Cohort and Curriculum Details

The NIH anticipates that applicants receiving administrative supplements under this FOA will be enrolled in the I-Corps™ at NIH Program in one of two cohorts in 2017.

Curriculum for the I-Corps™ at NIH:

• Is an 8-week training program.
• Introduces the concept of a “Business Model Canvas,” which provides the framework for pursing a hypothesis-driven validation approach to customer discovery.
• Is taught by experienced, business-savvy instructors who work closely with project teams to help them explore potential markets for their Federally funded innovations.
• Instructors teaching this pilot program are selected based on their specific domain expertise in the major product areas that comprise the biomedical industry.

Detailed timelines for each cohort are given below:

February 2017 Cohort In-Person Workshops and Virtual Online Classes

November 1, 2016 - Applications Due Date

December 5-9, 2016 - Phone Interview (estimated)

January 6, 2017 - Notice of Award (estimated)

February 5-8, 2017 - Course Kick-off, Location TBD

February 15, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

Feburary 22, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

March 1, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

March 8, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

March 15, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

March 22, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

March 27-28, 2017 - Course Close-out/Lessons Learned

April 2017 Cohort In-Person Workshops and Virtual Online Classes

January 9, 2017 - Applications Due Date

February 13-17, 2017 - Phone Interview (estimated)

March 17, 2017 - Notice of Award (estimated)

April 23-26, 2017 - Course Kick-off, Location TBD

May 2, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

May 9, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

May 16, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

May 23, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

May 30, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

June 6, 2017 - Web-Ex Course (1-5 PM ET)

June 12-13, 2017 - Course Close-out/Lessons Learned, Location TBD

For applicants, a sample application exerpt is available: IGI Technologies