Interested in solving problems for industry and finding new funding sources to support your research? Collaborating with external partners may be the ideal way to explore commercialization. Learn about how to do this successfully and the resources available to help you through UMaine's Department of Industrial Cooperation Click here for more information and to register.
Finalists will pitch their innovative, early-stage business or business idea to a panel of judges and the audience in the season finale of the 2021-22 Big Gig series. The winning entrepreneur will walk away with a $5,000 prize. Big Gig represents a partnership between a motivated group of municipalities, universities, and organizations in Maine’s Penobscot River Valley who work with […]
The Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center will host an open house on Wednesday, April 13, from 2–7 p.m. as part of Maine Impact Week. The center’s many laboratories, adaptive […]
The inaugural Foster Center Innovation Awards celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship in the University of Maine community. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni will be honored for their contributions and impact in these spaces. Award nominations are open through Feb. 28. For more information, please visit the Foster Center website. If you’d like to attend the invitation-only event, […]
Interested in solving problems for industry and finding new funding sources to support your research? Collaborating with external partners may be the ideal way to explore commercialization. Learn about how to do this successfully and the resources available to help you through UMaine's Department of Industrial Cooperation Click here for more information and to register.
Come unlock the secrets to UMaine's innovation hub and learn how you can make a difference at UMaine and beyond. Ice cream, music and ping pong will be provided, plus […]
Join the Office of Innovation and Economic Development and Foster Center for Innovation to explore the fundamentals of research commercialization. In this free, online workshop - the first in our […]
Join Business, Entrepreneurship, and Networking Sessions (BEANS) for our first event of the semester as we welcome Michael Odokara-Okigbo to discuss how he and his team have developed NKENNE, the […]
New innovations based on cutting-edge research have a high failure rate because they focus on the wrong needs or even the wrong end user. In this workshop, you will learn […]
Patagonia. The North Face. Banff. You may know of international brands, but let BEANS introduce you to the young entrepreneurs who are driving change within the Maine outdoors community. Patrick […]
