About us

The Tulane University Innovation Institute (TUII) is committed to helping students, faculty, and community innovators develop their ideas, launch startups, and attract the resources that will fuel innovation in the region and strengthen the area's economy.  The Innovation Institute will:

• Inspire, empower, and support innovators and entrepreneurs in translating ideas to market or growing and scaling their current businesses by providing educational programs, mentorship, and additional resources.

 • Accelerate the transformation of ideas into partnership-ready innovations and prepare innovators to launch investable companies through a comprehensive end-to-end commercialization process.

• Collaborate with industry and entrepreneurial support organizations to develop mutually beneficial relationships.

The Power of Innovation at Tulane

Universities have launched programs with similar components and concepts; but the Tulane Innovation Institute is designed specifically for this university, in this city, at this time.

Hear more from Tulanians and New Orleans entrepreneurs as they discuss the challenges that the Innovation Institute is designed to meet.