Program guide
How to apply to LabCentral
Shared laboratory campus in Cambridge, MA for early-stage life-science startups, offering lab benches, core facilities, startup programs and sponsor-funded Golden Ticket residencies.
Step by step
- Check that you are eligibleThe published rules: Open to founders, researchers.
- Gather the materialsYou will need: Application form answers.
- Write the answersCheck who the incubator serves (a university's students, a city's residents, a sector) and confirm you fit before writing anything.
- Submit on the official pageApply through the official page, and keep the confirmation.
- Follow upNote when results are due. If the organiser invites questions, ask once, briefly, after the date has passed.
Timeline
- 21 days before the deadlineUpdate deck and numbersRefresh the deck, key metrics and the one-sentence description of the company.
- 14 days before the deadlineDraft the answersAnswer every question plainly, with numbers you can verify.
- 7 days before the deadlineRecord and reviewRecord the video if one is asked for, and have someone outside the team read the answers.
- 2 days before the deadlineSubmitSubmit early; some programs review applications as they arrive.
Questions you will meet, answered honestly
What support do you need from us?
Two or three specific things, such as lab space, legal help or introductions in a sector, rather than “everything”.
What is your business model?
Who pays, how much and how often, as you understand it today. It is fine to say what you are still testing.
What reviewers of incubators look for
- Check who the incubator serves (a university's students, a city's residents, a sector) and confirm you fit before writing anything.
- Describe the next six months concretely: what you will build, test or sell, and what you need from the incubator to do it.
- Have a short business plan or one-pager ready; many incubators ask for one and use it in the interview.
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