition of new scientific discoveries and capabilities from the lab to the marketplace. Participating teams will receive an introduction to the most critical elements of the I-Corps Curriculum. Over the course of 3 weeks, teams will learn how to determine the market opportunity for their product or technology.
Participants will learn how to:
Develop new ways to communicate the value of their product or technology
Understand the structure of the market they are entering
Develop strategies for generating demand for their product or technology
Identify next steps needed to launch their venture
Identify customers most likely to bring them revenue
Summer 2021:
3 weeks of training on the Business Model Canvas and Customer Discovery Process
Coaching from industry experts and access to next step resources
$1,000 to support customer discovery and development of minimum viable product
The deadline for the Summer 2021 cohort is June 28, 2021 at 11:59.
Apply here!
For more information, contact: Jennifer Mathieu at jennifer@uconn.edu