Details
| Opportunity Name | Oceans / Validate |
| Agency | Lab2Market |
| Value | $15,000 |
| Indirect Costs | Ineligible |
| Duration | 4 months |
Deadlines
| Application due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for full review | 08-19-2024 |
| Application and fully signed ORS checklist due to FSc RO at sciapps@yorku.ca for mandatory review | 08-26-2024 |
| Final application and fully signed ORS checklist due at ORS for mandatory review | 08-29-2024, by 9:00AM |
| Application due at agency | 09-03-2024, by 11:59PM (PDT) |
Objective
Lab2Market Validate brings a scientific approach to entrepreneurship to help researchers assess and reduce the commercial risk associated with their projects. Participants will form hypotheses about their potential customers, business models, and market entry points. These hypotheses are then validated through market research. The data collected is analyzed, adjusted, and then iterated upon. In this way, participants gain clarity on both the commercial feasibility of their project and their path to market. The program is four months long and broken into three distinct training phases.
Eligibility
Applicants must apply in teams consisting of a(n):
Entrepreneurial Lead (EL)
- A full-time graduate (Master’s or Ph.D.) student, postdoctoral fellow within five years of finishing their graduate degree, or research assistant.
- The EL is expected to work on the project full-time (30-40 hours/week) throughout the core program, representing the team in all training sessions and leading all activities.
Technical Lead (TL)
- The principal investigator of the research project. The TL is expected to participate in select training sessions and assist the EL throughout the program.
- Faculty at Canadian universities must be eligible to hold Tri-Agency funds.
How to Apply
York University researchers are reminded that all applications for external research funding, including Letters of Intent, must be reviewed and approved by the Office of Research Services before they are submitted to the granting agency. For internal approval, the application must be accompanied by a completed ORS Checklist, which requires the Dean’s signature. Please send the complete application, with the finalized budget and a completed ORS checklist to sciapps@yorku.ca, five days prior to agency deadline.
ORS is accepting electronic applications – the process is outlined here.