Events Calendar
This feed is a curated compilation of events throughout the sprawling entrepreneurship ecosystem at and around Columbia.
Events
Columbia Giving Day 2026
Your gift to the Campbell Center is a gift to all Columbia founders of businesses and social enterprises. Because it takes more than grit and brilliance to launch a new venture, we offer financial help through the annual Startup Columbia venture competition, space and mentoring at the Columbia Startup Lab in SoHo, and support for […]
Application Deadline: SIPA Global Policy Challenge
Have an idea that uses technology or data to tackle a pressing public policy problem? Applications are now open for SIPA's Annual Global Policy Challenge, where student teams compete for $75,000 in seed funding and receive expert mentorship and training/bootcamps that help turn bold ideas into real ventures. Teams of Columbia students and recent alumni, […]
Application Deadline: BiomedX Applications
accepting applications for the 2026 - 2027 cycle of the Columbia Biomedical Engineering Technology Accelerator (BiomedX)! Eligible Columbia faculty-led research teams have the potential to receive up to $100K in project award funding. Please share this with your faculty who may be interested. Pre-proposals can be submitted via an application form at Biomedx 2026-2027 Application Google Form. […]
Fast Pitch 2026
Fast Pitch is Columbia University’s longest running pitch competition on campus since 2013. The finalist teams of Columbia’s brightest entrepreneurs, undergraduate and graduate students will be able to pitch their idea in 60 seconds to a panel of judges and win up to $5,000. Attendees will be able to vote for their favorite pitch of […]
Columbia Healthcare Ventures Fast Pitch Competition
This fast-pitch competition is designed for Columbia University graduate and undergraduate students in the ideation phase (no funding raised to date) of a startup solution targeting a public health and/or healthcare problem. Participants (who have already been chosen) will pitch their idea in-person on November 20 from 9:30 am - 2:00 pm at the Mailman […]