Rowan Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RCIE)

Program Type

student-entrepreneurship-center

Institutional Scope

Rowan University, Glassboro. Serves students across all majors, faculty, staff, and community members.

Description

Central entrepreneurship hub housed in the School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SIE) within Rohrer College of Business. Organizes over 100 annual events including speaker panels, networking, and competitions from idea-stage to venture-stage. Provides mentorship, seed funding, and a high-intensity summer accelerator (AccelerateRU). Partners with the Rowan Innovation Venture Fund (RIVF), a $25 million fund supporting Rowan-affiliated startups. Director: Jessica Vattima.

Key Details

Detail	Value
Annual events	100+
Partners with	RIVF ($25M), Saxbys, 15M Media, OceanFirst Bank
Competition ladder	Think It, Pitch It → Idea Challenge → NVC → AccelerateRU
Director	Jessica Vattima

Resources Provided

Mentorship and coaching
Seed funding via competitions
Access to RIVF ($25M)
Coworking (Founder Suite BUSN 209A)
Workshops and training
StartupRU pipeline platform

Funding Details

Non-dilutive seed funding via competitions and AccelerateRU. RIVF provides convertible notes.

Curriculum / Structure

Rolling engagement. Competitions have specific cycles (fall Idea Challenge, spring NVC, summer AccelerateRU).

Eligibility

Rowan students (all campuses/levels), faculty, staff, recent alumni (12 months), RCBC/RCGC students.

Rowan Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (RCIE)

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