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The Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Learn to think like an innovator, turn ideas into real-world impact, and build a network of industry leaders and entrepreneurs. Your journey starts here!

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Empowering Ideas, Connecting Innovators, Driving Impact at GW

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support your ideas!

The Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (OIE) is the university’s central resource for turning ideas into impact. We support students, faculty, alumni, and partners from all schools and disciplines - providing the programs, mentorship, and opportunities to build ventures, commercialize research, and shape the future of innovation at GW and beyond.

"OIE was truly transformative when I was at GW, and first starting up Nanochon. It helped us change our mindset from solving a 'scientific problem' to a real world customer need, and helped us quickly network with early collaborators, advisers and stakeholders."

Ben Holmes
National I-Corps Participant

Programming Through Your Innovator's Journey

At OIE, we provide structured programming around a three-phase progression known as the Innovator’s Journey. The Innovator’s Journey is GW’s step-by-step pathway to help students, faculty, alumni, and researchers turn ideas into impactful ventures.