UMD I-Corps
The $50,000 next step, for teams commercializing university research.
Teams that successfully complete a UMD Introduction to I-Corps course and are commercializing university research may be eligible to apply for the national NSF I-Corps program. Those accepted into the national program receive $50,000 to assist with customer discovery and to cover their expenses. National programs are intense, seven-week cohorts in which teams conduct a minimum of 100 interviews.
$50,000
to assist with customer discovery and to cover their expenses
Seven weeks
intense national cohorts
100 interviews
minimum conducted by each team
Once you submit you executive summary, a member of the UMD I-Corps team will reach out with next steps instructions including refinements to your application, setting up an interview, and getting a letter of recommendation from our Mid-Atlantic I-Corps Hub Director for you to finalize your official application to NSF.
SUBMIT AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY »Faculty members considering National I-Corps who are too busy can serve as the PI of Record and have members of their research team, including graduate students and post docs, participate instead.
“
I-Corps has been the most rewarding experience in my over 35 years in academia. I-Corps is magic, transformative and most effective in a deceivingly simple way.”
Prof. Magdy Iskander
University of Hawaii, DC National Cohort
