Call for Applications: Kauffman Fdn Entrepreneur Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

[Debra L. Martin]

>
>Deadline: May 1, 2009
>
>The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (http://www.kauffman.org/) is 
>accepting applications for its new Entrepreneur Postdoctoral 
>Fellowship program, which will train scientists to commercialize 
>their technology innovations into start-up businesses.
>
>The program will provide twelve scientific postdoctoral researchers 
>in the United States with the opportunity to turn their research and 
>ideas into an entrepreneurial venture. Participants will receive 
>training on how to evaluate their research for marketplace potential 
>and will learn the process of taking promising research forward for 
>commercialization. Each fellow will be matched with a business 
>mentor who has a science background, will receive a customized 
>internship experience, and will be enrolled in intensive 
>entrepreneurship workshops, where they will network with 
>entrepreneurs and experts from the legal, business, and financial 
>communities. Fellows will also work with an academic advisor to 
>understand specifically how to commercialize their innovations and 
>research findings by starting a business.
>
>Each fellow will receive a salary stipend and benefits for a 
>one-year period, beginning with the program launch in the fall of 
>2009. Compensation will be based on the Postdoctoral Researcher 
>Salary Guidelines and benefits policies of the fellow's home 
>institution. The fellow will also receive a travel and conference 
>stipend to attend a business or entrepreneurship conference. 
>Kauffman Foundation policy does not permit funding overhead or 
>indirect costs.
>
>Postdoctoral researchers (U.S. citizens, residents, and all others 
>legally in the U.S.) at U.S. institutions are eligible to apply. The 
>candidate must have received either a Ph.D. or M.D. and be in a 
>postdoctoral research position by the start of the fellowship 
>program to be eligible.
>
>Visit the Kauffman Foundation Web site for complete program 
>information: 
>http://www.kauffman.org:80/entrepreneurship/entrepreneur-postdoctoral-fellows-program.aspx
>

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Debra L. Martin, Programs Manager
MIT
Vice President for Research Office, Rm 11-268
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139
617-258-0310, 617-252-1003 (fax)
debra at mit.edu
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