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Activate Louisiana - LSI BRIDGE

What will you Activate?

Louisiana’s labs and classrooms hold discoveries the world hasn’t seen yet.

LSI BRIDGE is a six-month program that helps scientists and engineers explore whether their research could become a company.

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Louisiana already has the science


Now it needs a path beyond the lab.

Every year, brilliant scientific research stalls before reaching the people who need it. Not because of a lack of ideas, but because of gaps in entrepreneurial skills, capital, and community.

Activate exists to help close that gap.

In Louisiana, we’re creating opportunities for scientists, engineers, students, and technical talent to explore what’s possible. You don’t need a business plan. You don’t need to have it all figured out. What matters right now is the question and passion.

More than one path forward

Connect with us to receive hands-on guidance that pressure-tests your assumptions.

Entrepreneurship isn’t the only destination.

 

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LSI BRIDGE PROGRAM

Six months of self-paced content, monthly virtual sessions, peer learning forums, and cohort events. You don’t need a company yet.

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STARTUP PATHWAYS

For students & early-career professionals. Join career panels and see roles beyond being a founder, from technicians to analysts and operators.

From research to real-world impact

The Louisiana Science Innovator (LSI) BRIDGE is a six-month program built on Activate’s proven curriculum and developed with FUEL

LENGTH

Six months

FORMAT

Virtual, self-paced

LIVE SESSIONS

Monthly, online

IN PERSON EVENTS

Hosted in Baton Rouge and New Orleans

ELIGIBILITY

Louisiana residents

EQUITY

None taken

BRIDGE Participant Eligibility

  • Currently enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at an accredited Louisiana higher-education institution
  • OR Early-stage founders and industry professionals working in Louisiana's carbontech or energy sector
  • Has not yet founded a company around the technology in question, still in an exploratory or early-development stage, typically TRL 1-2
  • OR Pre-formation/early enough that foundational commercialization training still applies, may have some IP basis associated with the idea/innovation
  • Project is rooted in science, engineering, or applied technology with plausible commercial or deep-tech relevance and with a focus on carbon technology (carbontech)
  • Must be based in Louisiana with a strong interest to remain in Louisiana post-incorporation

Questions? Contact Leroy Brown at leroy.brown@activate.org

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GET INVOLVED

Help us find Louisiana’s next critical thinkers

For faculty, advisors, and campus partners

Tell us about a student or researcher

No commitment. It helps us know who to reach out to first when applications open.

Host an info session

We’ll come to your campus, class, or lab group.

Start a partnership conversation

For departments, centers, and career offices thinking further ahead.

For Louisiana industry

Open doors for internships and jobs

Tell us what you’re hiring for, and we’ll connect candidates to your pipeline.

Share a problem you’re trying to solve

Tell us about your technical or operational challenges so we can point Louisiana’s researchers toward work that matters to industry.

Lend your expertise

Mentor a participant, speak to a cohort, or help pressure-test early ideas.

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