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
The Residency: HSR House (Generalist)
the house invites successful founders as mentors every week to get feedback on work that builds their startup. 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”.
Blue Ridge Labs: Launch Fellowship
This 13-week program is designed to support early-stage tech founders who are committed to launching a venture-scale company.
Dobbs Foundation: Summer 2025 Grant Cycle
The Dobbs Foundation is now accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) for our Summer 2025 grantmaking cycle, with a streamlined process designed to meet the urgency of this moment.
The Opportunity Trust: Reinvention by Community (St. Louis)
Historically, those most directly impacted by racial and education inequality have little to no voice. The RBC Fund was established to give grant-making power to members of our community.
The Rally Accelerator Program
Rally's social enterprise 4-month, no-cost accelerator aims to help people transform their early-stage work into sustainable ventures that have positive and measurable social or environmental impact.
gener8tor Cox Cleantech Accelerator Fall 2025
gener8tor invests $100k into your high-growth startup. Gain specific business knowledge via a nationally ranked system and a 12-week investment for-equity program.
gener8tor Milwaukee Accelerator
gener8tor invests $100k into your high-growth startup. Gain specific business knowledge via a nationally ranked system and a 12-week investment for-equity program.
Latina Leaders in Tech: Essential Skills Cohort Program
A free 7-week cohort program is designed for Latinas ready to develop skills, build community, and become a catalyst for change in the tech industry.
CZI: Global Science Scholar
An up to two-year international postdoctoral fellowship program between the U.S. and Japan designed to advance excellence in bioengineering and biomedical research.
EdPioneers: Impact Fellowship
Black Girl Ventures: Emerging Leaders Fellowship
A 3-month leadership development program (with 2 cohorts in 2025) created specifically to expand the capacity of early-stage entrepreneurs and ecosystem builders, empowering them to strengthen their local ecosystem of under-resourced women-identifying entrepreneurs.
StartOut Growth Accelerator
StartOut Growth Lab is a startup accelerator that offers top quality mentoring, education, and networking opportunities for companies that happen to be founded or co-founded by LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs.
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
Drexel Fund School Founders Program
2025 START Program
START, our flagship pre-revenue program is built to ignite early-stage entrepreneurs’ journeys. Through a virtual learning experience grounded in Lean Startup principles, participants will develop a dynamic Business Model Canvas, transforming fresh ideas into thriving business models.
gener8tor Northwestern Mutual Black Founder Accelerator Spring and Fall 2025
gener8tor invests $100k into your high-growth startup. Gain specific business knowledge via a nationally ranked system and a 12-week investment for-equity program.
KaiPod Catalyst Training Program
The core information you need to start your own school is delivered via an online course, so you can work through it at your own pace in the evenings or weekends. In addition, you will be a part of a small group of other Founders for regular accountability meetings.
ODF24 is an intense one-week in-person experience focused on meeting collaborators, exploring ideas, and gaining conviction.
LearnLaunch Fund + Accelerator 2025 Breakthrough to Scale Program
Apply to LearnLaunch’s Breakthrough to Scale Accelerator! Get expert coaching, investor connections, and up to $200K in milestone-based funding. Open to early-stage edtech startups in K-12, Higher Ed, Workforce & Lifelong Learning. Before applying, attend a required info session: http://bit.ly/BTSInfoWebinar
gener8tor Oklahoma City Accelerator 2025
gener8tor invests $100k into your high-growth startup. Gain specific business knowledge via a nationally ranked system and a 12-week investment for-equity program.
Black Girl Ventures x TikTok Shop: SOAR Together Business Accelerator Program
A 6-week cohort program, created in collaboration with TikTok, designed to empower entrepreneurs with the education, tools, and resources needed to maximize your potential on the platform.
ASU Prep Microschool Entrepreneur Fellowship
If you have an innovative idea for a microschool focused on K–12 learners ASU Prep can help you get started. This year-long fellowship program will give you access to robust training, proven curriculum resources, teaching methodologies, and ongoing support.
Boettcher Foundation: Community Connection Grant (Winter)
These grants often help fund the construction of facilities with multi-use spaces, bring together nonprofit organizations and cross-sector partners in shared locations, or make strategic investments that elevate successful initiatives to the next level.
Y Combinator: Next Batch
Y Combinator is accepting applications for the Spring 2025 Batch funding cycle. Groups work in-person from April - June 2025 in San Francisco.
Montessori Credential Grant
Our goal is to train and foster communities of practice for 60+ Black Montessori educators over the next two years. Through the Montessori Credential grant, we do just that by funding scholarships for Black educators interested in obtaining a Montessori credential.
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