UPR i+c is the Center for Innovation at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras campus. It is a dynamic hub designed to provide a collaborative environment where students, researchers, and entrepreneurs can devise creative solutions to social challenges and launch human-centered technologies to the market.
UPR i+c
1. Support for innovation teams:
UPR i+c provides an integrated range of support services to students, researchers, and entrepreneurs to develop their innovations. These include a workspace at UPR i+c facilities, design thinking sessions, guidance in the value proposition and business model definition process, customer discovery, market analysis, intellectual property management, identification of potential partners, pitch and presentation management, and search for external funds. We also offer assistance in the construction and validation of prototypes.
We pay special attention to projects with the potential to participate in SBIR/STTR programs.
- Innovation Methodology
- Market Analysis
- Financial Analysis
- Pitch and Narrative Techniques
- Intellectual Property
- Identification of Partners
- Support in SBIR and other proposals
2. Incubator:
UPR i+c offers an incubation program open to students and community entrepreneurs. It consists of a nine-month training program, plus an additional six months of post-incubation support, during which the participants will engage in a series of workshops and mentoring sessions, take advantage of various specialized professional services, ranging from accounting, legal, human resources, and marketing services, and enjoy the collaborative working space at the UPR i+c facilities.
For more information, please contact: upr.ic@upr.edu
In addition to services provided to participants in the incubation program, we support innovators in the early stages of their projects and offer mentorship and assistance to participate in programs and competitions in Puerto Rico and the United States.
3. Academic offer:
In collaboration with the School of Architecture, UPR i+c offers a Minor Concentration in Design and Innovation. Students of any academic discipline may enroll in this six-course minor, to learn about design, innovation and entrepreneurship that at the same time prepares them to develop an innovative product or service with the potential to be commercialized in global markets.
UPR i+c also offers two certificates in innovation. These consist of a series of workshops and mentoring sessions, during which participants develop their own innovation project based on their interests or academic research. This offer is open to academic programs from any campus or university, as well as nonprofit organizations and companies.
- Certificate in Innovation (Introductory)
- Certificate in Innovation Commercialization and Preparation of the SBIR Commercialization Plan
We are at the heart of the Río Piedras Campus of the University of Puerto Rico
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