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Northern Kentucky University's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Haile College of Business runs INKUBATOR, a 12-week student and alumni accelerator. The university also offers an Innovation and Entrepreneurship bachelor's degree that points students to INKUBATOR.
Include. NKU has a national-award accelerator with a published resource cap and a 2026 news story of a student applying.
How we know this: the figures on this page come from the linked sources (last verified 2026-10-08); what those sources do not state is left unknown.
At a glance
Indexed programs
3
All currently active
Top direct funding
$5,000
INKUBATOR
Equity
Equity terms unknown
Program mix
3
Entrepreneurship Center · Accelerator · Academic Program
Programs to explore
Compare funding, equity, and timing before you apply.
3 programs indexed
Accelerator
$5,000
funding range
- Last activity
- 2026-05-18
- Participants
- Undergraduate Students, Alumni
- Verification
- Partially Verified
Entrepreneurship Center
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funding range
- Last activity
- 2026-05-18
- Participants
- Undergraduate Students, Alumni
- Verification
- Partially Verified
Academic Program
Innovation and Entrepreneurship BSBA
Academic ProgramAlso: NKU Innovation and Entrepreneurship major
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funding range
- Last activity
- 2026-10-08
- Participants
- Undergraduate Students
- Verification
- Partially Verified
From students
Be the first student from Northern Kentucky University to post a startup.
Post a startupFunding and Equity
The INKUBATOR page says eligible teams can receive up to $5,000 in resources. It does not say whether those resources are cash or whether equity is taken. The published schedule on that page is the 2025 cycle: applications February 25 to April 6, selection April 7 to 11, and the program May 12 to August 1, 2025.
Recent Activity
A May 18, 2026 NKU news article says engineering physics student Dash Macke is applying to INKUBATOR for Sunny Sign Up LLC. The same article says Sunny Sign Up took third place and $5,000 at the Governor's School for Entrepreneurs College Pitch. That prize is a statewide award, not an INKUBATOR grant.
Known Startups and Winners
Sunny Sign Up LLC is the venture named in the May 2026 article. The INKUBATOR page does not list the 69 teams by name.
Research gaps & things to verify
Missing Information
A 2026 INKUBATOR calendar was not on the program page, which still showed 2025 dates when captured. Equity terms were not stated. The FAQ PDF was not used for an equity claim because the retrieved text was incomplete.
More about this ecosystem
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News & articles
4 news articles and official sources documenting entrepreneurship programs, winners, and activity at Northern Kentucky University.
4 sources
News & articles(2)
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INKUBATOR USASBE award
February 2025 release on the USASBE national model accelerator award.
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Engineering bright ideas
May 18, 2026 feature on Dash Macke, Sunny Sign Up LLC, a $5,000 GSE prize, and an INKUBATOR application.
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Official sources(2)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship BSBA
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship BSBA
Official undergraduate degree page that names INKUBATOR as a student pathway.
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INKUBATOR
Official INKUBATOR page with cohort size, the $5,000 resource cap, outcomes, and the 2025 calendar.
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