Funding plays a huge role for entrepreneurs, startups, innovators and researchers. We’ve built campus and community funding programs and networks for each stage of development to address both common and long-standing challenges.
POP Grants
Proof of Product (POP) Grants is a program that awards funding to researchers to accelerate the development of UCI’s commercially promising technology.
I-Corps
Real-world, hands-on learning that involves finding customers and understanding their problems to achieve a product/market fit.
Angel/VC Network
We work with an extensive network of angel and venture capital investors to provide deal flow opportunities and connection to startups and entrepreneurs from campus and the Orange County community.
SBIR/STTR
Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small business Technology Transfer (STTR) are competitive programs that award research funding to US-based, for-profit, small businesses.
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