UNH was selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) as New Hampshire’s first I-Corps Site. The purpose of UNH’s I-Corps site was to foster entrepreneurship on campus and support the maturation of innovations developed at the university from idea generation to commercialization.
Due to changes in how the NSF administers I-Corps, UNH is not currently an active site. We are partnering with our colleagues at MIT to continue supporting I-Corps opportunities in New England.
Information on MIT's NE I-Corps Spark program is available here.
Members of the UNH faculty and staff community, please be reminded that you must submit an innovation disclosure form to UNHInnovation.
I-Corps Training Program
UNHInnovation is not currently hosting I-Corps training programs, but we hope to offer this valuable opportunity again in the future.
For more information, contact: unh.innovation@unh.edu
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About UNH I-CorpsTM
One of the pillars of UNH’s I-Corps Site is a 9-week Lean LaunchPad course that exposes trainees to the business model canvas, a tool that uses regular interviews with potential customers to outline how an idea fits within a market. Teams are formed around a promising innovation or idea and consist of at least an Entrepreneurial Lead, a Technical Lead, and an Industry/I-Corps Mentor, and receive up to $3,000 in NSF funding for engaging in customer discovery to match ideas with demand. Through participation in the UNH I-Corps training, teams are officially NSF-funded and eligible to apply for further funding to be an I-Corps Team (up to $50,000 of funding) and continue developing the commercial path for their idea through the national I-Corps Teams program.
The I-Corps program provides an opportunity for UNH to expand its role as a center of innovation, and leverage its research into viable business propositions. Contact us about this wonderful opportunity, engage others in your ideas, and become part of an I-Corps team!
I-Corps™ is a National Science Foundation (NSF) initiative to increase the economic impact of research. The program is available to both the academic and non-academic communities and provides entrepreneurial training to create and validate business propositions.
