INVOForward is a Northwestern mentorship program to accelerate biomedical commercialization, such as medical devices, therapeutics and Health IT, on both Evanston and Chicago campuses. It is designed to increase entrepreneurship by helping potential or current biomedical entrepreneurship teams focus on the customer discovery process. Through their discovery, the teams test and identify their market fit and assess the level of impact of their business proposition. INVOForward is modeled after, and will expand upon programs like the NIH I-Corps and University of Michigan’s Fast Forward Medical Innovation (FFMI).

Team Requirements
• Teams may consist of 1-3 people, with at least one NU or NM faculty, physician, clinical resident/fellow, staff or graduate student.
• Teams must explore the commercialization of Northwestern enabling intellectual property from a research lab, and acknowledgement of the faculty is needed.
• Teams may be as early as pre-ideation or may be further along in development.
• Participating teams will be expected to attend all components of the program (see Schedule above).

If you have any questions about this process, please email invoforward@northwestern.edu