Join us for the 2020 Spring Catalyst Program
Catalyst is a joint Office of Technology Transfer (OTD) and Innovate@BU Program designed to assist BU science and engineering professors explore the market viability of their ideas. The driver for this Program is the desire to successfully commercialize technologies developed within BU. This program will help the faculty understand the right target market for the technology and to gain a deeper understanding of how the technology needs to be commercialized and marketed.
The program utilizes Questrom MBA’s to undertake “customer discovery.” Students are trained and then supervised by an ICorps certified instructor – Alice Nichols. iCorps is an NSF program that aims to improve the commercialization rate of technologies developed in Universities. Working with the faculty, they will interview potential customers and other stakeholders to identify the initial application and market for the technology.
Our 2 projects for Springs 2020 are both medical-related: 1. CalmaBreath – a bracelet for babies; 2. A wearable device to improve oral health.
To learn more about the Catalyst: http://www.bu.edu/innovate/build-your-idea/resources/grad-students/
