Discover if entrepreneurship is for you
Lab2Market Discover’s online exploratory program helps you explore entrepreneurship and the potential of transforming your academic research into a world-changing technologies.
Are you interested in exploring the market viability of your research? As a researcher in emerging technologies, you may be considering an alternative career path beyond academia. With Lab2Market Discover, you’ll learn a new way of thinking and determine if you have a passion for business.
About this program
This program is run as a virtual workshop and is considered a precursor to the Lab2Market Validate program.
Participants come with their expertise and an idea for their venture, or sometimes an established young venture. Participants will explore the opportunities and challenges in entrepreneurship – from the various potential applications of your technology to creating a network in the ecosystem.
Our aim is to transform Canada’s researchers into innovation leaders and entrepreneurs. We look for the brightest minds and help them bridge the knowledge, skills, and resource gap to bring their research to market.
Eligibility
Lab2Market Discover is offered free of cost and is open to full-time graduate students, researchers, and faculty members at Canadian universities and colleges who are interested in exploring entrepreneurship are encouraged to apply. This program is designed for researchers who are interested in learning about the steps needed to commercialize research and whether entrepreneurship is a path they can or should pursue. With the online readings, work, and interactive webinars, your maximum time commitment is three hours per week.
If you have already made the leap into entrepreneurship, there may be other programs that better suit your needs. Explore our other program offerings to learn more.
Offerings
Dal innovates offers L2M Discover in the fall and winter semesters. L2M Discover is a 10-week program, with 1 to 1.5 hour online sessions, once a week, and two hours of self-guided work per week.
Applications are closed for Lab2Market Discover & Lab2Market Discover Health* Winter 2025
Program Dates: February 12, 2025, to April 16, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (Atlantic Time)/1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
These sessions run virtually every Wednesday afternoon.
*Note: The Lab2Market Discover Health stream offers tailored content for those interested in pursuing ideas within the health sector or gaining a deeper understanding of the health ecosystem. Applicants can opt into this stream directly through the application form.
Application deadline: January 31, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time)
If you have any technical problems or questions related to your application or your eligibility please contact Shivani Madhavan – project manager at shivani.madhavan@dal.ca
Lab2Market Discover is made possible by the support of Mitacs.
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