Cornell Research & Innovation
Entrepreneurship & Innovation provides the funding, mentorship, and infrastructure to move Cornell research from discovery to impact
What We Do
Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Cornell empowers researchers, inventors, and entrepreneurs to transform their innovations from ideas into startups, technologies, and solutions that make a real-world impact.
Supported by the division of Research & Innovation, we provide innovators with the mentorship, training, programming, and funding to thrive at every step of their entrepreneurial journey.
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Explore Our Programs
For Researchers & Innovators
Center for Technology Licensing
Assists faculty and researchers in translating their discoveries into marketable innovations for society.
Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Offers community and Cornell-based entrepreneurs over 20 programs to start and grow new ventures.
Corporate Engagement
Connects researchers with companies engaged in research on society’s greatest challenges.
Enterprise Innovation at Weill Cornell Medicine
Provides training and programs for researchers developing technologies and treatments.
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Supports students, faculty, staff and alumni, including clubs, internships, services, competitions, funding, and more.
I-Corps Hub: Interior Northeast
Trains faculty, postdocs, faculty, students, and other researchers in ways to discover customers for their science and technology.
Incubators and Accelerators
Center for Life Science Ventures
Cornell’s life-science incubator helps young companies develop their offerings to the point where they can attract significant outside investment and achieve self-sufficiency.
Praxis Center for Venture Development
Focused on engineering, digital and physical sciences companies, Cornell’s Praxis Center assists startups as they work toward gaining outside investments and independent operation.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works
Rev offers mentorship, co-working space, events, and networking for new and expanding businesses with plans to scale and create jobs in the region. Space is available for Cornell and regional startups.
Hardware Accelerators
Three hardware-based accelerators offer access space to develop prototypes, business models, and pitches focused on: Manufacturing, Prototyping, and Protofacturing.
BioVentures eLab at Weill Cornell Medicine
BioVentures eLab works with scientists, clinicians, inventors and entrepreneurs to launch biomedical products, ventures and technologies.
Cornell Tech Runway Startups Program
Part business school, part research institution, part startup incubator, this program supports mentorship for students developing new products and opportunities.
For Student and Community Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship at Cornell
Supports students, faculty, staff and alumni, including clubs, internships, services, competitions, funding, and more.
Center for Regional Economic Advancement
Offers community and Cornell-based entrepreneurs over 20 programs to start and grow new ventures.
Contact Us
Office of Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Matt Marx
Vice Provost for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and External Engagement
vp-entrepreneurship@cornell.edu
(607) 255-7200
Kim Stockton
Executive Support
kas10@cornell.edu
(607) 255-2128