• Extension grants are available for research teams at Dalhousie University and Memorial University who have received previous Seed funding.
• Teams must first complete one of the following programs before applying for this extension grant: Lab2Market Oceans, Lab2Market Validate, or Lab au Marché Validation.  The Lab2Market (L2M) Oceans programs:

• Trains students/postdocs and principal investigators on entrepreneurial thinking and methodologies and focuses the next steps of research and innovation development based on in-depth market research and customer discovery.
• Provides a competitive stipend for the participating researcher (Masters, Doctorate, Postdoc).

• Applications for extension grants will be considered and assessed on the following criteria:

• Opportunity for the extension grant to advance the research to the next fundable stage of development (25%).
• Consideration of commercialization opportunity and strategy (25%).
• Insights leveraged from L2M to focus and advance research (25%).
• Robustness of EDIA strategy (25%).

• Apply for one of the three Lab2Market programs:

• Lab2 Market Oceans
• Lab2Market Validate
• Lab au Marché Validation

• Applications for Seed Fund extension grants will be considered on a rolling basis until funding is allocated. Future funding is not guaranteed.

• Complete a Lab2Market program (if not already completed).
• Fill out this application form for a Seed Fund extension grant.
• Email the completed form to the Training and Early Career Development Program Manager (tracey.woodhouse@dal.ca).

Have questions or need more information? Contact Eric Siegel, our Chief Innovation Officer.