Calling all founders, innovators, and startup team members: WE@Yale is launching its mentorship program for women/femme identifying innovators in the Spring 2021 semester. Any questions, please reach out to patricia.resio@yale.edu.

InnovateHealth Yale’s (IHY) seed funding applications are open! To date, IHY has provided over $300,000 in grants to support innovations in public health and education in low-resource settings.

Please review the comprehensive FAQs, rubric, and past recipients here as well office hours for the prize.

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.

The Student Catalyst Fund is an opportunity for current Yale students to apply for up to $3,000 to take their business, project, or intervention to the next level.

The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Clinic works closely with the entrepreneurial communities at Yale University, in greater New Haven, and beyond. Clients of the clinic range from student- and faculty-led entrepreneurial ventures at Yale from all institutes, programs, centers, and schools, to for-profit and nonprofit entrepreneurs and their ventures that are part of the greater New Haven innovation ecosystem. Clients also include innovative start-ups and emerging growth companies from other entrepreneurial places on the East Coast and from around the globe.

Entrepreneurs and innovators have an increasingly critical role in helping to slow down, and maybe even reverse, the effects of climate change. This seed funding program is an important step in unlocking this potential and fulfilling Yale’s commitment to building a more sustainable world. Up to five seed-stage grants of $500 - $3,000 will be awarded.

The Yale Center for Business and the Environment brings you a series of hands-on workshops for current or aspiring environmental changemakers. The purpose of these workshops is to equip students with practical skills to build sustainable and impactful projects, challenge existing paradigms to inspire ideas for new projects, and connect students to internal Yale sources that can help propel their ideas forward. 

The Innovator's Toolkit is a series of free workshops focused on key skills for innovation, from visual communication to fundraising.

Launched in 2016, the Social Innovation Lab is an incubator for members of the New Haven community dedicated to leveraging their talents to create positive social impact. The Lab provides mentorship, funding, workshops, and access to corporate services to help movements, non-profits, and socially driven organizations build vibrant, connected communities.