Events Calendar
This feed is a curated compilation of events throughout the sprawling entrepreneurship ecosystem at and around Columbia.
Events
Rolling Admission Application through Dec 31: Spring 2026 Design for Social Innovation (DFSI)
Led by TPI Co-Director Sarah Holloway — Spring 2026 Focus: AI for Impact This 3-credit, project-based course is open to students across Columbia’s undergraduate and graduate schools. In Spring 2026, the class will partner with NYC-based nonprofits and public-sector organizations to explore how artificial intelligence can amplify their mission and impact. Learn more and apply here. […]
Application Deadline: Collaboratory Fellows Fund
Are you a Columbia professor interested in developing an interdisciplinary class through the Collaboratory? Learn more about the Collaboratory Fellows Fund. LEARN MORE The goal of the Collaboratory Fellows Fund is to support innovative curriculum development that meets the data and computational literacy needs of a given discipline, set of disciplines, and/or cohort of students at Columbia.
Innovation Forum: Immigration & Entrepreneurship
RSVP Here Join Columbia Engineering for its monthly Innovation Forum, an open space to listen, share, and learn more about entrepreneurship as well as network with the Columbia University startup […]
Deadline: 2026 Startup Columbia Venture Competition
Applications for the 2026 Startup Columbia venture competition are now open! Every year, this competition gives out over $200,000 in cash grants to Columbia entrepreneurs to build and grow their big ideas. This year, there are 3 choices of tracks to compete in, each with additional prizes available within each track. Read more about the rules, […]
AI and Entrepreneurship Talk: Parag Agrawal, Parallel.ai CEO and Cofounder
The Columbia Engineering AI Entrepreneurship Series is a bi-weekly speaker series that brings students and faculty at Columbia together with founders, VCs, technologists, and business leaders to learn about the […]
Application Deadline: Startup Works
Startup Works is a practical 6-session workshop series in the spring semester that creates inclusive entrepreneurship opportunities for justice-impacted people forming teams with others with diverse perspectives and experiences, to work together on launching a startup or a small business. This is your last chance to learn in-person about Startup Works and network to find other […]
Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change 2026 Annual Reception
You are cordially invited to join the Tamer Institute for Social Enterprise and Climate Change for an evening of networking and socializing with fellow alumni, faculty members, students, and professionals in social and environmental impact sectors. At this year’s event, the Tamer Institute will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Tamer Fund for Social Ventures. During the […]
February 27 Lecture Series in AI: Ali Farhadi, CEO of AI2
Columbia Engineering Lecture Series in AI Friday, February 27: Ali Farhadi, CEO of Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2) & Professor, University of Washington 10:30-11:00am Check-in 11:00-12:00pm Lecture Advance registration is […]
Application Deadline: Tamer Fund for Social Ventures
Are you a nonprofit, for-profit, or hybrid early-stage social or environmental venture with Columbia affiliation? Apply by March 1 for a chance to receive a $25K seed grant! This fund provides $25K seed grants to nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid early-stage social and environmental ventures. Ventures must be led by Columbia University students, alumni, faculty or researchers, or be advised […]
Applications Open for the 2026-2027 Cohort of the Columbia Startup Lab
The Columbia Startup Lab in SoHo is headquarters to 100 alumni entrepreneurs each year. More information will be released on March 1, when the application opens.