Abstract:
The need to translate Canadian research into societal impact has never been greater. However, mobilization of science-based innovations requires overcoming specific challenges, including innovation capacity in people. Canada understands the need to provide entrepreneurial programming for scientists, but most existing training focuses narrowly on startup creation. Research shows many critical decisions are made pre-startup, that startups are one of several paths and that there many necessary roles beyond founder. This panel explores the impact the national Mitacs invention to Innovation (i2I) program across these different pathways in order to inform policy and support a broader view of training needs.
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