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I-Corps Program at the UMCCTS

Fall 2022 Kickoff Friday, September 30, 2022- More information to come shortly!

Does your latest discovery have commercial value? Would a potential "customer" of your research welcome your technology, protocol, or intervention?

The I-Corps Program at the UMCCTS, a UMass Center for Clinical and Translational Science (UMCCTS) initiative, is designed to support the translation of biomedical research by providing early-stage education and strategic guidance to faculty, staff and students during the ideation phase of technology development.

Designed specifically for the biomedical researcher at UMass, it guides interdisciplinary teams through a hands-on process of understanding the market for their technology utilizing a proven customer discovery methodology.

This short course is a pre-cursor to a selective and intense set of courses run by the NIH and NSF and known as I-Corps. The I-Corps Program at the UMCCTS is designed to give teams a feeling if they and their opportunity are ready to apply for the national classes held by NIH and NSF. This short course maintains the intensity of the full I-Corps program but limits the time commitment.

Program:

Dates:

Times:

Kick-off Workshop: 

October 15, 2021 (remote)

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Week 2:

30-minute online "office hours" with teaching team, flexible timing

Week 3:

October 29, 2021: 3-hour webinar, must attend online

Week 4:

30-minute online "office hours" with teaching team, flexible timing

Week 5:

November 12, 2021 (remote)

9:00 am - 2:00 pm


register
Registration is a pre-requisite. Please read and understand the requirements of the Syllabus before applying.

 

 Please click on the "Register" link above to apply for the Fall course.

Program Leader

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Nate Hafer, PhD

Director of Operations, UMCCTS
Assistant Professor, Molecular Medicine
UMMS, Worcester

Application Deadline:
September 15, 2021

2019 Syllabus (pdf)

2021 Flyer (pdf)