PhD Innovators
US · Pre-seed
Terms checked 7 Oct 2026 against the official page.
A year-long training and development pathway for Duke PhD candidates and postdocs to translate academic research into real-world ventures, offering $5k in project funds, coaching, and workshops.
The terms
- Investment
- $5k (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Equity
- No equity
- Program length
- 12 months (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Cohort size
- ~10 companies (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Next cohort starts
- 1 Jan 2027 (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Applications close
- 19 Oct 2026 (checked 7 Oct 2026)
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