The Rainforest Accelerator will encourage and support entrepreneurial researchers from the University of New Mexico to explore commercial viability of their technologies, create new start-up businesses, generate business models, and submit proposals to other funding opportunities. Lean LaunchPad training will be incorporated as the overall entrepreneurial training curriculum and the Online Kauffman Founders School entrepreneurial training. There will be 2 cohorts of 10 teams per year.  The Rainforest Accelerator is administered by UNM Rainforest Innovations. In this program, teams of faculty, students, entrepreneurs, and mentors (mentors provided by the Rainforest Accelerator) receive funding ($3,000) to develop an idea, and complete extensive market discovery for a disclosed UNM technology.

The deadline to apply is September 24, 2023.

Register: Rainforest Accelerator Application – Lobo Rainforest Building