How to become a sciencepreneur
The Entrepreneurial Skills workshop series offers early career researchers a hands-on introduction to innovation. Six half-day courses cover topics such as realizing the entrepreneurial impact of your research, how to get started, and getting your innovation project funded.
To learn how to become a sciencepreneur can provide a concise introduction to entrepreneurship as a career path. The topics lay a foundation to turn research insights into products that can be tested with real users. Discover if entrepreneurship is right for you and achieve a successful start as a science-based founder.
Workshops
Turning research into social impact and exploring entrepreneurial journeys |
22 October 9:00 – 12:00 |
29 October 13:30 – 16:30 |
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| Team building for startup founders | 3 November 9:00 – 12:00 |
| Test your innovative idea with customers | 3 November 13:30 – 16:30 |
6 November 9:00 – 12:00 |
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Get your innovation project funded - Navigating funding and grant applications |
6 November 13:30 – 16:30 |
Registration and certificates
Participants can register directly on the respective workshop website (click on title).
A certificate of participation will be issued for each workshop. When four or more certificates are achieved, participants may request a certificate for "Entrepreneurial skills" issued by the Graduate Campus and Innovation Hub.
1 ECTS Credit will be awarded (on request) to PhD candidates who have completed four or more workshops of the "Entrepreneurial skills" series.
About the Entrepreneurial Skills Series
The UZH Innovation Hub collaborates with the Graduate Campus to deliver a workshop series for entrepreneurial early career researchers at the University of Zurich. It is part of the GRC Transferable Skills course program for the Fall Semester 2025 and in accordance to the action plan (Teilprogramm 1 «Aktionspläne zur Postdoc-Phase») appoved by swissuniversities. The goal is to give PhDs and PostDocs the chance to look into entrepreneurship as a career path and explore the potential of their ideas.