Beyond the Lab @ IAP

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"provided rare, closed-door access to founders and investors, creating an environment for candid conversations about the venture landscape. The insights and connections I gained directly contributed to my decision to go on to start Foundation EGI.

Mike Foshey, co-founder Foundation EGI
"The advice I got was invaluable to spin off my company and raise $9M shortly after graduation."

Tim Menke, Co-founder of Atlantic Quantum, now part of Google Quantum AI
"definitely one of my most transformative experiences at MIT. It is a catalyst for scientific founders: it strips away the mysteries of startups and speeds up the path from findings on research papers to company launch and beyond."

Zhizhen Zhong, Co-founder of Netpreme
"I took away crucial kernels of information that I still reference in conversation with my colleagues a year later"

Juliana Chesterton , PhD MIT
"... did two things better than any other program I've experienced at MIT... brought together an inter-disciplinary cohort and assembled frameworks for deeper investigation..."

Michael Lipton, Sloan Fellow

Thinking about turning your research into a company? Beyond the Lab is a weeklong IAP workshop for MIT students and postdocs who want to understand what it takes to go from the lab to a deep-tech startup.

Each afternoon, E14’s managing partners, Calvin Chin and Habib Haddad, will focus on a different part of the founder journey. Over the course of the week, you’ll hear from more than 15 MIT founders at different stages who’ve made the jump from scientist or engineer to founder.

Participants go through the week together as a cohort of future founders, and that connection keeps going after IAP. Companies like Foundation EGI, Netpreme and Atlantic Quantum got their early start at Beyond the Lab. We’re looking for people from a wide range of backgrounds and fields, and you don’t need a fully formed idea to apply.

Beyond the Lab: Journey from Scientist to Founder

Dates: January 25–29, 2027
Time: 2:00–5:00 PM
Location: On campus

Organized by E14 Fund and MAS

About E14 Fund
E14 Fund is an MIT-affiliated early-stage venture fund that started at the MIT Media Lab. We invest in scalable deep tech startups, serve the MIT community, and donate a significant portion of our profits back to MIT. Learn more about E14.

About MAS
Media Arts & Sciences is the Media Lab’s graduate program. Students arrive from art, science, design and engineering, and develop their own questions alongside faculty and the people working at the next bench.

⬇ Complete this form by November 30 to apply to join the Beyond the Lab cohort for IAP 2027 ⬇

Beyond the Lab @ IAP

Apply

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"provided rare, closed-door access to founders and investors, creating an environment for candid conversations about the venture landscape. The insights and connections I gained directly contributed to my decision to go on to start Foundation EGI.

"The advice I got was invaluable to spin off my company and raise $9M shortly after graduation."

"definitely one of my most transformative experiences at MIT. It is a catalyst for scientific founders: it strips away the mysteries of startups and speeds up the path from findings on research papers to company launch and beyond."

"I took away crucial kernels of information that I still reference in conversation with my colleagues a year later"

"... did two things better than any other program I've experienced at MIT... brought together an inter-disciplinary cohort and assembled frameworks for deeper investigation..."