Volker IP Fund
Volker IP Fund
Turn your reserach into real-world impact.
The Volker IP Fund helps 麻豆视频scientist entrepreneurs protect and commercialize their innovations by covering the legal costs of pursuing patents or other intellectual property (IP) protection. Eligible applicants can receive up to $25,000 CAD in repayable funding to reimburse IP legal costs.
The fund was established in 2021 through a generous gift from entrepreneur, angel investor, and longtime 麻豆视频community member .
Who Can Apply
The Volker IP Fund is open to:
- 麻豆视频employees (staff and faculty)
- 麻豆视频students
- 麻豆视频postdoctoral fellows
- Research grant employees affiliated with SFU
- 麻豆视频alumni (within five years of graduation)
- Invention to Innovation ("i2I") program participants (within five years of program enrollment)
How to Apply
Complete the application form below. Your submission should include:
- A summary of your science-based innovation
- A commercialization plan outlining how you intend to bring it to market
- An impact statement describing its potential economic or social benefit
Applications are reviewed by the Volker IP Fund Committee at least quarterly. Proposals may be reviewed on an on-going basis as circumstances permit.
What Counts as a Science-Based Innovation
For the purposes of this fund, a science-based innovation is a new product, process, or service built on emerging scientific or technological research that creates both economic and social value.
If You're Selected
Successful applicants receive a repayable award of up to $25,000 CAD to reimburse eligible legal IP costs. The award takes the form of a convertible debenture, secured by a General Security Agreement, and is repayable, in equity, cash, or a combination of both, on a schedule mutually agreed upon with the Committee.
The successful candidate must report financial details for their IP and/or related venture to the Volker IP Fund Committee by December 1 for every calendar year until the convertible debenture has been repaid.
Volker IP Fund - Application Form
Confidentiality Notice: The information you submit through this form will be treated as confidential and reviewed only by members of the Volker IP Fund Committee for the purpose of evaluating your submission. Submission of this information does not constitute public disclosure of your invention or technology.