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The Marty Erbaugh (i3) Lab 

Accelerator - Summer 2026

The summer accelerator is a multi-week program designed to help teams advance their ventures to the next stage in their startup journey through connections to campus and regional resources, business model and business development, prototyping and other support. The i3 Lab also includes collaborative programming opportunities from Design Innovation including workshops/mentoring with the Elliot DI Faculty Fellows and priority access to Reactor lab spaces. i3 Lab program resources will be delivered through one-on-one advising, structured workshops and projects, industry mentorship, and other support depending on business phase. The i3 Lab program also includes key card access to work spaces featuring resources, co-working areas and focus rooms within the Design Innovation Hub at ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì.

Special consideration will be made for teams showing traction within areas such as revenue generation, number of users, funding raised, website traffic, and other metrics.

This program is open to ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì undergraduate and graduate students that will be continuing enrollment in Fall 2026.

Marty Erbaugh i3 Lab participants are student employees hired to work in the experiential lab environment for research and support of their ventures. Students will be paid an hourly rate totaling approximately $2,000 over the course of the program. Students must be eligible and available for on-campus student employment during program dates in order to be considered for the position. This is an in-person position that takes place in the i3 Lab at the Design Innovation Hub for venture work and programming from 10am-4pm (18 hours per week) during the following program dates:
June 2, 3, 4
June 9, 10, 11
June 16, 17, 18
June 23, 24, 25
June 30
July 1, 2
July 9, 10, 11

Position will be for one individual per team/venture with potential for more depending on total number of ventures/entrepreneurs in program.
 

Applications close March 8 at 11:59pm. We will connect with applicants for interviews in mid March.

Podcasting & Photography

The i3 Lab houses a podcasting studio that is bookable for all LaunchNET clients and Design Innovation members. Additionally, i3 is connected to the photography studio located on the first floor in the Blank Lab. 

These spaces can be reserved and learned about on DI's booking page:

J. Martin (Marty) Erbaugh

This space was created in honor of Marty Erbaugh, an entrepreneur, trustee and longtime advisor of LaunchNET ÐÔ¸£ÎåÔÂÌì. Marty was a man of great integrity, kindness and generosity who enjoyed serving God by serving others, particularly those in startup ventures. He was a great mentor and a high achiever, having served as one of LaunchNET's first advisory board members as well as a Burton D. Morgan Foundation Trustee.