Global Academic Inventors NetworkGive Advice. Get Advice.
Speak with people who have been there.
GAIN connects students, early-career researchers, and inventors with mentors who have built the careers, companies, and discoveries you're working toward.
Member institutions
Inventors at NAI Member Institutions across the world.
What you'll find
A network built around the conversations that matter.
Three places to find the people, the problems, and the playbooks you've been looking for.
Mentorship
Find a mentor who's already taken the path you're considering. Schedule a 30-minute conversation. Ask the questions you couldn't ask anywhere else.
Browse mentors →Communities
Join Special Interest Groups led by senior inventors. Discuss problems with peers across institutions. Share what you're working on without the noise.
See communities →Library
Curated publications, conversations, and case studies on intellectual property, fundraising, technology transfer, and the realities of bringing ideas to market.
Explore the library →
The program
One platform, shaped around the questions inventors actually ask.
From protecting intellectual property to securing funding, GAIN brings mentors, peers, and a curated resource library into one place — built for members of the National Academy of Inventors and the institutions they call home.
Read about the program →Voices
The conversation I had through GAIN saved me eighteen months of guessing. I'd been trying to figure out the licensing question on my own — twenty minutes with someone who'd done it before changed the trajectory of the project.
“As a mentor, I want to give back to the next generation of inventors. GAIN makes it easy to do that on my own time.”
“I came in looking for fundraising advice. I left with a community of people working on similar problems.”
Give Advice. Get Advice.