I-Corps@NCATS Training Program

NIH Training Program-Scaling for Sustainability

Do you want to learn how to accelerate, scale and sustain the translation of your social science research, biomedical discoveries and health innovations into viable products, impactful services and programs? Enroll today in the I-Corps@NCATS (National Center for Advancing Translational Science) training program. 

Launched in Fall 2021 by Loyola University Chicago and Chicago’s Institute for Translational Medicine, this course is based on the National Science Foundation (NSF) I-Corps and I-Corps at National Institutes for Health (NIH) Entrepreneurial Training Program. Utilizing the Business Model Canvas tool, the program encourages team science and experiential learning. Instructors take teams through the early stages of customer discovery where they can test the business model hypotheses of their innovations.

We are now accepting applications for the FALL 2026 I-Corps@NCATS training. Hybrid classes will be held both virtually on Zoom PLUS in-person training and networking opportunities. Sessions will be led by specialized instructors passionate about helping teams refine value propositions and deliver maximum impact to their target populations. 

Program Benefits

  • Gain customer insights to design programs, services and/or innovations for sustainability
  • Understand principles of Customer Discovery and interview methodology 
  • Identify product-market fit
  • Be more successful in obtaining grants and research funding
  • Improve longer-term outcomes related to grant writing, research productivity and impact

Interested faculty, staff or students with questions about the format, instructors or curriculum for this innovative training should email Merly Thomas.

REGISTER HERE!