ELabNYC’s Bio and Health Tech Entrepreneurship Lab, a life sciences training program in NYC for aspiring entrepreneurs in the life sciences and healthcare technology community, is currently accepting applications.
The six-month program provides extensive training, mentorship, and support to graduate students of science, post-docs, early-career researchers, and engineers looking to jump start a career in life sciences.
Explaining the program’s mission to assist entrepreneurs, “We endeavor to support young entrepreneurs by providing them with the education and networks critical to start successful life science based businesses,” says elabnyc.com.Our hope is for ELabNYC to identify and invite the most promising innovations and most passionate scientific and technical minds to join us annually in the ELabNYC Life Science Program.”
The ELabNYC Life Science Program aims to not only teach life science entrepreneurship to participants, but also to help them network with experts in the industry.
“In teaching, we prepare our program participants for the startup world to confidently persevere through the continued challenges they will face,” said elabnyc.com. “In networking, we introduce participants to experts nationwide to navigate business issues in the technical and complex world of life science business.”
In developing the program, ElabNYC also hopes to make life science entrepreneurialism more popular in New York City.
“We aim to support the development of NYC as the new world leader in life sciences entrepreneurship by harnessing the creativity and talent present in the city’s academic institutions and connecting this talent with the scientific experts and business leaders in the field nationwide,” says elabnyc.com.
This will be the third program that ELabNYC has put on, and the past two have seen their share of success. Last year’s ELab participants have collectively raised $8.1M, with 25% generating first customer revenue during the program.
The program is open to graduate and medical students, post-doctoral fellows, and other scientists, engineers, physicians and technologists in NYC who meet certain eligibility requirements.
To apply, or more information, visit elabnyc.com. Applications are due by Monday, November 3rd at 5 pm.
