Entries by UCF I-Corps

Take Your Innovation to Market

Learn the Lean Startup process that accelerates market validation and scalability of new inventions, products, and services. This introductory workshop is conducted by business mentors and coaches with startup, venture capital, and investment expertise.

What Happens to the Research?

I-Corps Teaches Teams How to Take Research to Market Existing knowledge from patents can be used to create billion dollar businesses. Universities, like the University of Central Florida, have millions of dollars’ worth of innovative research that have yet-to-be-discovered market applications. In a Reuters article, IP analyst Bob Stembridge points out that, “Invention brings something […]

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 […]

White House Demo Day

During the White House Demo Day in August, President Obama announced, amongst other things, that they plan on “scaling up the National Science Foundation’s successful Innovation Corps program at six more federal agencies so we can help more of our scientists move their ideas out of the lab and into the marketplace”. Learn more  

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 […]

Building Momentum from I-Corps to the Commercial Market: Talon Simulations Sells Its Full Motion Simulators

Distinguished as one of the first cohorts in UCF’s inaugural I-Corps program, Talon Simulations has successfully transitioned from the Lean LaunchPad program to commercialization. Led by graduate student Brandon Naids, Talon has been recognized for its Atomic A3 Full Motion Simulator, which is for sale to customers worldwide. Talon recently entered into an agreement with […]

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 Awarded Federal Grants to Expand Entrepreneurship Outreach in Central Florida

Community Partners Rally to Generate $1.5 Million in Matching Funding to Foster Culture of Innovation throughout Region Gaining momentum for its continued leadership in innovation and commercialization, UCF was awarded two federal grants totaling up to $750,000 from the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE).  The College of Engineering and Computer […]

Great news I-Corps Teams!

Great news I-Corps Teams!  One of the goals we set out to accomplish with UCF’s NSF I-Corps program is to continue our work to develop a world-class innovation ecosystem in order to enhance the transition of university research into the marketplace.  This announcement of the Florida Angel Nexus (FAN) investment fund is a significant step […]