University of California Davis, Child Family Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Food + Health Entrepreneurship Academy

February 6-9, 2012
University of California, Davis

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The Food and Health Entrepreneurship Academy is a four-day intensive designed for science and engineering upperdivision undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty working on research in the fields of nutrition, food science, food technology, viticulture and enology, plant science, biochemistry, nutritional genomics and fields relevant to foods for health.

The Academy

The four-day intensive academy provides participants with focused lectures, practical exercises, networking sessions, and hands-on experiences designed to give them the knowledge, skills, and networks to explore how their research can make broader impact in industry, the marketplace, and the world.

The academy is taught by university faculty, venture capitalists, angel investors, industry executives, attorneys and entrepreneurs.

Why you should attend:

Build a business skill set for a career in industry
Evaluate market and technology opportunities
Network with over 40 industry and investment experts
Spend the week developing a slide deck pitch presentation about your idea.

The academy combines seminars and networking sessions in an innovative format to help you learn how to evaluate your research for commercial opportunities or prepare for a career in industry.

Lorna, BD Fellow The academy made me think outside of my laboratory comfort zones. Scientists are inherently innovative, and this is a good way to let the scientists out of their shells and look at their work from an entrepreneurial view.—M. Lorna de Leoz, doctoral candidate, University of California, Davis, FHEA10 and Business Development Fellow 2011

Move your research out of the laboratory and into the world!

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Find out what participants have to say about the Food + Health Entrepreneurship Academy.

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Interview with Will Rosenzweig, Physic Ventures
FHEA Mentor and Speaker

How to Apply

Apply online >>

Applications are due by January 1.

Enrollment and Tuition

The academy is open to:

upperdivision undergraduates
graduate students
post-doctoral researchers
faculty
entrepreneurs + corporate researchers (space availalbe)

Cost

A majority of the cost is supported by fellowships from our sponsors, as a result the cost for participants is:

$150: Graduate students, postdocs and faculty affiliated with a university
NO LODGING
$250: Out of area graduate students, postdocs and faculty affiliated with a university WITH LODGING at Hyatt Place. Lodging is Sunday check-in, Friday check-out.
$2000: corporate rate, no lodging (limited space available for professionals)

First priority is given to students and faculty at universities. If there is space available, we welcome early-stage entrepreneurs and corporate participants.

Payment is non-refundable upon acceptance into the program.