Entrepreneurship

Innovation for Good. Innovation for All.

The journey from problem to product isn’t an easy path. We know it’s easier if you take it with someone who’s been before.

At Duke, we’ve created an ecosystem to support innovation—including coaching from seasoned entrepreneurs and a team dedicated to discovering how to make the process of innovation faster, cheaper and easier.

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The BRiDGE Incubator space in the Chesterfield Building in downtown Durham.

During FY2023

98

new invention disclosures

40

patents issued

3

new companies spun out

$7.7M

revenue from our inventions

Christensen Family Center for Innovation

Through supportive experiential learning, students gain the skills and confidence necessary to drive real-world impact through transformative, market-ready products.

Programs Include:

  • Founder advisors network
  • Research acclerator
  • Product development lab
  • Research spin-out incubator
  • Regional partnership gateway
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Hannah Wilen

At Duke, I came to understand how startups create positive change in the world.

 Hannah Wilen Class of 2020 and co-founder, Capd Period
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Duke-Coulter Partnership

Powered by the legacy of inventor Wallace H. Coulter, the partnership has spun out new health technologies, companies and licenses since 2006. Its unique innovation model teams Duke biomedical engineers with Duke Health clinicians.

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Barry Myers, MD, PhD, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, researches the biomechanics of head and neck injury with the goal of injury prevention. Photographed in his office in Hudson Hall. Dr. Myers founded and directs the Coulter Foundation Translational Partnership Program at Duke that provides $1 MM in early stage funding and management to faculty health care innovations annually with a goal of licensing and creating new life science start-up companies. He is also Director of Innovation in the newly formed Duke CTSI where he is responsible for the consult service that provides funding and project management support to faculty translational research projects in the Duke Medical Center. Dr. Myers created and leads a national translational research fund intended to reduce injuries in professional football.
First cohort of A. James Clark Scholars at Duke University
First cohort of A. James Clark Scholars at Duke University Class of 2022 (E’22)

Student Entrepreneurship

Our student innovators receive personalized guidance from experienced entrepreneurs, and have access to funding and resources to support the development of their projects.

Opportunities Include:

  • Maker spaces: including the Foundry and TEC Center
  • BME Design Fellows
  • Master of Engineering Management-Entrepreneurship Track
  • A. James Clark Scholars Program
  • Baquerizo Innovation Grants
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