Through educational experiences for our students, programming for alumni, and coaching and training for our faculty and their teams, Princeton offers numerous opportunities to develop entrepreneurial skills.
Princeton's educational opportunities bridge engineering and the liberal arts, with classes and programs organized around design, design thinking, entrepreneurship and teaching, all at the intersection of technology and society.
Lectures in Faculty Entrepreneurship
LIFE (Lectures in Faculty Entrepreneurship) is a new lunchtime lecture series designed to help faculty and their teams learn how to translate their innovations off campus in ways that broaden their impact. The series features leading experts in the field of startup creation, and covers topics such as legal incorporation, funding strategies and team-building.
Princeton Wharton Executive Education Course
A partnership with the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania brings executive education programming to Princeton faculty to help them take on advisory roles at companies formed around innovations from their laboratories and scholarship.
Princeton Startup Bootcamp
The Princeton Startup Bootcamp is a two-day intensive program offered for graduate students and postdocs who are interested in entrepreneurship. The bootcamp is presented by VentureWell, a leading startup accelerator. This program is designed for those curious about what it takes to bring an idea to market.
Intelispark Consulting on Federal Startup Funding
Intelispark, a consulting firm that helps startups obtain federal small business funding, is available to provide individualized counseling to Princeton faculty, postdocs and graduate students on how to seek funding through federal programs such as the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Opportunities
The National Science Foundation-funded I-Corps Northeast Hub provides training for research teams who want to explore how their discoveries can benefit society through further development as a startup or entrepreneurial venture.
Open to undergraduates, this certificate enables students to develop an academic understanding of entrepreneurship and the tools to practice it. A program of the Keller Center.
Develop your startup venture in the eLab Incubator or Summer Accelerator. A program of the Keller Center.
Offers the opportunity to showcase Princeton research with the potential for broader application outside the University at an annual pitch competition hosted by the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education.
PSIP is an immersive summer program for talented students seeking real-world experience at emerging startups in New York City, Shanghai, and Tel Aviv. A program of the Keller Center.
Tiger Challenge helps students and community partners build more equitable and joyful societies. A program of the Keller Center.
The Venture Capital and Startups learning cohort connects an interdisciplinary group of graduate students interested in learning about the world of VC and startups in a casual environment. A program of gradFUTURES.
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