IT Inkubator at University of Saarland will open its program to researchers across Germany, who will however have to join the existing facilities in Saarbrücken.
University of Saarland has announced it will open its IT Inkubator to academic researchers across the country rather than maintain its existing sole focus on the Saarland Informatics Campus.
Faculty and students will be able to join a startup program aimed at helping them develop technologies to the point where they can be licensed by an existing company or spun out.
If selected, however, team members will be required to use the incubator’s existing facilities in Saarbrücken, rather than being able to tap into the program remotely.
The program will be open to existing groups and to single researchers who are looking for a founding management team – in the latter case, they will be able to access the incubator’s existing network to identify potential co-founders.
The three-month program will support founders in developing a business plan, identifying a client base and creating a prototype of…
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