With I-INC’s support, you can host proven programs at your own institution. Shared support services include program playbooks, learning resources and materials, a pool of quality facilitators and mentors, program guidance and expertise, and evaluation frameworks.
Partner universities of I-INC have created, collected and aligned a continuum of programming designed to strengthen the Canadian innovation ecosystem.
With an end goal of translating the programming’s world-class research into impact, I-INC develops innovation, entrepreneurial capabilities and translational skills that increase the quantity and quality of research commercialization, in turn, creating more successful start-ups and scale-ups. These programs are intended to be open to students, postdocs, researcher associates and faculty from any university in Canada, and are tailored for researchers to validate ideas, and find both business and commercial value.
For scientists and engineers to commercialise their inventions and overcome marketplace challenges.
Stage: For individual graduate students with research but needing the skills to develop a commercialization strategy.
Lab2Market is a suite of programs that aims to foster innovation and commercial success in Canada.
Stage: The are four program streams: Discover, Validate, Launch and Build.
Programming for founders and entrepreneurs who want to establish and develop resilience, drive performance and build meaningful mentor relationships.
Stage: For startup founders in need of new skills as their ventures scale and grow.
Enabling PhDs to move beyond the lab into entrepreneurship.
Stage: For PhDs (with or without a startup) wanting to build entrepreneurial skills.
