Deadline: 27 January 2016
VentureWell is inviting applicants for E-Team Student Grants Program in order to give a chance to college students to move new tech ideas out of the lab and classroom and into the marketplace. The program provides grant funding, experiential workshops, veteran coaching and a potential investment opportunity to help teams manifest their projects’ full commercial potential.
The E-Team Program is a competitive process that consists of three stages.
- Stage 1 provides funding of $5,000 to attend a three-day workshop on how to better articulate the opportunity for the innovation in the marketplace. Remaining funds may be used to support further development of the project/product.
- Stage 2 provides additional funding of up to $20,000. In a second workshop, teams develop their business model hypotheses and plans to test them. Six monthly coaching sessions follow, helping keep teams moving forward VentureWell’s.
- Stage 3 program focuses on helping teams develop a venture development plan to prepare for relationships with investors and strategic partners.
Eligibility Criteria
- This program is for US-based college or university student-led teams, not for individual inventors.
- VentureWell encourages proposals that involve students and advisors from engineering, science, business, design, and liberal arts disciplines.
- Graduate and/or undergraduate students should serve as the entrepreneurial leaders of a team, regardless of the origin of the idea or invention.
- Strong E-Teams consist of multidisciplinary advisors, mentors with relevant industry experience and connections, strong partnerships (required if applicant are working outside the US), and experiential learning opportunities.
How to Apply
Interested applicants may apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit VentureWell.
