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Application Deadline: Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowships Program

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Application deadline is February 16, 2025@ 11:59 PM ET, with project start date of May 1, 2025. 

Application process & details available here!

The Chwang Seto Innovation Fellowships Program supports the recipient and the team on the development of a technology in order to bring it closer to the marketplace and allow the fellow to gain further knowledge and experience in business and technology commercialization. Up to $60,000 is awarded as a grant to the Principal Investigator in order to fund the eligible McGill Faculty of Engineering PhD student or postdoctoral researcher to carry out the project full-time within 1 year maximum. This current program is made possible thanks to the Chwang-Seto families, in honour of the late Ronald Chwang (B.Eng.'72, D. Sc.'12), a pioneering entrepreneur and venture capitalist who served on the Faculty of Engineering Advancement Board.

Program Objectives

  1. Advance the technology from a minimum of TRL4 to TRL6 or higher in conjunction with targeted market needs/opportunities. 
  2. Significantly increase the likelihood of creating a McGill spinoff company or licensing the technology to an existing company.
  3. Provide an opportunity for the inventors to focus on the development of their invention while acquiring business and technology commercialization skills as part of the innovation process.
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