Applications Open for W.E. Cornell 2025

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Are you a STEM researcher looking to make an impact with your innovation? Explore technology commercialization through W.E. Cornell, a program that empowers researchers to bring innovations to market and overcome the challenges of leading a technology-based business.

W.E. Cornell combines a proven entrepreneurship curriculum with a focus on leadership development and empowerment. Program alumni have gone on to found successful companies, participate in major pitch competitions, and raise capital.

Program content will be delivered at two full-day, on-campus weekend workshops. Workshop 1 in January will focus on fostering entrepreneurial skills and community-building with the cohort; Workshop 2 in February will focus on fundraising, operations, and next steps, as well as a pitch session to the W.E. Cornell advisory board. Participants will finish the program equipped to take the next steps in their entrepreneurship journeys.

All students at Cornell conducting research at the graduate level and higher, including women, female-identified, and non-binary people, are welcome to apply by November 20, 2024.

To learn more before submitting your application, attend a virtual information session on Wednesday, October 29.