Eligibility Organizations: UM6P, GEP, MASCIR, 1337, YouCode, Cadi Ayyad, Hassan II, Mohammed V, Al Akhawayn, Technopark and PASET students (undergraduate, masters and PhDs and postdocs), and researchers.

Technopark and PASET teams are not eligible to receive funding, but are eligible to join the program for mentoring, workshops, office hours and all the other resources.

Eligible members (see Eligibility Organizations above) and their teams that have a startup idea that they are already working on or want to start working on are eligible to apply.

• All business models are welcome, including non-profit, social ventures, commercialization of eligible organizations (see Eligibility Organizations above) research and projects.

• This does not include internships, charities, or research that you are not actively trying to commercialize or bring to market.

Teams can have members from any eligible department or organization (see Eligibility Organizations above), as well as non-UM6P members.

A team must have at least one full-time member from an eligible organization (see Eligibility Organizations above) in a leadership role (if company is registered, then eligible member has to be one of the registrants).

Upon graduation or terminating affiliation with any of the eligibility organizations (see Eligibility Organizations above), a team is no longer eligible to continue within Explorer.

• Recruiting an eligible member to the team for the sole purpose of continuing the participation in Explorer will not be accepted as an eligibility criteria. Such addition to the team must happen at least ½ a cohort in advance. Please consult with the Explorer staff early about any clarifications required.

Teams must disclose prior or other sources of funding. This will not exclude you from being in the Explorer program in any way.