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{{Short description|Applied academic research lab}}
{{Infobox company
| name = edgelab
| logo = File:EdgelabLogoFreshIdeas.png
| foundation = November 2000 in Stamford, CT
| founder = (several)
| location = [[Stamford, Connecticut]], [[United States]]
| industry = Research
| products = 
| num_employees = 4 (2008) 
| parent =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.edgelab.com}}
}}
'''edgelab''' (typically expressed with a leading lowercase "e") is an applied academic research lab, established in 2000 as a partnership between [[General Electric]] and the [[University of Connecticut]].<ref name="uconn857">{{cite web|url=http://www.business.uconn.edu/cms/p857 |title=GE/UConn edgelab : University of Connecticut School of Business |publisher=Business.uconn.edu |date=2010-04-15 |access-date=2014-01-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217073127/http://www.business.uconn.edu/cms/p857 |archive-date=2013-12-17 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edgelab.info/News%20and%20Press/GE_Capitals_Ebiz_Farm_Team.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721200130/http://www.edgelab.info/News%20and%20Press/GE_Capitals_Ebiz_Farm_Team.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''edgelab''' approaches GE Businesses three times per year, identifying key strategic initiatives for program execution.  15 projects are selected each year (five per semester) and students, faculty, and on-site GE staff work on these projects full-time for the 13-week session.

The edgelab program was discontinued in Spring 2011. The School of Business and General Electric have announced their plans to continue the relationship by creating a new joint venture.<ref name="uconn857"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20110328/PRINTEDITION/303289991 |title=GE pulls plug on UConn edgelab |publisher=HartfordBusiness.com |access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courant.com/2011/03/28/uconns-celebrated-program-with-ge-will-end-and-professors-doubt-the-public-explanation/ |title=UConn's Celebrated Program With GE Will End, And Professors Doubt The Public Explanation - Hartford Courant |publisher=Articles.courant.com |date=2011-03-28 |access-date=2014-01-31}}</ref>

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