Our E-Team Program gives student innovators the chance to move new science and tech ideas out of the lab and classroom and into the marketplace. The three-stage program provides grant funding, experiential workshops, coaching, and a potential investment opportunity to help teams manifest their project's full commercial potential.

During Propel, your team will start to plan out and validate the pathway for your innovation, digging into business model design and mapping action plans to engage stakeholders and de-risk your venture. You'll cover topics including pricing and revenue models, strategic partnerships, and financial resources. Stage 2 provides your team with additional funding of up to $20,000. During this program, you will develop your business model hypotheses and a plan to test them and during the required three month period, you will execute on that plan to validate your business model.

Workshop Location/Dates/Times
The Ohio State University
1636 N High Street
Columbus, OH 43201

May 2-3, 2024
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ET

Please plan to arrive the day before and depart the day after the workshop.

Important Registration Directions
As stated in the program guidelines, VentureWell requires that two key student members of your E-Team participate in the Propel Workshop, which will take place in Columbus, Ohio from Thursday, May 2 to Friday, May 3, 2024. Please plan to arrive the day before and depart the day after the workshop.

Each team is required to send at least two participants. If your team wishes to send a third team member, please email Sarah Wharmby at swharmby@venturewell.org for approval. It is the team leader's responsibility to ensure registration is complete by each team member before the deadline of March 27, 2024 and you may need to forward registration details over email to your team members. Failure to register before the registration deadline may result in your team not being able to participate in the workshop and access grant funds. If you have questions please contact Sarah Wharmby at swharmby@venturewell.org.