McMaster Entrepreneurship Academy
The Office of the Vice-President, Research (OVPR), the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic), and the McMaster Industry Liaison Office (MILO) have established the McMaster Entrepreneurship Academy – a new initiative designed to enhance McMaster’s unique entrepreneurial training, research and translation pipeline.
The Entrepreneurship Academy hosts a series of programs that inspire, support, and reward established and aspiring McMaster entrepreneurs as they work to transform their research breakthroughs into high-value products and services.
Learn more about the Academy’s core initiatives below.
Initiatives
Postdoc Entrepreneur Fellowship Postdoc Entrepreneur Fellowship
The Postdoc Entrepreneur Fellowship provides one year of salary support to postdoctoral fellows, giving them more time to focus on commercializing their research through venture creation.
Professor Entrepreneur Fellowship Apply now
The Professor Entrepreneur Fellowship releases full-time faculty who have started companies that involve McMaster intellectual property (IP) from teaching one course or equivalent for one year.
Innovation Matchmaking Innovation Matchmaking
The Innovation Matchmaking program connects research teams from across campus and/or affiliated hospitals and provides them with an equivalent of $75,000 in prep-funding that can be used to build investable ventures.
Mentorship Mentorship
Our mentorship programs connect entrepreneurs with peer mentors, investors, advisors, and industry leaders to help them grow their businesses.
Lab Space
McMaster startup companies will have access to shared facilities at a flat rate to help them develop proof of concepts and prototypes.
Stay tuned to learn more.