| Mentorship | Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) | Mentorship training offered 2x/year. Training is one, 3 hour session. | Required Year 1 |
| Mentorship | PROPEL NW | Mentor postbaccalaureate trainees to help prepare them for graduate school. Required for 1+ year. Time commitment is > 3hr/month. | Required Year 2 |
| Mentorship | Meet with SeaHub mentor | Meet with SeaHub mentor to discuss science progression. | Required Year 1 & Year 2 |
| Entrepreneurial Track Career Development: Entrepreneurship Basics | Health Innovation Practicum | Students form teams around project concepts & present solutions to expert panel. Fall quarter, 2hr weekly sessions. | Required Year 1 (pick one course) |
| Entrepreneurial Track Career Development: Entrepreneurship Basics | Tech Commercialization | Examines commercialization process from idea to market working with UW scientists. Spring quarter, 1x/week virtually | Required Year 1 (pick one course) |
| Discovery Track Career Development: Grant Writing | ITHS Grant Writing Course | Guided writing of an NIH grant with clinical focus. Fall quarter, 1x/week virtually. | Required Year 1 (pick one course) |
| Discovery Track Career Development: Grant Writing | Basic Science Grant Writing Course | Guided writing of NIH R or K grant with grant submission. Meets virtually once/week for 8-10 weeks. | Required Year 1 (pick one course) |
| Entrepreneurial and Discovery Track Career Development: Communications | UW Communication Leadership Program | Workshop series with various topics. Pick 3 (~2hr) workshops to attend. | Required Year 2 |
| Networking | LSWI Lunch & Learn Series | Free monthly webinars to explore commercialization topics, featuring discussions with experts and experienced entrepreneurs. Open to all interested in startups! | Elective |
| Networking | NUCLEATE | Seminar series featuring speakers focused on biotech. Funded independently by companies and run by graduate students | Elective |
| Networking | Team Tuesdays Lunch Meetups | Free lunch and networking event on main UW campus hosted by UW Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. | Elective |
| Networking | ITHS Fireside Chats | Join virtual fireside chats with biomedical entrepreneurs and industry experts. Free sessions on essentials for early-stage innovators, held via Zoom and recorded. | Elective |
| Networking | Life Science Innovation Northwest Conference | The Pacific Northwest's largest annual life science conference! This 1.5 day conference brings together local biotech companies and academics to discuss recent life science breakthroughs. | Elective |
| Networking | Research After Dark | Research After Dark (RAD) Networking is a group led by graduate students and postdocs from Fred Hutch, University of Washington, and Seattle Children's organizing events for trainees in the Seattle-area. This is a great opportunity to network with Seattle area professionals and trainees. | Elective |
| Career Development | CoMotion - Fundamentals for Startups Series | Range of different seminars focusing on start-ups. All seminars are recorded and archived. | Elective |
| Career Development | Business Plan Practicum (UW ENTRE 540) | Learn to launch a successful business and leverage competitions like the Business Plan Competition. Explore real-world concepts from idea generation to planning, while networking with peers and Seattle’s accomplished entrepreneurs. | Elective |
| Career Development | Creative Destruction Lab Course (UW ENTRE 490/ENTRE 579) | Course focuses on seed-stage startups in advanced manufacturing and computational healthcare. Students engage in mentorship, project work, and develop entrepreneurial skills while contributing to technology ventures. | Elective |
| Career Development | Technical Assessor for the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) | Thirty or so technical assessments completed on companies the CDL is looking to admit to our cohort for the following year. This is roughly a 1-2 hour commitment, 1 hour preparing to meet with the company (they provide technical documentation in advance), 30-45min meeting with the founders, and 15-30min afterwards submitting your opinion on the company's technical feasibility. | Elective |
| Career Development | Guest in Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Computational Health Session Day | Act as volunteer/listener as startups are assessed by panel of experts. | Elective |
| Career Development | LSW Institute Grant Writing Workshop | This bootcamp series is for anyone interested in learning more about SBIR and STTR funding opportunities, and for those who want to effectively compete for these awards to develop and commercialize innovative technologies. | Elective |
| Career Development | Women in Entrepreneurial Leadership (UW ENTRE 579) | Workshops to support entrepreneurial students of all majors, focusing on women’s experiences in entrepreneurship. The program offers mentorship, coaching, and experiential learning to foster confident, inclusive leaders and personal growth. | Elective |
| Career Development | UC San Diego Pharmaceutical and Biotech Drugs Journey: From Preclincial to Patients | Online modules explore drug development and commercialization processes. This course offers insights from UC San Diego's Skaggs School of Pharmacy faculty and industry practitioners on drug development and marketing. | Elective |
| Career Development | WRF Venture Analysts Program | WRF seeks 2-4 Venture Analysts for due diligence on life sciences and enabling tech grants and investments, focusing on startups and research spinouts in Washington state. | Elective |
| Career Development | Grant Writing Workshops (Grant Training Center) | Variety of in-person or virtual grant writing courses focused on NIH, NSF, or DOD grants. | Elective |
| Career Development | STEP-WISE (UW) | The Science Teaching Experience Program – Working in Science Education (STEP-WISE) offers postdoctoral scholars mentored teaching apprenticeships, focusing on course design and student-centered pedagogies, enhancing their teaching skills alongside research appointments. | Elective |
| Career Development | Husky Pitchfest (UW) | Connect with UW's entrepreneurial community to build your network and make an impact. Husky PitchFest is a matchmaking event for anyone interested in entrepreneurship, including founders, aspiring founders, and collaborators who want to share their talent and skills. Cash prizes, industry judges, and networking reception. | Elective |
| Career Development | CZI Training & Capacity Building Program | Free seminars hosted by CZI. Seminars range from public speaking to grant writing to leadership. | Elective |
| Additional Funding Opportunities | Washington Research Foundation (WRF) Technology Commercialization | Researchers and entrepreneurs at Washington state institutions have the potential to translate discoveries into innovative products and services that improve health and advance technology. However, before attracting commercial investment, these technologies often need further development, evaluation, and risk reduction. WRF technology commercialization grants help bridge this gap by supporting commercially viable, translational research and accelerating technology development for public benefit. WRF uses a phased funding approach. Initial grants provide up to $100,000 in direct costs, with an additional 10% allowed for indirect costs. Investigators who meet project milestones may be invited to apply for additional funding, up to $1 million in direct costs, plus 10% for indirect costs. | Strongly encouraged for Year 3 Fellows |
