Research, Funding, and Awards

  • Accelerate UConn-Build a Business Model Canvas

    Accelerate UConn is UConn’s National Science Foundation (NSF)  Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Site and 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 and Lean Launchpad methodology. Over the course of this virtual 4-week program, 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 your product or technology

    • Understand the structure of the market you are entering

    • Develop strategies for generating demand for your product or technology

    • Identify the next steps needed to launch your venture

    • Identify customers most likely to bring you revenue

    Teams will receive: 

    • 4 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

    • Help to identify team members

     

    The Summer Session of Accelerate UConn is co-run with MIT. Accelerate UConn is open to all UConn undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and staff. 

     

    Applications for the Summer 2022 cohort will close on Friday, July 8, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. 

    FIND MORE INFO AND APPLY HERE: https://accelerate.uconn.edu/apply/ 

     
    For more information, contact: Alycia Chrosniak at alycia.chrosniak@uconn.edu