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²ÝÁñÉçÇø Student Entrepreneurship Competition (VSEC)

A semester-long, interdisciplinary, and extracurricular entrepreneurship competition. The competition culminates on Pitch Day where finalists pitch their venture for the top prize of $10,000.

Idea Challenge

Inspires creativity amongst first-year ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students through a multicurricular pitch competition.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Social Impact Competition

Student teams propose solutions to a problem faced by a regional nonprofit organization.

BIG EAST Startup Challenge

Each year, the most promising student venture team from each BIG EAST Conference school pitches to judges for big prizes. 

Meyer Innovation Awards

Created and endowed in 2009 by Patrick Meyer ’74 VSB in honor of the Meyer family to recognize ²ÝÁñÉçÇø student, faculty, and staff creators and innovators.

IIE Innovation Fund and Small Business Fund

Created to support ²ÝÁñÉçÇøns who are interested in taking the leap into an entrepreneurial venture with grant funding up to $5,000.

IIE Investment Fellows Program

An opportunity for students to get a taste for entrepreneurship from the investment side by giving feedback on applications for the IIE Innovation Fund.

Philanova IIE

Fund students to attend events/happenings in the Philadelphia entrepreneurship ecosystem.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Entrepreneurial Society

A student group that educates and creates opportunities for the ²ÝÁñÉçÇø community in entrepreneurship and new ventures.

Databases, articles, and other materials specifically curated to help you develop your business model canvas. 

²ÝÁñÉçÇø in the Valley

Provides students from across ²ÝÁñÉçÇø's campus the opportunity to engage with the innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem of Silicon Valley.

²ÝÁñÉçÇø at the European Innovation Academy

A four-week-long multidisciplinary, multicultural summer abroad experience for any ²ÝÁñÉçÇø student.