The E-Team Program provides early-stage support and funding of up to $75,000 for collegiate entrepreneurs working on market-based technology inventions.

May 9, 2014 is the deadline for inventions and innovations in biomedical devices, health care solutions, and/or global health-based technologies.

Program at a glance:

E-Teams selected to participate in the E-Team Program will have the opportunity to secure up to $75,000 in funding, attend 2 required workshops (Stage 1 and Stage 2), and receive coaching from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA). In the final stage of the program, a small number of qualifying teams will be selected to participate in VentureWell and have the opportunity to receive investment funding from NCIIA and our partners.

• Stage 1: $5,000 + workshop
• Stage 2: up to $20,000 + workshop + coaching + network
• Stage 3: VentureWell program, with $50,000 investment opportunity

E-Team Program goals:

• Support the development of technology-based inventions and innovations that will lead to positive social and/or environmental impact in the US and/or globally.
• Assist E-Teams with developing a business model that will help get ideas out of the lab and classroom and into the market. NCIIA supports solutions that will scale in an entrepreneurial, economically self-sustaining way through the development of a product or service, in a for-profit, non-profit, licensing, or a partnership structure.
• Provide opportunities for student inventors and innovators to learn by doing through working in multidisciplinary teams on real world problems with the potential for scalable impact.