Columbia’s Program for Diversity & Inclusion in Commercialization & Entrepreneurship (DICE)

Applications due Feb. 21, 2022. For more information, check out the program page and contact techventures@columbia.edu with questions. Columbia’s Program for Diversity and Inclusion in Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (DICE) aims to support early-career individuals who identify as being from traditionally underrepresented groups in science entrepreneurship and commercialization as defined by the NIH. Building on the success of the first DICE cycle in […]

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Ask Me Anything (AMA): Interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship

REGISTER Join on Thursday, February 24th to learn about entrepreneurship through a multidisciplinary and cross functional lens. Guests include Erin McNulty, a junior studying computer science and working in tech entrepreneurship, Daniela Duron Garcia, a 2020 graduate currently with the mechanical engineering lab and co-founder of start up FLOW, and Maya Joudi, a senior with a background in […]

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Athena Entrepreneurs Weekly Meetups

These meetups, open to aspiring and emerging women and nonbinary entrepreneurs from Barnard and Columbia, are a forum for collaboration, peer support, and mentorship from experts, including Athena’s EIR. Guest experts regularly drop in to share wisdom and insights, sticking around for one-on-one conversations with student entrepreneurs. Learn more about Athena Entrepreneurs here.

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Deadline: Brown Institute Innovation Challenge in Journalism, Media, and Technology

This Challenges encourages new tech-based or tech-enabled forms of media — these might make novel uses of computer vision, AI, NLP, ML, data visualization or even VR/AR to create, communicate, and interpret content. A recorded information session can be found here. Judging criteria will include rewarding teams who are able to provide empirical evidence that: […]

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CORE’s Still We Rise: Black Student Entrepreneurship Panel

This event with Black founders from Columbia and Barnard includes Yelissa Lopez and Stephen Mgbemeje from Upcomers, Zusi Inegbeniki from Millenium Angel Marketing Agency, Mazen Alsafi from Barriers, and Shaniqua Davis from Exclusive Beauty Hair Salon. This event is the third installment within CORE Elevate's Black History Month series entitled Still We Rise. Despite the […]

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Funding Deadline: Tamer Fund for Social Ventures, Spring 2022

The Tamer Fund for Social Ventures provides seed grants to nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid early-stage Columbia University-affiliated social and environmental ventures. There are two deadlines for applications for the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures: the fall application deadline is August 15 at 11:59 p.m. ET, and the spring application deadline is March 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET.  Funding will be made […]

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Application Deadline: Healthcare Venture Day Pitch Competition

Open to all CU graduate and undergraduate students, Healthcare Venture Day showcases the passionate and talented student founders across Columbia University, featuring pitches of their innovative, world-changing companies solving the toughest problems, with an ambition to scale across healthcare industry. Apply by March 1 to be considered for the competition: The winning student/team will receive […]

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Open Studio Hours

During Studio Hours, student teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Design Studio. This is a time to discuss ideation, prototyping, customer discovery, and next steps for your venture. Students are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects. No need to RSVP! Learn […]

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Open Studio Hours

During Studio Hours, student teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio. This is a time to discuss ideation, prototyping, customer discovery, and next steps for your venture. Students are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects. No need to […]

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