The Yale Innovators’ Prize, part of Startup Yale, is a $15,000 cash prize awarded to the for-profit or non-profit startup that has the potential to produce the greatest impact (financially, socially, or otherwise). The Yale Innovators’ Prize is open to any project, campaign, solution, venture, or non-profit led by a current Yale student(s). 

The Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, part of Startup Yale, is a $25,000 cash prize awarded to the best student-led venture focused on social innovation in health or education for underserved communities in the United States or low-resource countries.

The Sabin Prize, part of Startup Yale, awards $25,000 to a promising student business venture that advances environmental sustainability.

The Rothberg Catalyzer Prize, part of Startup Yale, awards $15,000 to the best student-led venture focused on developing an innovative hardware or AI solution to a medical challenge.

The Rita Wilson Prize Fund in support of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, part of Startup Yale, is a $10,000 cash prize awarded to the best student-led venture focused on creating a technological solution to address a health disparity in the United States.

The New Haven Civic Innovation Prize, part of Startup Yale, awards up to $10,000 to the best student- or community-led venture or project focused on benefiting the City of New Haven.

The Miller Prize, part of Startup Yale, awards $25,000 to a promising student-led venture working on innovative tech or tech-enabled solutions.

The Yale SOM Donor-Funded Entrepreneurial Awards application is open and accepting submissions. If you are a Yale SOM student founding and launching a venture and are looking for grant funding for your venture, review the application form and apply today! Applications are due March 11. Please write to Patricia Resio with any questions about the applications and awards - patricia.resio@yale.edu.

International entrepreneurs face a number of hurdles when seeking to start a business in the United States. In this event recording, follow attorney Dan Berger as he explains the immigration options available to international entrepreneurs, as well as provides insight into how international entrepreneurs should structure their companies to give themselves the best chance at a secure future in the United States.

The Schwarzman Center's Storyboard is a virtual workshop for sharing ideas and making stories together. It offers an interactive digital space for projects-in-process where Yale makers will have access to a collective media library system and the post-production resources to shape raw media into finished content.

Yale University, the University of Connecticut, and Quinnipiac University have joined forces with Connecticut Innovations and the Bioscience Innovation Fund to help you commercialize your biomedical technology innovation (medical devices, diagnostics and health information technology). This $1 million, two-year initiative provides up to $30,000 per project of much-needed gap funding to seedling companies or faculty and student groups associated with any Connecticut university. Applications are accepted twice a year. The strongest proposals, as determined by a peer review committee, will receive up to $30,000 in funding.

The CCAM Lending Lab is managed and operated by the Yale Student Technology Collaborative (STC) and is available to all members of the Yale community. For the fall 2020 semester the lending lab is making long term loans and pick up is by appointment.