NSF I-Corps Regional+ Sponsored Travel Opportunity

The NSF I-Corps Hub: Desert and Pacific Region is recruiting for an upcoming Regional+ course that includes sponsored travel and conference registration for faculty and student innovation teams to attend an industry conference aligned with their technology.

NSF I-Corps Regional+ is a multi-week course that teaches researchers how to increase the impact of their research through customer discovery, a structured process of interviewing potential customers and stakeholders to better understand market needs and opportunities. Attending an industry conference provides an excellent opportunity to conduct customer discovery interviews while connecting with industry professionals.

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