Discover Opportunities
The Entrepreneurial Support Hub has diverse opportunities for taking a leap into entrepreneurship. Filter below by the categories that apply to you and your ideas.
Opportunities that accept applications on a rolling basis are listed as an "all-year" deadline.
Current Opportunities
Miller Center for Entrepreneurship - Accelerator
Seed Spot: Retail Brand Accelerator
Fully-funded 10-week accelerator for maturing, diverse-founded retail brands
776 Foundation: Climate Fellowhsip
The 776 Fellowship is a two-year, full-time program for 18 - 24 year olds, across the world. Fellows will receive a $100,000 grant over two years to work on projects to fight climate change instead of pursuing a university degree.
READY Design Studio Fellowship
Are you an educator or aspiring education entrepreneur with a connection to Rochester? Have you identified a problem in your school or community but aren’t sure what to do next? Apply to the READY Design Studio Fellowship.
NewSchools: GenAI Math Tutoring Funding Opportunity
We’re excited to announce a new funding opportunity focused on GenAI math tutoring solutions built on specialized foundation models. We’re offering up to $300,000 in grant funding along with tailored technical assistance, product feedback, and piloting and evaluation support.
MIT SOLVE: Indigenous Communities Fellowship
MIT Solve seeks exceptional innovators supporting community-based solutions by and for Indigenous communities across the United States and Canada. This is a nine-month fellowship with mentorship and funding opportunities.
MIT SOLVE: Global Learning Challenge
MIT Solve seeks exceptional solutions that leverage technology to improve learning outcomes for all. This is a nine-month program with access to mentorship and additional funds.
MIT SOLVE: Global Health Challenge
MIT Solve seeks exceptional solutions that leverage technology to increase access to good health and healthcare. This is a nine-month program with access to mentorship and additional funds.
MIT SOLVE: Global Climate Challenge
MIT Solve seeks exceptional solutions that leverage technology to address any aspect of the climate crisis. This is a nine-month program with access to mentorship and additional funds.
MIT SOLVE: Economic Prosperity Challenge
MIT Solve seeks exceptional technology-driven solutions to increase economic prosperity for all. This is a nine-month program with access to mentorship and additional funds.
Halycon EquityTech Fellowship 2025
The program brings together entrepreneurs from across the United States and the world who are leveraging technology to close gaps in education and the workforce. Founders receive expert training, critical resources to accelerate their ventures, and an 8-week residency in Washington, DC.
The People Accelerator
A 4-month virtual accelerator that focuses on people. We focus on your development as a founder first because businesses often fail because of gaps in the founders' experiences, backgrounds, abilities, and skills, not the industry, technology, or market.
Stay Tuned. New Opportunities coming your way soon! In the meantime, please check out our Past Opportunities for an idea of what’s to come.
Past Opportunities
Camelback Fellowship 2025
The Camelback Fellowship is a 16-week hybrid accelerator that supports entrepreneurs with $40,000 in capital, coaching, curriculum, connections, and community.
Propeller Impact Accelerator 2025: Growth Track
Our work centers Black, native New Orleanians entrepreneurs and non-profit leaders who view their businesses as a catalyst for positive change and those who advance anti-racism initiatives.
The Opportunity Trust: School Improvement Funding
We provide grants to traditional and charter public school systems to foster accelerated improvement and increase access to quality public schools for all students.
The Opportunity Trust: Charter School Program (Missouri)
We invite all eligible charter schools in Missouri to apply for this transformative subgrant and join us in advancing educational opportunities for our students.
The Residency: Calculus (Research)
calculus is a home for high agency researchers who are obsessed with solving a hard, open-ended problem. we provide housing and co-working space so you can live and work with equally ambitious peers. you can think of us as “college” meets “accelerator”.
RAY Fellowship
The RAY Fellowship Program is a two-year paid fellowship designed to equip recent college graduates from underrepresented backgrounds with the tools, experiences, support, and community they need to become leaders in the conservation and clean energy sectors.
IDEAinstitute is a 10-week idea-stage accelerator program that introduces innovative entrepreneurs and aspiring startup founders to the tools they need to turn an idea into a scalable venture.
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Google Accelerator: AI for AI for Nature and Climate
A ten-week accelerator program for Seed to Series A technology startups based in North America and LATAM, bringing the best of Google to startups working toward nature protection, conservation, and restoration.
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Moonshot Innovation Space: Cohort 8
The Moonshot Innovation Space is a 9-month program for innovative leaders in the Metro Denver area who are working in youth-serving spaces, such as education, healthcare, local government, environment/sustainability, housing, food, the arts, and more.
Resolution Project: WorldMUN
Resolution Fellows are selected through our Social Venture Challenges (SVC) – multi-stage competitions, combining web-based submissions, live rounds of presentations, and a due diligence process. We host our SVCs in partnership with conferences around the world that attract talented and passionate young people.
Seed Spot: Impact Accelerator
The Impact Accelerator program is eight weeks of expert training, quick-start tools, and personalized coaching to achieve tremendous leaps of growth in revenue and investment readiness in a short amount of time.
Boettcher Foundation: Rural Catalyst Grants (Winter)
The Rural Catalyst Grant Program strengthens the internal capacity of organizations as they work to achieve goals.
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