The Entrepreneurship Bridge Fund (EBF) is a program that supports early-stage research with commercialization potential in the Faculty of Science at uOttawa.

Program description

The technology proposed must show promise and sufficient level of advancement so that in a horizon of up to three years, it can be reasonably expected that the technology will be sufficiently mature to:

  1. Be licensed to a company, or
  2. Launch a researcher/student company, or
  3. Provide the researcher with more development funding opportunities.

The EBF aims to support activities broadly defined as advancing the translational potential of the discovery/technology such as:

  1. Increasing its technology readiness level
  2. Perform experiments essential to protect IP

The Faculty of Science EBF should not be considered the main source of funding to do a market analysis or develop a business plan. We encourage applicants, and their graduate students, interested in developing this aspect of research commercialization to apply for the Graduate Entrepreneurship Experience Programme (GEEP).

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Graduate Entrepreneurship Experience Program (GEEP)

The Graduate Entrepreneurship Experience Program (GEEP) is an experiential program for graduate students interested in innovation and possibly in starting a business and learning the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
Learn more about the GEEP

Contact info

Alexandre Poulain

Full Professor
Vice-Dean of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships

Room: STM325
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 6728
Work E-mail[email protected]

Hugo Lemieux

Senior Research Advisor
Room: STM 305
Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 3927
Work E-mail[email protected]