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NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NIH News
NIH Office of the Director (OD) <http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/>
For Immediate Release: Friday, December 5, 2014
CONTACT: NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison, NIH News Media Branch, 301-496-5787, <e-mail:nihnmb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
MEDIA AVAILABILITY
NIH I-CORPS ENTREPRENEURIAL TRAINING PILOT PROGRAM SHOWCASES RESULTS
WHAT:
Nineteen teams participating in the National Institutes of Health I-Corps team training pilot program <http://sbir.cancer.gov/objects/pdfs/I_Corps_at_NIH_June_2014.pdf> will present their business models for their small business innovation research (SBIR)-funded technologies. The program, modeled after the successful National Science Foundation I-Corps program <http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps/>, provides scientists with real-world, immersive entrepreneurship training to help them develop viable business models for commercializing new and emerging technologies for the detection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease.
WHO:
-- Michael Weingarten, Director, National Cancer Institute Small Business Innovation Research Development Center
-- Andrew Kurtz, Team Leader, NCI SBIR Development Center
-- Steve Blank, Lead Instructor, NIH I-Corps Pilot Program
WHEN:
Interviews will be scheduled upon request between 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, December 10, 2014. Reporters are also invited to view the participant presentations during this time period.
WHERE:
Microsoft Building, 5404 Wisconsin Ave, 5th Floor, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
HOW:
Contact the NIH News Media Branch: nihnmb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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