Dear all, The Lab2Market Prairies VALIDATE Program is open for all Graduate researchers (Masters, PhD, and Postdoc), Certificate and Diploma students, and Undergraduate students. The deadline to apply to the program is 17 October 2025. Pls share this information with your students and refer to the message below for more details. Best regards, Sadia ________________________________ From: AVP PKMI AVP.PKMI@umanitoba.ca Sent: Wednesday, October 1, 2025 11:10 AM To: 'adr-rlo@lists.umanitoba.ca' adr-rlo@lists.umanitoba.ca; VPAC-Dept-Heads@lists.umanitoba.ca vpac-dept-heads@lists.umanitoba.ca; Rector St. Pauls College Rector.StPaulsCollege@umanitoba.ca; Anastasia Cholakis Anastasia.Cholakis@umanitoba.ca; Marcia Friesen Marcia.Friesen@umanitoba.ca; Lisa O'Hara Lisa.Ohara@umanitoba.ca; Allison Abra Allison.Abra@umanitoba.ca; Kelley Main Kelley.Main@umanitoba.ca; Douglas Brown Douglas.Brown@umanitoba.ca; Kellie Thiessen Kellie.Thiessen@umanitoba.ca; Richard Jochelson Richard.Jochelson@umanitoba.ca; Heidi Marx Heidi.Marx-Wolf@umanitoba.ca; Peter Nickerson Peter.Nickerson@umanitoba.ca; Dean Environment Dean.Environment@umanitoba.ca; Reg Urbanowski reginald.urbanowski@umanitoba.ca; Ute Kothe Ute.Kothe@umanitoba.ca; Hope Anderson Hope.Anderson@umanitoba.ca; Dean Agriculture agdean@umanitoba.ca; Stephen Runge Stephen.Runge@umanitoba.ca; Stephen Runge Stephen.Runge@umanitoba.ca; Peter Donahue Peter.Donahue@umanitoba.ca; Jan Stewart Jan.Stewart@umanitoba.ca; Mimi Locher Mira.Locher@umanitoba.ca; Suzanne Gagnon Suzanne.Gagnon@umanitoba.ca; Brian Mark Brian.Mark@umanitoba.ca; Josee Lavoie Josee.Lavoie@umanitoba.ca Cc: Bonnie Warkentine Bonnie.Warkentine@umanitoba.ca; Dawn Silva Dawn.Silva@umanitoba.ca; Susan Hirst Susan.Hirst@umanitoba.ca; Grace Bamigbade Grace.Bamigbade@umanitoba.ca; Ivan Froese Ivan.Froese@umanitoba.ca; Janine Drennan Alsip Janine.Drennan@umanitoba.ca; Jennifer Palichuk Jennifer.Palichuk@umanitoba.ca; Jessica Bonneteau Jessica.Bonneteau@umanitoba.ca; Jodi Petch Jodi.Petch@umanitoba.ca; Jonas Brandt Jonas.Brandt@umanitoba.ca; Karen Soares Karen.Soares@umanitoba.ca; Liane Allen Liane.Allen@umanitoba.ca; Marion DeJong Marion.DeJong@umanitoba.ca; Melissa Stamm Melissa.Stamm@umanitoba.ca; Mya Kraft Mya.Kraft@umanitoba.ca; Sarah Rout Sarah.Rout@umanitoba.ca; Tammy De Jong Tammy.DeJong@umanitoba.ca; Elsie Besana Elsie.Gomez-Besana@umanitoba.ca; Tara Vogelsang Tara.Vogelsang@umanitoba.ca; Teresa Albinet-Lecocq Teresa.Albinet-Lecocq@umanitoba.ca; Tracy Foster Davidson Tracy.Foster@umanitoba.ca; Liza Latta Liza.Latta@umanitoba.ca Subject: [Adr-rlo] Apply to Lab2Market Validate by Oct 17

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This message is sent on behalf of Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden, Associate Vice President (Partnership, Knowledge Mobilisation & Innovation)

Please distribute amongst your faculty.

Thank you,

Hans-Joachim

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Dr. Hans-Joachim Wieden (he/his)

Associate Vice-President Partnership, Knowledge Mobilisation & Innovation

University of Manitoba

407 Administration Building

66 Chancellors Cir, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada

From: Demetre Balaktsis <Demetre.Balaktsis@umanitoba.camailto:Demetre.Balaktsis@umanitoba.ca> Subject: Apply to Lab2Market Validate by Oct 17

WHAT? Apply NOW to the Lab2Market Prairies VALIDATE Program!

WHO? Calling all Graduate researchers (Masters, PhD, and Postdoc), Certificate and Diploma students, and Undergraduate students from any faculty or discipline at universities and colleges in Manitoba or Saskatchewan, who are interested in exploring research commercialization and entrepreneurship.

WHY? PROGRAM: Validate CORE – a 16-week deep dive to turn your research into a real-world startup. All applicants will go through a review process and 20 will be selected.

* Acquire practical knowledge and skills by actively engaging in... * customer discovery * market validation * business model development * Connect with Canada’s innovation ecosystem * Receive up to $10,000 in funding”

LEARN MORE? Read the attached FLYER to learn more and APPLYhttps://airtable.com/appMYxj6uuBxtSS72/pagPUhv7Mm0wiA5i9/form?prefill_Application+Cohort=Lab2Market+Validate+-+Prairies+%28English%29+%7C+Feb+2026 before the October 17 deadline.

Sincerely,

Demetre Balaktsis

Program Manager, Lab2Market Prairies

Partnerships, Knowledge Mobilization & Innovation

(431) 337-7376