770 programs verified · source-backed
Every campus program that writes checks — in one place, with the fine print
I read 1,011 official entrepreneurship pages across 138 schools — prize caps, equity clauses, and deadlines, not the brochure version.
Who pays the most
40 schools offer $10K+ in non-dilutive funding. Ranked below so you can skip the $500 competitions.
| # | Program | School | Type | Max funding | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innovation and Entrepreneurship Academy + NYIT Venture Fund New York Institute of Technology | New York Institute of Technology | Entrepreneurship Center | $5,000,000 | Equity taken |
| 2 | Galant Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship University of Virginia | University of Virginia | Entrepreneurship Center | $1,000,000 | Equity varies |
| 3 | NJ FAST Fintech Accelerator Stevens Institute of Technology | Stevens Institute of Technology | Accelerator | $1,000,000 | Equity varies |
| 4 | NJII Venture Studio New Jersey Institute of Technology | New Jersey Institute of Technology | Venture Studio | $1,000,000 | Equity varies |
| 5 | Upstate Biotech Ventures SUNY Upstate Medical University | SUNY Upstate Medical University | Venture Fund | $1,000,000 | Equity taken |
| 6 | Underserved Communities Incubator & Accelerator Monmouth University | Monmouth University | Accelerator | $640,000 | No equity |
| 7 | CAV Angels University of Virginia | University of Virginia | Executive Support | $500,000 | Equity varies |
| 8 | Klasko Humanics Innovation Challenge Fairleigh Dickinson University | Fairleigh Dickinson University | Innovation Fund | $500,000 | No equity |
| 9 | UVA Licensing and Ventures Group University of Virginia | University of Virginia | Technology Transfer Office | $500,000 | Equity varies |
| 10 | Yale Innovation Summit Yale University | Yale University | Pitch Competition | $400,000 | No equity |
| 11 | Cornell Tech Runway Startup Postdoc Program Cornell University | Cornell University | Incubator | $325,000 | Equity taken |
| 12 | Maroon Venture Partners Fund University of Massachusetts Amherst | University of Massachusetts Amherst | Venture Fund | $300,000 | Equity taken |
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Venture Fund
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University of Notre Dame
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Ohio State University
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Venture Fund
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Purdue University
Purdue University · Venture Fund · Application or cohort milestone approaching
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Barnard College
Barnard Athena Incubator cohort venture. — Barnard College
Indiana University
Indiana University
11 programs mapped with funding, equity terms, and source-backed research.
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Case Western Reserve University
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Accelerator
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University of Chicago
University of Chicago · Accelerator · Application or cohort milestone approaching
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
Maroon Venture Partners portfolio company; UMass-linked food venture. — University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Ohio State University
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West Lafayette, Indiana
Where founders are looking
138 schools across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic — and growing.
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Potsdam, NY
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
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Hamilton, NY
How this database was actually built
Not scraped from Crunchbase or repackaged from a Google Sheet. 138 schools researched from saved primary sources — 1,011 captures in our vault and counting.
Saved before they 404
Each source note links to raw captures — entrepreneurship center pages, competition rule PDFs, and funding handbooks we downloaded before the link broke.
Blank beats wrong
120 programs still have unknown fields. We leave gaps instead of inventing prize money or equity terms your application will contradict.
Ranked by published max cash
The funding table sorts by the top prize listed on the official page — so a $75K accelerator stipend ranks above a $500 demo-night award, even when both call themselves “funding.”