Summer Incubator

UR Summer Incubator

UR Summer Incubator is powered by a partnership between George Mason University’s I-CORP program and Virginia’s Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program (ICAP). With mentoring and expert guidance, teams learn how to identify initial customer segments, conduct ethnographic research, analyze data, validate ideas, and create a statement to articulate why your idea should exist and an experiment strategy to move your idea forward. Students learn and use the Lean Launchpad as its principal methodology. The program is open to all majors and is fully remote, 240 hours over 6 weeks beginning in May annually, with ongoing mentorship post-program. Students apply to CIE; accepted students receive a $3000 stipend to work on their idea with CIE. 

Student Eligibility

• Continuing, full-time, degree-seeking University of Richmond undergraduate students in good standing in the School of Arts & Sciences, Robins School of Business, or Jepson School of Leadership Studies may apply for a UR Summer Fellowship to support internship or research opportunities.

• In order to be eligible for a summer fellowship, applicants must meet enrollment requirements for the semester before and after the desired summer experience;

• Applicants must be enrolled full-time during the semester preceding the summer fellowship OR be on an approved leave and have met all of the criteria to return in the fall semester following the summer experience;
  
  
• Applicants must be registered for a full-time course load for the fall semester following the desired fellowship period OR have an approved leave scheduled for the fall semester with plans to return in the spring of the following year;
  
  
• Applicants who plan to transfer to another institution the semester following a summer fellowship period are not eligible for funding. Students who receive funding and sign a funding contract then decide to transfer during the course of the summer fellowship period may be required to reimburse the University for the funding amount granted.
  
  

• Students may only be awarded one fellowship per summer
  
  
• First-time applicants who have not received UR Summer Fellowship funding in a previous summer are given priority in the awarding process. Students who have previously received a summer fellowship are not guaranteed an additional summer of funding support.
  
  

Please consult the full guidelines per the UR Summer Fellowship office. More information available on request. Contact us >