The fourth annual Bio-Entrepreneur School, taking place at BioCity Nottingham from 10-12 March 2010, has twenty fully funded places available. The winners will be selected from the best applications received by 11 December 2009.
A further 10 partially-funded places will given to priority applications and corporate places are also available.
The school, now in its fourth year, is a partnership between BioCity Nottingham Ltd and QED Consulting. It is open to anyone wanting to develop an entrepreneurial career in the commercialisation of bioscience and is especially suited to recent graduates, postdocs and academic researchers.
Bioentrepreneurs should be planning to commercialise a particular science or idea, just starting a business in the sector, or wanting to learn how to turn science into commercial technologies.
BioCity Incubation Manager, Nick Gostick, says, “The Bio-Entrepreneur School [...] has a reputation for delivering accessible commercial wisdom to people who are more at home in a scientific environment. The School supports their goals by taking them through an intense three-day programme, developing the business skills and confidence that helps them to reach their potential in this rapidly expanding sector.”
The Bio-Entrepreneur School is sponsored by organisations with an interest in developing the bioscience sector. A new sponsor this year is AstraZeneca.
Full information on the School is available at http://www.bioentrepreneur.co.uk
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