Faculty / Researcher Resources

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Academic Courses / Entrepreneurship Training

  • Global Innovation Challenge (GIC)
    4/22/19
    The Global Innovation Challenge brings together students, faculty and community members from various disciplines to learn about and develop strategies to address significant and persistent global health challenges. 

Business Services

Coach / Mentor / Advisor

Competitions

  • Aging Innovation Challenge
    4/22/19
    The Aging Innovation Challenge invites students and faculty to generate innovative solutions to assist older adults and their caregivers in completing activities of daily living.
  • Entrepreneurs Festival
    4/22/19
    The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
  • Erie Hack
    4/22/19
    Erie Hack is a data and engineering competition designed to find innovative solutions to Lake Erie's biggest challenges. 

Events / Clubs / Networking

  • Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars
    8/7/24
    Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.
  • Entrepreneurs Festival
    4/22/19
    The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
  • Faculty Founders Forum (FFF)
    4/22/19
    Faculty Founders Forum (FFF) is a series of monthly lunch meetings that offers regular engagement directly with faculty who are involved or interested in start-ups, technology transfer and/or commercialization activity. 
  • How I Built This
    4/22/19
    How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur. 
  • Inve[n|s]t
    4/22/19
    UB Inve[n|s]t is a club for innovators at UB that provides a space for team formation, brainstorming, mentoring and connections. 
  • Networking Events
    4/22/19
    Networking events help entrepreneurs connect with like-minded individuals to support development of ideas and ventures. 
  • She Started IT
    4/22/19
    She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with UB students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship. 
  • Startup Series
    8/19/21
    UB Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships hosts this series of events to provide information sharing and networking opportunities for technology and life science startup companies.

Funding / Venture Capital / Tax Incentives

Incubator / Coworking Space / Makerspace

  • Co-working Memberships
    8/7/24
    Co-working space at the UB Incubators offer entrepreneurs a chance to share ideas and get advice in a nurturing environment, in a shared environment.
  • Lab & Office Space at the CBLS
    8/7/24
    Wet labs, office amenities & experts to collaborate with
  • UB Incubator @ Baird
    8/7/24
    The UB Incubator @ Baird, located near UB’s North Campus, is a 40,000-square-foot, FDA-compliant facility that provides incubator space, laboratory facilities, educational programs, mentors, and a network of experts to support early-stage companies with scalable potential.

Opportunities to Speak, Mentor or Invest

  • Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars
    8/7/24
    Blackstone LaunchPad powered by Techstars offers resources and tools for students, faculty, staff and alumni that help them consider and jumpstart a career as an entrepreneur.
  • Entrepreneurs Festival
    4/22/19
    The Entrepreneurs Festival offers product demos, networking opportunities and a pitch competition.
  • External Expert Network
    11/26/19
    There are many opportunities to get connected and involved with startups and growing the economy. Developing ideas and commercializing from lab to market is our mission. We are actively seeking experts to help support our goals. From Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and mentors, you can make a difference for startups looking for help from experts, like you. 
  • Faculty Founders Forum (FFF)
    4/22/19
    Faculty Founders Forum (FFF) is a series of monthly lunch meetings that offers regular engagement directly with faculty who are involved or interested in start-ups, technology transfer and/or commercialization activity. 
  • How I Built This
    4/22/19
    How I Built This is a monthly fireside interview with a successful local entrepreneur. 
  • I-Corps Site Program
    8/7/24
    Transition your technology idea from the lab to the marketplace
  • She Started IT
    4/22/19
    She Started IT is an event that engages 6th to 10th grade female students from across the WNY community, along with UB students, faculty and alumni, to inspire girls to explore careers in computers, technology and entrepreneurship. 
  • Techstars
    4/22/19
    Techstars offers a worldwide network, events, and start-up services to help student entrepreneurs connect with mentors, potential investors and others who can help them successfully launch and grow their business.

Programs

Research and Equipment

Startup Services

  • Entrepreneur-In-Residence
    8/19/21
    Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EIRs) work closely with the UB Business and Entrepreneurship Partnerships Startup Ventures Team to help us identify promising startups, so we can accelerate their growth.
  • Entrepreneurship Law Center
    8/7/24
    Legal services for startups in Buffalo
  • University-Industry Partnerships and Connections
    4/22/19
    Through Business and Entrepreneur Partnerships (BEP), industry can connect with UB faculty, researchers and students; university-based technology; and research that supports industry innovation, growth and competitiveness. BEP can help you commercialize and grow by connecting you to knowledge, facilities and funding.
  • Western New York Incubator Network (WIN) SBIR/STTR Assistance
    4/22/19
    A program of the WNY Incubator Network (WIN), the Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) assistance program links quality SBIR/STTR applicants with outside experts to submit timely, high-quality proposals to relevant federal agencies.

Talent / Careers / Internships

Technology Licensing / Commercialization