The greater Boston area is home to some of the world’s finest research laboratories, which secure billions of dollars in government, non-profit, and private funding to advance the frontiers of knowledge. To bring these technologies to market, there is an ever-growing need for managers who can work in technical multidisciplinary teams, develop ideas, secure funding, and (hopefully) pursue commercial opportunities.

The Lab to Market field course is designed to outline a path that begins with a discovery in a lab, and then pushes towards the market. The course is designed for students who want to pursue management or entrepreneurship opportunities in science-focused organizations.

The course covers such issues as creating value from science and technology innovations, the management of scientists, intellectual property, and organizational models of science and technology-based ventures.

By design, a significant share of the students in the class will be cross-registrants from Harvard Medical School, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard Law School, and the MIT Sloan Fellows Program. This highly diverse student body provides a unique opportunity for cross-disciplinary learning.

Students will work in multidisciplinary teams to develop plans around real intellectual property emerging from world-class laboratories at local scientific research institutions. Course faculty will provide mentoring and advice for project teams, and students will ideally work directly with principal investigators from research labs.

HBS Lab to Market is open to cross-registrants. Interested cross-registrants should submit a resume here. The faculty will review all cross-registration candidates and select a subset that will reflect a balanced diversity of relevant fields of study to create interdisciplinary student teams.

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