Resources
The entrepreneurship ecosystem is thriving at Illinois, and there are experts across campus that are ready to help students and faculty navigate their entrepreneurial journey! Find support from these resources, which include maker labs, offices, centers, organizations, facilities, and more.
Programs
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- 54 (Founders: Illinois Entrepreneurs)
- AgTech Innovation Summit (Research Park)
- Assessment & Research Lab (Siebel Center for Design)
- AWARE: Accelerating Women and UnderRepresented Entrepreneurs (EnterpriseWorks)
- Big Data Summit (Research Park)
- Catalyze: A Professional Networking Event (Research Park)
- CEO Roundtable (Research Park)
- Corporate Innovation Centers (Research Park)
- Cozad New Venture Challenge (Technology Entrepreneur Center)
- CU Women in Tech (Research Park)
- Design Thinking Courses (Siebel Center for Design)
- Design Thinking Workshops (Siebel Center for Design)
- Designer-in-Residence Program (EnterpriseWorks)
- Disclosure Information (Office of Technology Management)
- EntreCORPS (student organization)
- Entrepreneur-in-Residence Program (EnterpriseWorks)
- Entrepreneurs Without Borders (student organization)
- Entrepreneurship Workshops (Research Park & EnterpriseWorks)
- Evergreen Fund - Seed Funding (Illinois Ventures)
- Fiddler Innovation Fellowship (NCSA, eDream Institute, Technology Entrepreneur Center)
- Forge (Founders: Illinois Entrepreneurs)
- Founders: Illinois Entrepreneurs (student organization)
- Health Make-A-Thon (Carle Illinois College of Medicine)
- Health Maker Lab (Carle Illinois College of Medicine)
- I-Corps (see Illinois I-Corps)
- I-Start Accelerator Program (EnterpriseWorks)
- Illinois Enactus (student organization)
- Illinois I-Corps (Technology Entrepreneur Center and EnterpriseWorks)
- Illinois Ignite (Office of Technology Management)
- Illinois Innovation Award (IIA) (Technology Entrepreneur Center and Grainger Engineering)
- Illinois Proof of Concept Program (IPOC) (Office of Technology Management)
- Illinois Reboot Tech Training (Research Park)
- Incubator Labs, Offices, & Maker Space (EnterpriseWorks)
- Innovation Celebration (Champaign County Economic Development Corporation, University of Illinois, and Parkland College)
- Intellectual Property Clinic (Technology Entrepreneur Center and College of Law)
- Internships at Research Park Companies (Research Park)
- iVenture Accelerator (Origin Ventures Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership)
- Licensing Information (Office of Technology Management)
- Make-a-Thons (CU Community FabLab, Makers UIUC, Makerspace Urbana)
- Mottier Innovation Challenge (Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering)
- NSF I-Corps (see Illinois I-Corps)
- OCTR Consulting (Student organization)
- Office Hours with Experts (Technology Entrepreneur Center)
- Pygmalion Tech Festival
- Recruitment Services (Research Park)
- SBIR & STTR Technical Assistance Program (Fast Center, EnterpriseWorks)
- SCD Scholars & Fellows (Siebel Center for Design)
- Silicon Valley Entrepreneurship Workshop (Technology Entrepreneur Center)
- Social Innovation at Illinois
- SocialFuse (Technology Entrepreneur Center)
- Startup Cafe (Research Park)
- Startup Career Fair (Founders: Illinois Entrepreneurs)
- Startup Consulting (EntreCORPS)
- The Shop: Maker Lab (Siebel Center for Design)
- ThinkChicago (City of Chicago, University of Illinois System, and Technology Entrepreneur Center)
- Urbana-Champaign Angel Network (UCAN) (Champaign County Economic Development Corporation)
- Venture Capital (Illinois Ventures)
- Workforce Development (Research Park)
- Zero2One (student organization)