Dalhousie University is looking for applicants to its Lab2Market Discover program — an eight-week precursor to the school’s Lab2Market Validate accelerator.

The program is meant for full-time researchers or advanced students who want to explore whether it could be viable for them to commercialize their research via entrepreneurship. The required time commitment is around three hours per week, although an accelerated, three-day version of the program is also available.

Dalhousie’s Lab2Market programs, hosted through its Dal Innovates entrepreneurship centre, are part of a national suite of accelerators and incubators. Newfoundland and Labrador’s Memorial University offers similar Lab2Market programming for bluetech research and the University of New Brunswick hosts an annual cybersecurity cohort.

“Participants come with their expertise and an idea for their venture, or sometimes an established young venture,” says Dal Innovates about the Discover program. “(Prospective founders) will explore the opportunities and challenges in entrepreneurship as an alternative career path – from the various potential applications of your technology to creating a network in the ecosystem.”

The application deadline is Aug. 11. You can learn more and apply here.