Are you interested in taking your innovative idea, technology, or process commercial? Entrepreneurially minded graduate and undergraduate students, faculty, staff, alumni, and local community teams are invited to join the next Michigan Tech I-Corps cohort. The program offered through Michigan Tech is structured around the lean startup teaching methods and principles used by NSF’s National I-Corps Program. The purpose of the NSF-funded I-Corps Hub Program is to foster entrepreneurship that will lead to the commercialization of technology.

Participation in the program can lead to qualification for research and other funding from several granting agencies, including the NSF I-Corps and SBIR/STTR/PFI programs and various state and regional programs. Past participants have reported that they saved time and money by better understanding potential applications of their technology, experienced improved engagement with teams, and improved their ability to receive add-on funding.

Benefits of the Program

• Exploring pathways to startup launch.
• Evaluating the potential of research discoveries or technologies.
• Discovering the societal impact of innovations as usable technologies.
• Enhancing research proposals for securing funding.

• Fall 2026
  • 9/14, 9/21, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19
  • Class sessions 4pm ET – 6pm ET
    • Registration Deadline: 9/4
  • Registration is open for the fall cohort.

Registration for the Fall Cohort is open!

Registration Deadline: September 4

• Free, Virtual Cohort
• Open to all Midwest innovators and researchers
• September 14 – October 19, 2026
• Class sessions on Mondays, at 4pm ET