Princeton Faculty New Venture Assistance Fund
Funds Princeton faculty and staff preparing research-based startups through venture-formation grants.
Princeton's Office of Technology Licensing operates the Faculty New Venture Assistance Fund as a rolling internal grant within the university's research and entrepreneurship funding. It helps current faculty and staff turn Princeton research into a company or nonprofit that can deliver products or services. Standard technology-development and social-enterprise awards provide up to USD 15,000, incl…
Market research, business planning, team building, legal and administrative work, outside software development and research-based nonprofit formation.
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