Entrepreneurial Fellows
Student entrepreneurs graduating from the Yale School of Management this year have an opportunity to help them manage the costs of launching a startup. The Yale SOM Entrepreneurial Fellowship will provide financial support to students who commit to working full-time on their start-up after graduation. Payments are dispersed once a year for two years.
The goal of this program is to help entrepreneurs funnel more time and money into their startups during the critical early years. Five fellowships are available each year. A committee of Yale SOM alumni, entrepreneurs, and investors will select the recipients.
Awards
The fellowship joins a variety of existing grants for entrepreneurs, including:
The Nancy Pfund ’82 Social Impact Award: The Nancy Pfund ’82 Social Impact Award promotes social entrepreneurship by supporting first-year students pursuing summer internships at mission-driven, social sector organizations with double bottom lines.
The Henry F. McCance Entrepreneurial Award: The Henry F. McCance Entrepreneurial Award provides summer internship funding for first-year students, new venture seed financing for second-year students, and funding for Yale SOM students joining an early-stage startup.
The Morris and Miriam Pozen Entrepreneur Award: The Morris and Miriam Pozen Entrepreneur Award provides summer internship funding for first-year students, new venture seed financing for second-year students, and funding for students joining early-stage startups.
The Selby Family Entrepreneurship Innovation Award: The Selby Family Entrepreneurship Innovation Award provides funding to pursue entrepreneurship activities that work on market-based solutions – particularly by creating and building economically viable startup businesses – to problems issues facing our society and planet.
The Boms, Tal, Vlock Entrepreneurial Award: The Boms, Tal, Vlock Entrepreneurial Award provides graduating Yale SOM students with a fellowship to help launch an entrepreneurial venture. With the goal of aiding entrepreneurs in overcoming the initial barriers to innovation, this award assists recipients in addressing challenging hurdles in the start-up process.
