UCF I-Corps Program Aimed at Moving Research to Marketplace is Looking for Applicants

The National Science Foundation is for second time funding the University of Central Florida -I Corps program, which in the past year has trained more than 100 teams of faculty, students and local entrepreneurs to take their ideas and discoveries from the research lab to the marketplace. The training has led to the launch of […]

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UCF I-Corps Now Accepting Applications for Spring Cohort

Scientists and Engineers Interested in Taking Ideas Beyond the Lab are Encouraged to Apply UCF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) – an accelerated program outlining the most important first steps in developing a business around research and ideas –is actively seeking scientists and engineers from universities and research centers from around the state.  I-Corps teams generally consist […]

UCF “Smartphone Drug Test” Team Selected for Prestigious NSF National I-Corps Program

Team’s Leader Also is UCF’s First to Earn NIJ STEM Fellowship UCF graduate student David Nash and his team are developing a smartphone-based handheld drug test system for law enforcement applications. The team has been selected to further advance their innovation at the national level through the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps program.  The team […]

UCF I-Corps Announces Third Cohort

Nine Entrepreneurial Teams Selected Representing Cross Section of University Programs (ORLANDO, Fla) – Nine teams were chosen by the University of Central Florida (UCF) I-Corps selection panel, as part of its activities that support the Florida Innovation Network, to move research discoveries out of university labs and into the marketplace. Created by the National Science […]

I-Corps Recruits Engineers and Researchers Across Florida

NSF’s Flagship Program Focuses on Moving Innovations Beyond the Lab and into the Marketplace Promoting “Engines of Innovation” through the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Ecosystem, the UCF Innovation (I-Corps) Site is working to extend America’s reputation for ingenuity as a “nation of innovators.” Recruiting cutting-edge scientists and engineers from Florida’s universities and research centers around […]

Starter Studio Becomes First UCF I-Corps Community Affiliate

Strengthens the Lean Startup Network in Orlando’s Tech Community (ORLANDO, Fla) – The University of Central Florida’s (UCF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) program is partnering with local regional incubators, accelerators and other organizations supporting entrepreneurs, as Community Affiliates, to provide education programs combined with intense coaching and mentoring services to early-stage technology entrepreneurs. The first community […]

UCF I-Corps Announces Inaugural Class

Nine Entrepreneurial Teams Selected Representing Cross Section of University Programs (ORLANDO, Fla) – The University of Central Florida (UCF) I-Corps committee announced the entrepreneurial teams selected to participate in the program’s inaugural class. Teams will embark on their 10-week journey beginning January 30, 2015. The inaugural I-Corps class represents a cross section of students from […]

I-Corps at UCF is Officially Here!

UCF is excited to begin the Fall 2014 semester as an I-Corp site! The university has partnered with the National Science foundation (NSF) to create Florida’s first link to one of the agency’s hottest new funding and innovation strategies, NSF’s I-Corps program. For those of you wanting to know a little more about the program: […]

UCF Member of NSF’s National Innovation Network

UCF Awarded NSF I-Corps Site Grant (ORLANDO, Fla) – UCF has partnered with the National Science foundation (NSF) to create Florida’s first link to one of the agency’s hottest new funding and innovation strategies, NSF’s I-Corps program. The NSF Innovation Corps, or I-Corps, is the agency’s signature effort to push scientists and engineers outside of […]