Venture Science Doctorate: a 3-year, fully-funded, venture-first PhD program

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Requirements:

• Impact-driven candidates with experience in solving large-scale societal problems.
• Desire to build a company using advanced research and technology.
• Demonstrated curiosity with examples of past learning experiences.
• Undergraduate degree related to science, innovation, or design-thinking, or relevant professional research experience.
• Willingness to spend one week on the application to solve a societal problem using specified methodology.

Responsibilities:

• Year 1: Familiarize with an industry, map opportunities, identify optimal solutions, perform lab work, and collaborate with partner research groups.
• Year 2: Focus on invention, develop initial hypotheses, work with research groups to prove technology, and validate through technoeconomic analysis.
• Year 3: Venture creation, build scalable technology, engage with investors, and develop investment cases while leading a new venture.