Now Open: Statements of Interest for Design for Social Innovation (DFSI) Fall 2020
Express interest here - we will be in touch! The deadline to begin is October 16, but there are two information sessions that we will email interested parties about (Oct 7 and Oct 9). Open to all Columbia students, including Teachers College and Barnard The Design for Social Innovation Track is a self-paced, project-based program […]
Spark Workshop Searies: BlackOakTV | Building Advocacy Through Entertainment
RSVP here About two-thirds of black people in the United States pay for a subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, such as Netflix. But the underwhelming number of shows centered around black stories and characters contributes to the prevention of black viewers, who watch more long-form video content than any other ethnicity, from subscribing to […]
Deadline: KP Fellows Program
Apply Kleiner Perkins has been at the center of innovation – investing and building companies like Google, Amazon, Square, Slack, Twitter, Uber, Genentech, and many more. An important part of building iconic companies is attracting young talent and that’s why the group started the KP Fellows program. The program is an opportunity for technical students […]
SBIR/STTR Virtual Workshop
REGISTER Columbia Tech Ventures, in partnership with Stony Brook University, is inviting you to join the live Virtual Classroom for an interactive, 1.5 day SBIR/STTR workshop. Led by experts from BBC Entrepreneurial Training & Consulting, the session will review key basics, including program purpose, eligibility, and sources of funding. The general overview will be combined with proposal prep essentials […]
Deadline: WBENC Cummins Grant for Black Student Female Founders
APPLY HERE The WBENC Cummins Grant for Black Student Female Founders is a new funding initiative to invest in the next generation of the fastest growing segment of women-owned businesses – Black female founders. The grant program will provide $2,000 to $6,000 funding awards to Black female entrepreneurs in STEM currently enrolled in college or […]
Deadline: Fall Preliminary Round, Columbia Venture Competition
APPLY Introducing the addition of the Fall Preliminary Round of the Columbia Venture Competition. Details are at StartupColumbia.org where you'll see format and rules changes designed to improve the experience for everyone and to reward Columbia's most innovative startups. Teams participating in the Fall Preliminary Round may also compete in any of the other Spring […]
Deadline: MuckerLab Fellowship Application
Applications are accepting on a rolling basis, but the final deadline is November 1. Learn more and apply here. Fellowship Program: MuckerLab is seeking students for our fellowship program during the ‘20-’21 school year. Selected fellows will spend ~5 hours/week helping the deal flow team with sourcing and evaluating early-stage software and tech-enabled services […]
Fast Pitch
Sign up here. Sign-ups are now open for our annual campus-wide Fast Pitch 2020 competition in November! Teams will have 60 seconds to sell their business ideas to a panel of judges to win up to $5,000.
Application Deadline: Design for Social Innovation
APPLY HERE Are you interested in solving complex global problems through human-centered design? Design for Social Innovation (DFSI) is a project-based initiative and SIPA course open to students from Columbia’s 20 undergraduate and graduate schools. The application-only course will accept a total of 35 students for the Spring 2021 term. Selected students will work in […]
Columbia | IBM Launch Accelerator
APPLY HERE Are you an early-stage team developing innovative solutions in data transparency, big data, AI/ML, blockchain, or a related field in Deep Tech? Apply now to the 2020-2021 cohort of The Columbia | IBM Launch Accelerator, a pre-seed program for early-stage ventures affiliated with NYC-based academic institutions. This non-dilutive program focuses on building and […]