Entrepreneurship

A National Science Foundation-funded program at the Cove that trains individuals to broaden the impact of UCI research projects by providing the infrastructure, training and funding to assess their commercial opportunity.

​SBIR and STTR grants provide non-dilutive federal funding and encourage small businesses to engage in research and development with high commercialization potential. UCI Beall Applied Innovation hosts SBIR/STTR workshops to walk you through all the steps towards submitting a successful SBIR/STTR application.

A wet-lab incubator, University Lab Partners is an independent, non-profit project of the Beall Family Foundation, founded in partnership with UCI Beall Applied Innovation. Enables life science and medtech companies to access unique research capabilities and a network of technical, business, and talent resources at an economical cost.

Open to all UCI students, staff members, and researchers, as well as community members. The UCI New Venture Competition offers you the opportunity to form a team, launch a startup, and potentially fund a business idea – all within seven months.

Open to all UCI students. Offered to encourage the creation of new technologies, or solutions to current design problems that have the potential for commercialization. Ideas and products are evaluated on their technological merits as well as potential to impact the marketplace. Students are encouraged to submit new product ideas that involve the development of hardware and devices.

Open to all UCI students. Designed to encourage the creation of new technologies with potential for commercialization. Ideas and products are evaluated on their technological merits and potential to impact the marketplace. Students are encouraged to submit new products that involve the development of software and systems.

The ANTrepreneur Center hosts Hackathon events where students come together to form teams, brainstorm new ideas, and create innovative projects around a specific theme. Current Hackathons can be founder under the Competitions menu.

The only program of its kind in the UC system, the MIE program provides students with knowledge on core topics on the process of innovation and entrepreneurship, including identifying new venture opportunities through lean startup methodology, developing a business model, preparing a business plan, assembling a team, raising the necessary financing including venture capital, and launching a new business.

This program is focused on preparing graduates for employment and entrepreneurship through leadership training. The curriculum is designed to develop technical managers in large companies and entrepreneurs launching their own enterprises.

A minor degree program, through the Paul Merage School of Business, that provides undergraduate students with core knowledge and practical experience on certain core topics on the process of innovation and entrepreneurship (i.e., planning a new venture, lean startup methodology, venture capital, private equity, etc.).

​GPS-STEM aims to increase awareness and interest in diverse careers in and outside of academia and empower grad students and postdocs to educate themselves on a variety of career paths. Career-related seminars featuring PhD’s in different workforce sectors are great ways for current graduate students and postdocs to begin exploring career paths.

UCI Beall Applied Innovation’s (BAI) Graduate Innovation Fellowship aims to create a culture that encourages, cultivates, supports, and rewards the creativity, innovation, translation, and commercialization of research at UCI for Graduate Students, Ph.D. Students and Post-Docs. The program offers co-curricular entrepreneurship training and hands-on experiences to help graduate students transform research ideas into successful business ventures. The fellowship is exclusively offered to UCI Graduate Students, Ph.D. or Post-Doc students.

Accelerated Certificate Program using proven methods of innovation and design thinking as a framework, students in this unique program will learn new ways to generate ideas, gain deeper insights into their clients, manage creative teams, and drive growth in companies large and small. Whether working in a large corporate environment, mid-size company or as an entrepreneur, this program will equip all of those in innovative fields to take it to the next level.

Brings campus-based discoveries together with Orange County’s vibrant business community to support job creation and economic growth. Facilitates connections between UCI and industry, including: entrepreneurs seeking access to university inventions and talent, large corporations looking to tap the school’s research capabilities, and investors wanting to financially support promising new companies.

A Paul Merage School of Business Center for Excellence aimed at providing education and hands-on experience for students to learn about entrepreneurship and equip them with the knowledge and resources needed to launch a successful business.

The California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (CALIT2). A multidisciplinary research institute with the goal to develop innovative information technology-based products and services to benefit society and ignite economic development in the region and state.

A biomedical optics center that develops technologies, participates in research and provides access to clinical procedures.

A research institute dedicated to advancing scientific discovery and medical breakthroughs, accelerating discoveries from the lab and translating them into life-altering medical care.

A research institute with the goal to promote excellence in advanced manufacturing through strategic integration of research, education and community outreach.

A research institute that brings together researchers and practitioners working on cybernetic health to disrupt the healthcare industry and provide a more effective and efficient approach to health management.

Social impact hub engaging and connecting partners, investors, and innovators to explore, ideate, incubate, and accelerate scalable social ventures.

Octane drives innovation and growth by connecting people, resources, and capital to grow the tech and medtech industries of Southern California through content distribution, an accelerator, capital access, and growth resources.

Technology startup incubator located in San Diego. Specializes in incubating startups that require more than a 3-month accelerator or a one-size-fits-all program.