Get Involved
Find your way in
X-Labs runs on participation. Find the way in that fits you, then bring a challenge, join a project, or partner with NIC.
For Students
Students
Do real customer discovery, build MVPs, and leave with a portfolio of work that actually shipped, not just class projects.
- Run real customer discovery with real stakes
- Build a portfolio of validated outcomes, not exercises
- Learn build-measure-learn from faculty, partners, and peers
For Faculty
Faculty
Plug your course into a live problem and coach students through discovery and build-measure-learn.
- Bring a live problem into your coursework
- Coach students through discovery, the canvas, and MVPs
- Connect what you teach to active community needs
For Community Partners
Community
Bring a problem you live with. Be the person a team learns from, and builds for.
- Bring a problem worth solving
- Be the beneficiary a team learns from
- Get local solutions you can actually use
For Industry Partners
Industry
Sponsor a problem, mentor a team, and meet the people doing the work.
- Sponsor problems that matter to your sector
- Mentor teams and shape the work
- Meet future talent early
- Support regional workforce development
Take the next step
Bring a challenge, or become a partner.
Have a problem worth solving, or want to join the X-Labs network? Start here.