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The Brandeis Virtual Incubator: Education...Community...Mentorship...and Funding

The Brandeis Virtual Incubator fosters entrepreneurship in Brandeis students, post-doctoral fellows, staff and faculty. The Virtual Incubator is a focal point for anyone at Brandeis interested in technology commercialization-the intersection of business and science. The Virtual Incubator's activities are four-fold, designed to foster entrepreneurial activities within the Brandeis community including:

• Educational opportunities to help develop entrepreneurship skills
• Mentoring by experienced, successful entrepreneurs
• Networking events with industry and introductions into the local venture community
• The I-Corps, SPROUT and SPARK Program seed funds to move selected Brandeis inventions to the marketplace

Brandeis SPROUT, I-Corps, and SPARK Grant Programs

The SPROUT and I-Corps programs (for bench research) and SPARK program (for non-bench research) are seed funding opportunities designed to "step-up" selected Brandeis technologies and make them more attractive for licensing and commercial development. If you are a Brandeis scientist, fellow, student, or faculty, we provide financial help to prove the commercial worth of your ideas. Grants of up to $50,000 are available via SPROUT and I-Corps, and grants of several thousand dollars are available through SPARK. Applications are made available on this page, and the Brandeis Innovation homepage, when judging is open.