Competitions & Events

Apply for the BioEntrepreneurship Initiative

Deadline: April 1 for Researchers, Innovators, and Clinicians in the Life Sciences The BioEntrepreneurship Initiative at Cornell University offers Johnson MBA students and life science researchers from across Cornell’s campuses the opportunity to immerse themselves in...

Apply for Cornell Engineering’s Commercialization Fellowship

Applications Accepted Through Early February 2022 The Commercialization Fellowship, offered by Cornell Engineering, is a unique opportunity for Ph.D. students to spend a fully funded semester and summer in an intensive entrepreneurship program. Fellows will have a...

Prototyping Hardware Accelerator Information Sessions

February 2 (4:00 – 5:00 p.m. EST) & February 10 (5:00 – 6:00 p.m. EST) – Virtual Rev: Ithaca Startup Works offers a deep dive into prototyping through its 11-week Prototyping Hardware Accelerator summer program that leads product teams through a...

Revving Up the Maker Revolution: Specialization Fuels Success

Tuesday, February 1 (3:00 p.m. EST) – Virtual As a maker, you know that if you build it, they — your customers — won’t come right away. So, you build it again and again, often with the help of increasingly a ffordable 3D printers and prototyping tools. But what comes...

BECOMING AN ENTREPRENEUR The Different Paths to Founder and CEO

Your journey to becoming an entrepreneur could take many paths. You could build a family business, take advantage of a successful franchise opportunity, or launch your own startup with high-growth potential. Another side of entrepreneurship is launching a non-profit...

Black Entrepreneurs in Training Kickoff Community Gathering

Join us on Friday, October 1st for a community gathering and roundtable discussion led by Cornell alumnus and founder of BET, Jehron Petty (’20). Due to current COVID safety guidelines at Cornell , food will no longer be served to attendees. This is subject to...

Cornell Engineering Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop

Attend this virtual workshop on Thursday, October 7 (12:00 p.m. ET) to learn how to build a proper intellectual property (IP) strategy. Participants will receive the knowledge and tools to assess whether their IP needs to be protected, discover the most common types...

Cornell Engineering Entrepreneurship Information Session

Friday, September 17 from Noon to 1:30 in Upson 116. Interested in learning more about Cornell entrepreneurship opportunities in Engineering and beyond? This event is for you! Stop by this tabling showcase to learn about a variety of programs and ask questions all in...