About NSF I-CorpsTM
The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps (I-Corps™) @ SBU program prepares researchers to move their discoveries beyond the laboratory. Through experiential learning, participants gain practical insight into entrepreneurship, recognize market opportunities, and better understand the challenges of bringing ideas into industry.
In doing so, participants become part of NSF’s broader effort to build aNational Innovation Network: a collaborative community that accelerates technology transfer and advances solutions with the potential to benefit society at large.
Stony Brook University is a member of the New York I-Corps Hub, one of the 13 NSF’s Regional Hubs across the country that connect universities and research institutions across the state to strengthen the national innovation network. Through this collaboration, SBU researchers gain access to a broader community of mentors, educators, and commercialization resources that accelerate the translation of research into real-world impact.
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Why I-Corps?
67% of startups fail from a lack of customers—they built something that no one wants. I-Corps™ national program offers researchers and scientists $50,000 team grants to test the commercial viability of their innovation.
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I-Corps™ is fast-paced and rigorous; teams are pushed, challenged, and questioned to learn whether or not their ideas are worth pursuing. Ready to move your innovation out of the lab and into the market?
What we do
Stony Brook I-Corps™ offers programs to engage your team in the customer discovery process, establish product-market fit, validate your business model and improve your odds for commercial success.