The Slater Technology Fund today announced the selection of six local university students for its Entrepreneurial Fellows Program in 2010. Commencing its second year, the program is a joint initiative between the Slater Technology Fund and the National Science Foundation’s Rhode Island Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (R.I. EPSCoR). The Entrepreneurial Fellowship Program is designed to actively engage graduate and undergraduate students in entrepreneurship in the life sciences and biotechnology industries in Rhode Island.

The students will spend the semester commencing January 2010 working with Slater executives in the venture development process, interacting with both academic researchers and industry professionals to understand the process of start-up formation, recruitment of entrepreneurial teams, development of business plans, acquisition of capital, and implementation of commercialization strategies.