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Funding Opportunities

We offer a number of funding opportunities to help you take your venture to the next level.

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    Social Impact Fellowship Fund

    Non-dilutive grants for ventures led by Harvard students with a focus on social impact. Ventures may be for-profit or nonprofit. Typical award amount: $4,000-$15,000. Application opens in the fall.

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    Spark Grant

    Non-dilutive grants for ventures in our Student i-lab membership to conduct demand validation experiments. Award amount: Up to $750 first round. Up to $2,000 in subsequent rounds. Application opens in the spring.

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    Allston Venture Fund

    An investment collaborative that provides pre-seed funding to high-potential, high-impact ventures led by Harvard students. Typical award amount: $10,000-$100,000. The next deadline will be announced soon.

We used our Spark Grant to organize a workshop with kids and families, which gave us invaluable insights to improve the prototype we are working on. The i-lab workshops and Spark Grant have been game-changing resources!

Agustina Ollivier
Agustina Ollivier, MEd'23 Cofounder, Divermente

Full-time, degree-seeking Harvard students and select alumni and affiliates are eligible to participate in this annual global venture competition. Ventures compete to win a share of $515,000 in non-dilutive funding from the Bertarelli Foundation.

The student application for the 2025 President's Innovation Challenge is open through December 5.

cellforma founder pitches on illuminated stage