Call for Applications: TechAccelR Grants
The TechAccelR program supports eligible McGill University Principal Investigators (PI) and their team by enabling the
Call for Applications: Invention to Impact Spring 2026 Cohort
The Invention to Impact (I-to-I) Training Program uses experiential learning to help McGill graduate students and their faculty supervisors gain insig
Call for Applications: Douglas Van Graduate Impact Award Program Spring 2026 Cohort
Up to 5 awards of $2000 each for 5 eligible graduate students, upon program completion. These awards are called the Douglas Van Graduate Impact Award, after the generous donor.
Call for Applications: WRSA Grants
Call for Applications: Lab2Market Launch Health Fall 2026
Lab2Market Launch Health is a 4-month accelerator program designed for ambitious entrepreneurial students and research teams across Canada who ar
Call for Applications: Capstone Design Prizes for Entrepreneurship 2026
The McGill Engine Capstone Design Prizes for Entrepreneurship support Faculty of Engineering student teams that have developed an innovative design solution as part of their final year Capstone Design Project with potential for their own startup venture.
How it works:
Call for Application: TechAccel Program Summer 2026
The TechAccel Program is one of the McGill Engine’s key co-curricular/experiential learning programs.
Mixer Monday
This monthly meeting is a chance for you to harness the collective knowledge of the community and overcome your current hurdles in building your current or next big idea. Talk about projects, ideas, and start-ups. It's an opportunity to meet other members of our McGill community face-to-face and strengthen connections with one another.
RSVPs preferred!
Date: Every 3rd Monday of the month
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 - Introduction to Industry Analysis
This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Foundations of IP and Patent Searching
This workshop will demystify and explain the various forms of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets, and when they are used. We will then do some actual patent searching using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Application Deadline: Capstone Design Prizes for Entrepreneurship 2026
The McGill Engine Capstone Design Prizes for Entrepreneurship support Faculty of Engineering student teams that have developed an innovative design solution as part of their final year Capstone Design Project with potential for their own startup venture.
How it works:
Application Deadline: TechAccelR Program
The TechAccelR program supports eligible McGill University Principal Investigators (PI) and their team by enabling the
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at McGill to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool.
Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery
This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.
Date: Apr. 7th, 2026 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)