The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF) have teamed up to develop a new program that will provide NIH-funded scientists with hands-on entrepreneurship training.

Over the course of 9 weeks, participants will engage in a hypothesis-driven approach to customer discovery, learning from experts in the biotechnology and life science industries. The curriculum is modeled after the NSF Innovation Corps program, with the goal of accelerating the development of new and emerging technologies for the detection, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.

Applications for the pilot program will be accepted through August 7, 2014. For requirements and curriculum details, see I-Corps™ at NIH and Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number PAR-14-261.