Thinking about turning your research into real-world impact? Join us online December 1, 2026 at 10:00AM (PCT) / 12:00PM (EST) to learn about the i2I Skills Training Program, a fully online pathway that helps graduate researchers, postdocs, and faculty in STEM and Health Sciences build an entrepreneurial mindset and take their innovation idea to the next level.
What you’ll learn about
- How the 8-month, part-time, fully online program works (about 5 hours per week, with mandatory live Zoom sessions during the workweek)
- The skills you’ll build: commercialization frameworks, IP strategy, business model validation, market opportunity identification, value proposition, financial literacy, and funding and growth roadmaps
- Mentorship and cohort opportunities with successful innovators
- How the program connects to the graduate certificate in science and technology commercialization (8 credits)
- Funding: there is no cost to participate for eligible graduate students and postdocs at Canadian institutions, and eligible participants may receive a $3,000 stipend on completion
- Eligibility, and what the application involves
Who should attend
Current Master’s students, PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows, and clinicians at Canadian universities and health institutes, graduate alumni within five years of an advanced research degree, and faculty at Canadian institutions. Not sure if you qualify? Come ask us.
Key dates
- Info Session: December 1, 2026 | 10:00AM (PCT) / 12:00PM (EST)
- Applications open: November 18, 2026
- Program starts: September 15, 2027
