The Entrepreneurial Fellows Program will begin in Fall 2023 to train the next generation of entrepreneurs to take on society’s most pressing challenges that Northwestern researchers are addressing. Learn more about the program.
Q is for inQbation – where ideas, companies, people and products are incubated and accelerated. The Querrey InQbation Lab is where Questions become solutions.
The Querrey InQbation Lab was named in honor of Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P), chair of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Committee of Northwestern’s Board of Trustees. The InQbation Lab is a university incubator that extends Northwestern’s excellence in research-driven innovation by accelerating translation of its rich research portfolio. Through programming and space, the InQbation Lab provides support and resources for the very early stages of company formation, allowing the University to immediately enable near-term opportunities and increase the pipeline of startup companies.
We are building a space and community to bring together like-minded talent. Through proximity and collaboration, our programs create a place for the best ideas and entrepreneurial knowledge to converge and for our network of funding and resources to expand.
Mentor Network
Connect with a wide range of experts, entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals as a resource for early-stage NU teams.
FoundHer
Join programming that promotes women academic entrepreneurs.
Check out our currently available spaces.
Our spaces provide opportunities to meet, collaborate and do translational science.
Work alongside the innovative minds behind some of Northwestern's most promising startups.
Developing new detector materials to double the resolution of x-ray and gamma-ray imaging techniques
Developing smart solutions for implantable medical devices
Developing customizable nanostructured coating for industrial clean up
Producing high-quality proteins with a novel bacterial expression platform
Developing wearable technologies to monitor chronic medical conditions
Developing a novel small sample blood collection technology for lead testing
Designing cell-free biosensors for rapid detection of water contaminants
Developing a synthetic biology discovery platform to harness the therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicles
Building next-generation lithium-ion batteries
Treating myeloproliferative neoplasms with novel therapeutics
How can I get started?
Northwestern's entrepreneurial faculty and resident startups can take advantage of resources that include mentorship, legal assistance, discounts, funding, work spaces and more.
A decade ago, Northwestern chemistry professor Mercouri Kanatzidis and other scientists discovered that cesium lead bromide, a material being studied for applications in solar cells, has the ability to detect high-energy X-rays and gamma rays.
After a national search, Northwestern has appointed Lisa Dhar associate vice president for innovation. In this capacity, Dhar will lead the Innovation and New Ventures Office (INVO), a unit integral to advancing the University’s research impact through translation and entrepreneurship.