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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
(Click on the title for their corresponding membership applications)

ACADEMIC

  • Preferential access to the expertise, resources and research activities of all the academic and medical institutions as well as corporations actively participating in BEACON and its Hubs
  • Full access to utilize BEACON’s conference room, facilities and staff at BEACON’s offices in Hartford
  • Opportunity to develop educational programs for interested BEACON partners
  • Opportunity to engage in collaborative efforts with other BEACON members
  • Opportunity to participate in SBIR grant applications with BEACON industrial partners
  • Guidance for faculty in technology transfer efforts, including advice on how to prepare a business plan and seek venture capital support
  • Be listed in the BEACON website and event brochures.
  • Two free registrations to any major annual or biennial BEACON event
  • All employees are considered members of BEACON and entitled to participate in all BEACON events at member rates

 

  

CORPORATE

  • Preferential access to the expertise, resources and research activities of all of the academic and medical institutions actively participating in BEACON and its Hubs
  • Opportunity to explore new research and educational topics of interest with other BEACON members through BEACON forums, seminars and symposia
  • Opportunity to partner with BEACON faculty and medical staff on specific research and development projects
  • Opportunity to partner with other BEACON members on SBIR grant applications
  • Access to the new technology being developed at BEACON academic and institutions through a technology transfer process
  • Opportunity to view the portfolios of “start-ups” within BTN, Inc.
  • Opportunity to invest in any new medical technology in the BEACON network
  • Full access to utilize BEACON’s conference room, facilities and staff at BEACON’s offices in Hartford
  • Be listed in the BEACON website and event brochures
  • Two free registrations to any major annual or biennial BEACON event
  • All employees are considered members of BEACON and entitled to participate in all BEACON events at member rates

MEDICAL

  • Preferential access to the expertise, resources and research activities of all of the academic and medical institutions as well as corporations actively participating in BEACON and its Hubs
  • Full access to utilize BEACON’s conference room, facilities and staff at BEACON’s offices in Hartford
  • Opportunity to market medical facilities for clinical trials
  • Opportunity to engage in collaborative efforts with other BEACON members
  • Opportunity for medical staff to have assistance in seeking funding and submitting grant proposals, especially SBIR’s
  • Guidance for medical staff in technology transfer efforts, including advice on how to prepare a business plan and seek venture capital support
  • Be listed in the BEACON website and event brochures
  • Two free registrations to any major annual or biennial BEACON event
  • All employees are considered members of BEACON and entitled to participate in all BEACON events at member rates
  

INDIVIDUAL

  • Opportunity to network with other BEACON members
  • Opportunity to engage in collaborative efforts with other BEACON members
  • Participation in all BEACON events including the Annual BEACON Symposium and Technology Fair at member rates
  • Access to utilize BEACON’s conference room, facilities and staff at BEACON’s offices in Hartford

ASSOCIATION

  • Opportunity to engage in collaborative efforts with “BEACON”
  • Participation in all BEACON events including the Annual BEACON Symposium and Technology Fair at member rates
  • Be listed in the BEACON website and event brochures