The Innovate UW–Madison Directory is a keyword-searchable list of university innovation, entrepreneurship and commercialization resources for faculty, staff, students and alumni. All resources and programs below serve early-stage campus innovators through incorporation, market introduction and rollout, and many support innovators through growth and expansion. Not sure which is right for you? Contact Discovery to Product (D2P), and we’ll help you connect to the right resource at the right time.
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Innovate UW–Madison Directory
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1 | Arts Business Competition | This campus-wide competition encourages new thinking and innovative ideas and provides support for student-driven projects. Held annually in the spring. Entrants develop and submit a thorough proposal for an arts event, exhibition, series, commercial venture, or other artistic project. | Serving: Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Services: Competitions and Awards Grant Funding Mentoring Networking Pitch Events |
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2 | Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic | The Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic provides assistance with overall business strategy, customer-driven models, operations, founder issues, sales and marketing, needed resources, financial services, competitive analysis and more. | Serving: Alumni Faculty Graduate Students Postdocs Staff Undergraduate Students Services: Business Planning Management Issues Marketing and Sales Starting a Business Financial Modeling and Analysis |
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3 | Business Learning Commons | University of Wisconsin's Business Learning Commons is your resource for business information. Contact us for questions or guidance. | Serving: Alumni Faculty Graduate Students Postdocs Staff Undergraduate Students Services: Market Research Company Research Industry Research Libraries and Research Demographic/Census Data |
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4 | Center for Dairy Research | The Center for Dairy Research has two programs: TURBO, an accelerator for entrepreneurs and small businesses with dairy food or beverage products; and the Dairy Business Innovation Alliance, which supports dairy farmer diversification, the creation of new dairy products and increasing dairy product exports. |
Serving: Alumni Faculty Graduate Students Postdocs Staff Undergraduate Students Services: Accelerator Food & Beverage Product Design and Development Prototype Development Startup Business Counseling |
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5 | Clinton Global Initiative University | This annual conference is for students, university professionals, and thought leaders who gather to discuss and develop solutions to pressing global challenges. Students are also eligible for financial support. | Serving: Graduate Students Undergraduate Students Services: Competitions and Awards Formal Mentoring Programs Grant Funding Pitch Events Student Training |
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6 | Center for Technology Commercialization | The Center for Technology Commercialization’s objective is to guide you through the complex and exciting journey of bringing your technology from idea to market. The journey includes helping you connect to funding and guidance from experienced business leaders. | Serving: Alumni Faculty Graduate Students Postdocs Staff Undergraduate Students Services: Commercialization Obtaining Government Contracts Online Courses and Videos Startup Business Counseling Grant Funding |
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7 | Discovery to Product (D2P) | D2P provides free education and mentoring for UW-Madison faculty, staff, and student innovators who want to develop an idea for an innovative product, service, or novel approach to a social problem. | Serving: Faculty Graduate Students Postdocs Staff Undergraduate Students Services: Accelerator Business Plan Training and Assistance Entrepreneurial Hub One-on-One Counseling Startup Classes |
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8 | CS Nest | CS NEST is a free venture-creation program and competition that helps entrepreneurially-minded UW students, postdocs and recent alumni create high-growth startups. Sponsored by UW-Madison Dept. of Computer Sciences and WARF, CS NEST is run by nationally ranked startup accelerator gener8tor. | Serving: Alumni Graduate Students Postdocs Undergraduate Students Services: Accelerator Forming a Business One-on-One Counseling Prototype Development Startup Classes |
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9 | Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF) | The Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF) provides grant funding for UW-Madison faculty and academic staff to conduct the additional research often necessary to bring new concepts and inventions to the patent and licensing stage. | Serving: Faculty Staff Services: Grant Funding Technology Transfer |
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10 | Food Finance Institute | Our mission at the Food Finance Institute is to make sophisticated financial technical assistance available to every growing food, beverage, and value-added farm enterprise. | Services: Accelerator Business Plan Consulting Entrepreneurial Hub Food & Beverage Startup Classes |
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