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<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">More specifically, UChicagoTech</span>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">- Collaborates with its extensive network of commercial and venture contacts, making connections that advance innovation within the University and the Chicago region <br/></span>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">- Supports science and technology development through specialized mentorship, proof-of-concept funding, and venture initiatives <br/></span>
<span style="font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;">- Pursues commercialization through expert market analysis, intellectual property protection, and license and partnership negotiation</span>
The Innovation Fund - awards grants and invests in promising technologies and start-ups created by University of Chicago faculty, students, and staff with high potential for societal and commercial impact, helping them to bridge the gap between basic research funding and commercial investment. UChicagoTech launched the Innovation Fund in 2010 to accelerate the commercialization of promising, early-stage University of Chicago research discoveries. It is now managed by the Chicago Innovation Exchange in partnership with the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation and UChicagoTech, Center for Technology Development & Ventures. Learn more
Chicago Innovation Mentors - matches early-stage science commercialization projects with an elite network of business and translational experts willing to volunteer as mentors. The program is modeled on, and implemented in collaboration with, MIT’s Venture Mentor Service. As of Spring 2013, CIM has over 150 mentors mentoring almost 60 projects. Co-founders with UChicago include Northwestern University, the University of Illinois, and the Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization Institute. Argonne National Lab recently joined as a founding institution. Support also comes from the Chicago Biomedical Consortium. CIM’s primary focus to date has been healthcare ventures, but it is now expanding into materials, cleantech, and computing and is becoming the go-to organization for early stage academic research-intensive venture origination. See Chicago Innovation Mentors for more information.
Executives-in-Residence - brings accomplished technology entrepreneurs and executives to the University on an extended basis to meet with faculty, identify opportunities, and build projects. See some of the EIRs involved on UChicagoTech Team page.
UChicagoTech / Booth Links - provide very complimentary skillsets at the University of Chicago and work closely together, regularly cross-referring and collaborating on each other’s and joint programs. These include:
Innovation Workshop Speaker Series - successful entrepreneurs and innovators address faculty and students. The intent is to provide researchers and students with a business perspective, raise awareness of commercial possibilities, and provide networking opportunities. See Innovation Workshop Series for more information.
New Venture Challenge - launched in 1996, the Edward L. Kaplan, '71, New Venture Challenge (NVC) is one of the nation's premier business launch programs, allowing students to act upon their entrepreneurial ideas within a supportive and highly rewarding environment.
D4Lab - aims to bring together students and professionals from across campus to combine entrepreneurship education with human-centered design. D4Lab offers workshops for the University of Chicago at large and fellowship opportunities for a select group of individuals interested in designing solutions for healthcare. See D4Lab for more information.
Student Engagement - MBA students and science PhD students and postdocs are increasingly participating in Innovation Fund proposals and Chicago Innovation Mentor projects. There are plans to launch a formal Innovation Fund Associates Program for students across campus, and jointly managed by UChicagoTech and the Polsky Center. A CIM Fellows Program, involving science PhD’s and postdocs assisting Chicago Innovation Mentors projects is growing rapidly. The Polsky Center and UChicagoTech are collaborating on a project to extend education programs in both science and general innovation and entrepreneurship across campus.
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