Student Resources

Do you want to try out some new ideas and/or make a prototype? Visit the MakerSpace to find out about their equipment, classes they offer, and their new equipment lending program.

CoMotion Labs at Startup Hall rents space to IT and software start-ups.

Life Sciences Washington has a number of life sciences events and a job site, as well as offering one free consulting session with their business advisors. Washington Technology Industry Association also has frequent events and job postings.

You may find some of the patent and copyright links at the UW Libraries useful: Patent and Trademark Information

Please see the UW policy here

You can contact the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic

CoMotion Labs, UW’s incubator program, offer talks and networking open to anyone. Here’s a link to their events page which also includes other start-up events Classes such as those listed here: http://foster.uw.edu/centers/buerk-ctr-entrepreneurship/undergraduate-entrepreneurship/ and http://www.uweb.engr.washington.edu/PTC/ may be of interest to you.

SEBA helps to develop science and engineering students into business professionals, and to which business leaders come to engage professionally-minded students.

From their website - “The ELC is a transactional and counseling clinic, which means that we do not represent clients in litigation, arbitration, mediation, or any other active dispute. Instead our services center on providing your business with a comprehensive “legal and business audit” that will help you identify issues before they become serious problems. We will provide you with a confidential report, generally at the end of the academic quarter in which you or your business became a client. This report will also give you guidance on how to proceed to remedy potential problems and/or establish systems to limit or prevent standard business formation and growth pitfalls. Our standard representation includes a commitment only to this audit process.

Upon mutual written agreement between you and ELC, we may extend our representation to assist you in basic entrepreneurship-focused legal service, such as:

• Forming a corporation, limited liability company (LLC), or other legal business entity as appropriate
• Filing simple intellectual property (IP) documents such as provisional patent applications, copyright registrations, and trademark registration applications
• Reviewing, negotiating, and/or drafting contracts such as commercial leases and loans, vendor agreements, services agreements, or employment agreements
• Assisting in compliance with state and local business licenses and taxes
• Drafting and execution of trademark and copyright registrations, provisional patent applications, and licensing or assignment agreements
• IP counseling regarding branding, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, freedom to operate, unfair competition, antitrust, publicity rights, and privacy rights”

Contact info:

Phone: (206) 616-5854

Email: elcinfo@uw.edu

The GIX Innovation Competition is an annual event with a specific theme every year. It is a unique opportunity for students, inventors and entrepreneurs to bring forward innovative ideas, projects and prototypes and be evaluated and mentored by world-renowned thought leaders in industry and top universities.

The Business Plan Competition (BPC) is a platform for student-led ventures. The competition provides student teams with mentoring from entrepreneurs and investors, the opportunity to tell their stories to the Seattle startup community, and the visibility they need to get going. More than 3,730 students have participated in this annual new venture competition since its inception in 1998, and the Buerk Center has awarded 139 teams with over $1.2 million in seed funding.

The Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC)   mobilizes students to apply their knowledge and ingenuity to solve environmental problems. Since 2009 the Buerk Center has awarded $416K in prototype funding and prize money to teams whose innovations address alternative energy production, clean water, fuel efficiency, etc. This annual challenge is open to students from colleges and universities across the Pacific Northwest.

The new UW Health Innovation Challenge (HIC) builds on the strengths of the University of Washington to provide a platform for interdisciplinary student teams to work on new solutions to existing health/healthcare problems, new approaches to helping people live healthier lives, new opportunities for care and treatment, and new product or services to bring to market.

DubHacks is a 24-hour collegiate hackathon held at the University of Washington in Seattle. We bring together undergraduate students of all backgrounds to inspire individuals to develop creative tools to solve society’s biggest issues.