The Mid­west Green Tech­nol­ogy Entre­pre­neur Acad­emy (MI-GTEA) is an inno­v­a­tive, inten­sive 4 day course designed as a spring­board for mov­ing new clean­tech ideas out of the uni­ver­sity lab. The pro­gram is tai­lored specif­i­cally for sci­ence and engi­neer­ing fac­ulty, post docs and PhD stu­dents who want to learn how to com­mer­cial­ize their research, pre­pare for a career in the indus­try, or take the first steps toward launch­ing a brand new venture.

The sec­ond annual MI-GTEA is being held in June 4 — 7, 2012.

Appli­ca­tion Dead­line — Wednes­day May 2, 2012

Atten­dees will expe­ri­ence a rig­or­ous train­ing course in entre­pre­neur­ship best prac­tices that com­bines lec­tures and read­ings with active, hands-on par­tic­i­pa­tion, men­tor­ship and net­work­ing. We are look­ing to demys­tify the com­mer­cial­iza­tion of tech­nol­ogy and the devel­op­ment of an early stage busi­ness. MI-GTEA cul­ti­vates suc­cess by set­ting up a sup­port net­work of top tier men­tors and national instruc­tors that will per­sist long after the training.

Researchers will receive an in-depth view of how to val­i­date their tech­nol­ogy, their mar­ket and their busi­ness as well as learn how to build a team and their com­pany. They will also receive guid­ance on such key top­ics as how to pro­tect intel­lec­tual prop­erty and how to raise invest­ment capital.

The MI-GTEA pro­gram pro­vides par­tic­i­pants with:

• A prac­ti­cal under­stand­ing of how inno­va­tions move from the lab­o­ra­tory to the market
• The skills nec­es­sary to select, guide, and advo­cate the com­mer­cial poten­tial of their own research
• Intro­duc­tion to a strong net­work of pro­fes­sion­als who can help men­tor and con­nect these par­tic­i­pants as they move forward