PhD Innovation Commercialization Fellows

Run by CMU Swartz Center.

The PhD Innovation Commercialization Fellows programme is a twelve-month, in-person fellowship in Pittsburgh for Carnegie Mellon graduate students, postdocs and research staff working on deeptech. The CMU Swartz Center contributes $50,000, which must be matched by a further $50,000; equity terms are not published.

Investment: US$50,000 (Below North America median $100k · Below global median $61.3k)
Equity taken: Not disclosed
Duration: 52 weeks (Longer than North America median 13 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)
Format: in person
Cadence: annual
Location: Pittsburgh, United States

Sectors

Deep Tech

How to apply

Official website

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Sources

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